title: Sequence of the nucleoprotein gene from a virulent British field isolate of transmissible gastroenteritis virus and its expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
abstract: Subgenomic mRNA from a virulent isolate of porcine transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV) was used to produce cDNA which was sequenced. Two non-overlapping open reading frames (ORFs) were identified. The largest, encoding a polypeptide of 382 amino acids (relative molecular mass (Mr) 43,483), was shown to be the viral nucleoprotein gene. The second ORF, found 3' to the larger ORF, encodes a polypeptide of 78 amino acids (Mr 9068) which has yet to be assigned to a viral product. The nucleoprotein gene was expressed in yeast cells under the control of two types of yeast promoters: the constitutive PGK promoter, and the inducible GAL1 promoter. Yeast cells containing recombinant plasmids, with the nucleoprotein gene in the correct orientation, produced a polypeptide of Mr 47,000, identical to the viral product, that reacted with a specific monoclonal antibody.
authors.affiliation: Division of Microbiology, A.F.R.C. Institute for Animal Disease Research, Compton Laboratory, Berkshire, UK.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Britton
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Cármenes
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Page
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Garwes
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Parra
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003332:Coronaviridae / Q000235:genetics*; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005796:Genes; D005814:Genes, Viral; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics*; D013552:Swine; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D005760:Transmissible gastroenteritis virus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes