title: Nucleotide sequence of a Singapore isolate of zucchini yellow mosaic virus coat protein gene revealed an altered DAG motif.
abstract: A cDNA clone of zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV) RNA was mapped to the 3' terminal region. The nucleotide sequence revealed a single open reading frame of 1035 nucleotides followed by a 3' noncoding region of 215 nucleotides. The putative protease cleavage site for the release of coat protein (CP) was deduced to be between Glu-Ser (at amino acid position 66-67), which would result in a protein of 279 amino acids. This non-aphid-transmissible Singapore isolate of ZYMV showed a change of DAG to GAG triplet near the N-terminal of the CP. The CP gene was expressed as a protein fused to the beta-galactosidase in Escherichia coli and as an unfused protein in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany, National University of Singapore.
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002213:Capsid / Q000235:genetics*; D036022:Capsid Proteins; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004279:DNA, Viral; D005814:Genes, Viral; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D017800:Potyvirus / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D036022:Capsid Proteins; D004279:DNA, Viral; C086081:coat protein, Zucchini yellow mosaic virus