title: Sequence of a bovine herpesvirus type-1 glycoprotein gene that is homologous to the herpes simplex gene for the glycoprotein gB.
abstract: The 130-kDa bovine herpesvirus-1 (BHV-1) glycoprotein GVP 6 was found to cross-react immunologically with the herpes simplex glycoprotein gB. Antibodies in polyclonal serum against gB immunoprecipitated GVP 6 and its cleavage products from a lysate of BHV-1-infected cells. Conversely, polyclonal serum against GVP 6 precipitated gB from HSV-1-infected cell lysates. Sera against the other glycoproteins did not demonstrate cross-reactivity. A 3.6-kb Kpnl-Hpal fragment of BHV-1 DNA that hybridized to the gene for gB was cloned and the nucleotide sequence of both strands was determined. The longest codon reading frame in the fragment coded for a protein that showed extensive homology with gB1 and related sequences from pseudorabies virus, varicella-zoster virus, cytomegalovirus, and Epstein-Barr virus. The strongest homologies were observed in two segments of the ectodomain, the transmembrane domain, and sequences adjacent to the transmembrane domain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Misra
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003429:Cross Reactions; D005814:Genes, Viral; D007242:Herpesvirus 1, Bovine / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D014760:Viral Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D014760:Viral Fusion Proteins; C040495:glycoprotein B, Simplexvirus