title: Identification of the feline herpesvirus type 1 (FHV-1) genes encoding glycoproteins G, D, I and E: expression of FHV-1 glycoprotein D in vaccinia and raccoon poxviruses.
abstract: The genome of feline herpesvirus type 1 (FHV-1), the major cause of viral upper respiratory disease in cats, contains several genes encoding homologues of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) glycoproteins. Restriction mapping studies have indicated that the group D genome of FHV-1 contains a unique short region that is 9.0 kb long. The nucleotide sequence of a 6.2 kb portion of this region was determined. Analyses of this sequence have identified five open reading frames capable of encoding homologues to HSV-1 protein kinase and glycoproteins gG, gD, gI and gE. Since gD of FHV-1 is most likely an immunologically important polypeptide, vaccinia and raccoon poxvirus recombinants expressing this glycoprotein were generated. In an indirect fluorescent antibody test these recombinants reacted strongly with a rabbit anti-FHV-1 serum. High titres of virus-neutralizing antibodies were also generated in rabbits inoculated with the vaccinia virus recombinant. A 53K viral polypeptide (gD) was detected with this antiserum on Western blots containing polypeptides from potassium tartrate-purified virions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Spatz
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Rota
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Maes
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002415:Cats / Q000382:microbiology; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000737:chemistry; D005814:Genes, Viral; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D006564:Herpesviridae / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D011212:Poxviridae / Q000235:genetics; D011821:Raccoons / Q000382:microbiology; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014616:Vaccinia virus; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins