Proteins of newcastle disease virus. a comparison by partial protease digestion among the strains of different pathogenicity |
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Authors: | Yoshiyuki Nagai Michinari Hamaguchi Koichiro Maeno Masao Iinuma Toshisada Matsumoto |
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Affiliation: | Department of Virology, CancerResearch Institute, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya 466, Japan |
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Abstract: | To investigate the relationship between the pathogenicity of Newcastle disease virus and the structure of viral proteins, two typical strains were sampled from each of three groups of different pathogenicities and these six strains were compared for protein structure by sizing peptides generated by partial digestion with Staphylococcus aureus V8 protease and chymotrypsin. These digests yielded closely similar peptide patterns for the internal polypeptides L and NP, whereas those of the glycoproteins HN and F showed apparent variations which appeared to be specific for the individual groups. Although not as significant as in the glycoproteins, group-dependent variations were also detectable with the M protein. These results suggest that the external proteins might undergo considerable changes whereas the internal proteins would be highly stable and that there is a definite correlation between such changes in the external proteins and the pathogenicity of the virus. |
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