title: Fusion glycoprotein (F) of rinderpest virus: entire nucleotide sequence of the F mRNA, and several features of the F protein.
abstract: The full-length cDNA corresponding to the mRNA for the fusion protein of rinderpest virus (RV) was cloned and its complete nucleotide sequence was determined. The mRNA for the F protein was composed of 2359 nucleotides and contained a single large open reading frame which was capable of encoding 566 amino acids with a molecular weight (MW) of 58,929. The RV-F mRNA had a long noncoding region at the 5' end (586 bases) which was C-rich like the measles virus (MV)-F mRNA but they did not appear to be homologous with each other. Their secondary structure with long G-C stems suggested that they are easily folded. The coding region of RV-F mRNA was significantly homologous with that of MV-F; 74% of the nucleotides and 79.0% [corrected] of the amino acids were identical. The predicted RV-F protein had a basic amino acid region (104-108) which may be cleaved by protease to yield an activated form of F1,2. Three regions (1-19, 109-133, 418-513) were highly hydrophobic, and the N-terminal hydrophobic region of F1 or the positions of cysteines were significantly conserved compared with those of the other paramyxovirus F proteins. Three potential sites for glycosylation existed only in the F2 protein. Several features of the predicted RV-F protein were confirmed in polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsukiyama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamanouchi
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D007158:Immunologic Techniques; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D012302:Rinderpest virus / Q000235:genetics*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014162:Transfection; D014760:Viral Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012367:RNA, Viral; D014760:Viral Fusion Proteins; D004247:DNA