title: Sequence and initial characterization of the U(L)10 (glycoprotein M) and U(L)11 homologous genes of serotype 1 Marek's Disease Virus.
abstract: The nucleotide sequence of the U(L)10 (glycoprotein M) and the U(L)11 homologs of Marek's Disease Virus 1 strain GA was determined. The U(L)10 open reading frame encodes a type III membrane protein of 424 amino acids that contains eight hydrophobic domains and two consensus N-linked glycosylation sites. The U(L)11 homologous gene encodes an 84 amino acid polypeptide, and contains a highly conserved myristylation site at its aminoterminus. By analysis of infected-cell RNA with strand-specific RNA probes, transcription of both U(L)10 and U(L)11 in infected cells was demonstrated. Coupled in vitro transcription-translation confirmed that the U(L)10 product is a 47 kD N-glycosylated viral protein that aggregated upon boiling, whereas the U(L)11 protein exhibited a size of 12 kD after in vitro translation.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Biology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institutes, Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases of Animals, Insel Riems, Germany.
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authors.lastname: Osterrieder
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D004372:Ducks; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008381:Herpesvirus 2, Gallid / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D006023:Glycoproteins; C120513:UL10 protein, Gallid herpesvirus 2; C073414:UL11 protein, herpesviridae; D014764:Viral Proteins; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins