title: The bovine herpesvirus type 1 UL3.5 open reading frame encodes a virion structural protein.
abstract: The bovine herpesvirus type 1 (BHV-1) open reading frame (ORF) UL3.5 is similar to ORFs found in pseudorabies virus, infectious laryngotracheitis virus, equine herpesvirus type 1, and varicella zoster virus, but clearly absent from herpes simplex virus. The published sequence for this ORF predicts a 126-amino-acid (13.2 kDa) protein product with an isoelectric point of 12.3. We confirmed the UL3.5 sequence, expressed the ORF as a glutathione-S-transferase fusion protein, and made rabbit antibodies against the purified fusion protein. The antiserum detected a 13-kDa protein in Western blots of MDBK cells infected with BHV-1, but not with other herpesviruses or uninfected cells. The BHV-1 UL3.5 protein was characterized as a component of the virion envelope or tegument because it was expressed as a late protein, it was present in the cytoplasm but not the nucleus of infected cells, and it was removed from purified virions by detergent extraction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Health and Biomedical Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706, USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schikora
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Kutish
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rock
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Magyar
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Letchworth
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies; D001483:Base Sequence; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002417:Cattle; D002460:Cell Line; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D007242:Herpesvirus 1, Bovine / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D007668:Kidney; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D011817:Rabbits; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D014771:Virion / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins; D005982:Glutathione Transferase