title: Identification and nucleotide sequence of a gene in feline herpesvirus type 1 homologous to the herpes simplex virus gene encoding the glycoprotein B.
abstract: The nucleotide sequence of the glycoprotein B (gB) homologous gene of feline herpesvirus type 1 (FHV-1) was determined. The gene was found to be located within a 9.6 kbp SalI fragment by Southern-blot hybridization with a probe derived from the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) gB DNA sequence. Furthermore, the predominant portion of the coding sequences was mapped to a 1.9 kbp Hin cII-EcoRI and its flanking 2.7 kbp Eco RI-Eco RI subfragments in the 9.6 kbp SalI fragment. The entire nucleotide sequence revealed that the FHV-1 gB homologous gene is capable of encoding a polypeptide of 948 amino acids. The predicted precursor polypeptide derived from this open reading frame could have a calculated M(r) of 106 kDa in unglycosylated form and contains ten potential N-linked glycosylation sites and a probable internal proteolytic cleavage site. By Northern-blot analysis using portions of the open reading frame as a probe, 3.9 and 3.3 kb RNA transcripts were identified in FHV-1 infected cells. The alignment of the amino acid sequence of the FHV-1 gB homologue with those of 14 other herpesviruses revealed that 10 cysteine residues were completely conserved. Meanwhile, when evolutionary trees were generated among these herpesvirus gB counterparts, the FHV-1 gB homologous nucleotide sequence seems to be closely related to equine herpesvirus type 4 and its amino acid sequence to pseudorabies virus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Horimoto
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Norimine
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawaguchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tomonaga
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Niikura
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kai
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mikami
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D005075:Biological Evolution; D002415:Cats / Q000382:microbiology*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D005814:Genes, Viral; D006564:Herpesviridae / Q000235:genetics*; D011558:Herpesvirus 1, Suid / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000235:genetics; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins; C078513:glycoprotein B, Felid herpesvirus 1