Gene homology between orf virus and smallpox variola virus |
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Authors: | Andrew A Mercer Katherine M Fraser Joseph J Esposito |
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Institution: | (1) Health Research Council Virus Research Unit, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand;(2) Centre for Gene Research, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand;(3) Poxvirus Section, Viral Exanthems and Herpesviruses Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 30333 Atlanta, Georgia, USA;(4) HRC Virus Research Unit, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand |
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Abstract: | About 47% identity was observed between the deduced amino acid sequences of a protein encoded by a gene of the parapoxvirus orf virus (OV) strain NZ2 and a 6 kDa protein of unknown function reported to be produced by an open reading frame expressed early after infection by the orthopoxvirus Western Reserve vaccinia virus (VAC); the open reading frame is absent from VAC strain Copenhagen. Examination of sequences reported for variola virus (VAR) strains Bangladesh, India, Congo- 1970, Somalia- 1977 and Garcia- 1966 revealed each encoded a correlate 58 amino acid protein. The open reading frame was not reported in the original analyses of these sequences because a lower limit of 60 amino acids was used to identify potential encoded proteins. Inspection of partial reading frames reported for cowpox virus (CWV) and ectromelia virus (EMV) suggested that these viruses might also code for a correlate of the VAC WR protein. DNA sequencing of cloned fragments of CWV and EMV confirmed that both these orthopoxviruses encode closely related, full length variants of the VAC and VAR open reading frames. The OV homologue is coded in the OV strain NZ2BamHI-E fragment E2L open reading frame, which we reported is transcribed early postinfection; moreover, analysis of an NZ2 variant showed E2L was absent, indicating that E2L, like the VAC cognate, is nonessential for virus replication in cell culture. The parapoxvirus and orthopoxvirus correlates have about 20% amino acid sequence resemblance to African swine fever virus DNA binding protein p10, suggesting an ancestral relation of genes. |
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Keywords: | Orf virus variola virus smallpox parapoxvirus orthopoxvirus vaccinia virus ectromelia virus cowpoxvirus African swine fever virus DNA |
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