Abstract |
Nucleotide sequencing of the fusion protein (F) gene of phocid distemper virus-2 (PDV-2), recently isolated from Baikal seals (Phoca sibirica), revealed an open reading frame ( nucleotides 84 to 2075) with two potential in-frame ATG translation initiation codons. We suggest that the second in-frame ATG triplet at positions 264 to 266 initiates the translation, resulting in a protein of 537 amino acid residues with a calculated M(r) of 63,035. The putative F1/F2 cleavage site, located approximately 100 amino acid residues from the N terminus, is identical to those of the F proteins of phocid distemper virus-1 (PDV-1) isolated from European harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) and of canine distemper virus (CDV). A full scale comparison of morbillivirus F genes reveals that the conserved F0 extracellular protein-encoding region contains a large number of non-expressed mutations, suggesting that this part of the protein is under strong functional constraints. Phylogenetic analysis of morbillivirus F gene nucleotide sequences revealed a closer evolutionary relationship between PDV-2 and CDV than between PDV-1 and PDV-2. These data were supported by cross-reactivity patterns of PDV-2 and CDV obtained with monoclonal antibodies to structural proteins of PDV-1 and CDV, and suggest that PDV-2 is a strain of CDV, resulting from a trans-species infection.
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Authors | I K Visser, R W van der Heijden, M W van de Bildt, M J Kenter, C Orvell, A D Osterhaus |
Journal | The Journal of general virology
(J Gen Virol)
Vol. 74 ( Pt 9)
Pg. 1989-94
(Sep 1993)
ISSN: 0022-1317 [Print] England |
PMID | 8376973
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Codon
- DNA, Viral
- RNA, Messenger
- Viral Fusion Proteins
- F protein, Phocine distemper virus
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Topics |
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Codon
(genetics)
- DNA, Viral
(genetics)
- Distemper Virus, Canine
(genetics)
- Genes, Viral
- Measles virus
(genetics)
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Molecular Weight
- Paramyxoviridae
(genetics, isolation & purification)
- Phylogeny
- RNA, Messenger
(genetics)
- Seals, Earless
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
- Viral Fusion Proteins
(biosynthesis, genetics, isolation & purification)
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