title: Nucleotide sequences of the mRNA's encoding the vesicular stomatitis virus N and NS proteins.
abstract: The complete nucleotide sequences of the vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) mRNA's encoding the N and NS proteins have been determined from the sequences of cDNA clones. The mRNA encoding the N protein is 1,326 nucleotides long, excluding polyadenylic acid. It contains an open reading frame for translation which extends from the 5'-proximal AUG codon to encode a protein of 422 amino acids. The N and mRNA is known to contain a major ribosome binding site at the 5'-proximal AUG codon and two other minor ribosome binding sites. These secondary sites have been located unambiguously at the second and third AUG codons in the N mRNA sequence. Translational initiation at these sites, if it in fact occurs, would result in synthesis of two small proteins in a second reading frame. The VSV and mrna encoding the NS protein is 815 nucleotides long, excluding polyadenylic acid, and encodes a protein of 222 amino acids. The predicted molecular weight of the NS protein (25,110) is approximately one-half of that predicted from the mobility of NS protein on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels. Deficiency of sodium dodecyl sulfate binding to a large negatively charged domain in the NS protein could explain this anomalous electrophoretic mobility.
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D004247:DNA; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D014721:Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus / Q000235:genetics*; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012367:RNA, Viral; D014764:Viral Proteins; D004247:DNA