title: Nucleotide sequence of turnip yellow mosaic virus coat protein mRNA.
abstract: The primary structure of the coat protein messenger RNA of turnip yellow mosaic virus is presented. This sequence is the first complete nucleotide sequence of the coat protein messenger of a plant virus to be reported. The coding region, consisting of 567 nucleotides, is flanked by a 5' noncoding region of 19 nucleotides (not including the initiation codon and the cap structure) and by a 3' noncoding region of 109 nucleotides (including the termination signal). The coat protein mRNA has a base composition identical to that of the genome RNA with, in particular, the same high content in cytosine (38%). The codons that govern the incorporation of amino acids into the coat protein are nonrandomly utilized: is greater than 50% of the time the third base of the codons used is a cytosine. This pattern of codon preference is particularly marked for Leu, lle Val, Thr and Cys.
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D003062:Codon; D005814:Genes, Viral; D009029:Mosaic Viruses / Q000235:genetics*; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D010442:Peptide Chain Initiation, Translational; D011061:Poly A / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics*; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D003062:Codon; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014764:Viral Proteins; D011061:Poly A