title: Sequence analysis of the mumps virus mRNA encoding the P protein.
abstract: The nucleotide sequence of the mumps virus phospho- or polymerase-associated (P) protein mRNA has been determined by sequencing a full-length cDNA clone and confirmed by partially sequencing the mRNA and the genome. The mRNA contains 1311 nucleotides excluding the poly(A) and encodes a protein of 390 amino acids with a calculated molecular weight of 41,574. Three small polypeptides were seen in in vitro translation of viral mRNA and hybrid-selected P mRNA, possibly representing internal initiation in the same reading frame of the P protein. A second overlapping reading frame is predicted from the sequence which has a capacity to code for two polypeptides of 56 and 34 amino acids, respectively. Whether these two polypeptides are expressed in infected cells is not known. Comparison of the P protein sequence with that of Sendai virus, measles virus, parainfluenza virus type 3, and canine distemper virus (CDV) showed no distinct homology but comparison with the P protein of Newcastle disease virus (NDV) showed 25.6% homology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology, School of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Elango
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kövamees
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Norrby
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001345:Autoradiography; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009109:Mumps virus / Q000235:genetics*; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014709:Vero Cells; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; C055859:P protein, Sendai virus; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012367:RNA, Viral; D014764:Viral Proteins