title: Characterization of the S protein of enterotropic murine coronavirus strain-Y.
abstract: The pathogenesis of enterotropic murine coronavirus strain MHV-Y differs extensively from that of prototypic respiratory strains of murine coronaviruses. The S protein of MHV-Y was characterized as a first step towards identifying viral determinants of enterotropism. Immunoblots of MHV-Y virions using anti-S protein specific antiserum revealed that the MHV-Y S protein was inefficiently cleaved. The MHV-Y S gene was cloned and sequenced. It encodes a protein predicted to be 1361 amino acids long. The presence of several amino acids changes within and surrounding the predicted cleavage site of the MHV-Y S protein may contribute to its inefficient cleavage.
authors.affiliation: Section of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Compton
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kunita
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005814:Genes, Viral; D015151:Immunoblotting; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D006517:Murine hepatitis virus / Q000145:classification / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D064370:Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014771:Virion / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D064370:Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; C578557:spike glycoprotein, SARS-CoV; C578553:spike protein, mouse hepatitis virus