Identification of the gp67 gene of a baculovirus pathogenic to the spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana multinucleocapsid nuclear polyhedrosis virus.
The baculovirus gp67 gene encodes a pH-dependent membrane fusion protein and has been identified in both Autographa californica multinucleocapsid nuclear polyhedrosis virus (AcMNPV) and Orygia pseudotsugata MNPV (OpMNPV). We have identified a homologous gene in the spruce budworm virus, Choristoneura fumiferana MNPV (CfMNPV). The CfMNPV gp67 gene is 79% identical to AcMNPV gp67 at the level of nucleotide sequence and 82% identical at the level of predicted amino acid sequence. As with OpMNPV and AcMNPV gp67, the CfMNPV gp67 protein is found exclusively in the budded virus phenotype of the baculovirus.
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D005814:Genes, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D016679:Genome, Viral; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017924:Nucleopolyhedroviruses / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D014760:Viral Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D014763:Viral Matrix Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins / Q000235:genetics*
C088127:GP67 protein, Choristoneura fumiferana nuclear polyhedrosis virus; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D014760:Viral Fusion Proteins; D014763:Viral Matrix Proteins; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins