title: Determination of the coding capacity of the M genome segment of nephropathia epidemica virus strain Hällnäs B1 by molecular cloning and nucleotide sequence analysis.
abstract: The M genome RNA segment of nephropathia epidemica virus (NEV) strain Hällnäs B1 was characterized by molecular cloning and DNA nucleotide sequencing of the corresponding cDNA clones. The size of the M RNA segment is 3682 nucleotides. The 3' and 5' terminal sequences are complementary for 21 bases and their predicted secondary structure is very stable. The viral complementary messenger RNA possesses a single long open reading frame with a coding capacity of 1148 amino acids (polypeptide of 126 kDa). A comparison of the NEV M segment to that of Hantaan virus strain 76-118 reveals 61% sequence homology at the nucleotide level and 53% at the deduced amino acid level. Four out of five potential asparagine-linked glycosylation sites of the encoded glycoproteins have been conserved between NEV and Hantaan M. The isoelectric points (IEP) are nearly identical. Furthermore it was found that 90% of all cysteine residues have been conserved. Putative NEV G1 and G2 are preceded by a short hydrophobic sequence as shown for G1 and G2 of Hantaan virus. Hydrophilicity profiles of the two segments are of striking similarity. These data indicate that NEV- and Hantaan virus M-encoded polypeptides seem to be very similar in structure and function despite the relatively low amino acid sequence homology.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Molekulare Genetik, Universität Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Giebel
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stohwasser
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zöller
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Bautz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Darai
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D005784:Gene Amplification; D005814:Genes, Viral; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics; D006476:Orthohantavirus / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014709:Vero Cells; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; D006023:Glycoproteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012367:RNA, Viral; D014764:Viral Proteins