title: The complete genome sequence of shope (rabbit) fibroma virus.
abstract: We have determined the complete DNA sequence of the Leporipoxvirus Shope fibroma virus (SFV). The SFV genome spans 159.8 kb and encodes 165 putative genes of which 13 are duplicated in the 12.4-kb terminal inverted repeats. Although most SFV genes have homologs encoded by other Chordopoxvirinae, the SFV genome lacks a key gene required for the production of extracellular enveloped virus. SFV also encodes only the smaller ribonucleotide reductase subunit and has a limited nucleotide biosynthetic capacity. SFV preserves the Chordopoxvirinae gene order from S012L near the left end of the chromosome through to S142R (homologs of vaccinia F2L and B1R, respectively). The unique right end of SFV appears to be genetically unstable because when the sequence is compared with that of myxoma virus, five myxoma homologs have been deleted (C. Cameron, S. Hota-Mitchell, L. Chen, J. Barrett, J.-X. Cao, C. Macaulay, D. Willer, D. Evans, and G. McFadden, 1999, Virology 264, 298-318). Most other differences between these two Leporipoxviruses are located in the telomeres. Leporipoxviruses encode several genes not found in other poxviruses including four small hydrophobic proteins of unknown function (S023R, S119L, S125R, and S132L), an alpha 2, 3-sialyltransferase (S143R), a protein belonging to the Ig-like protein superfamily (S141R), and a protein resembling the DNA-binding domain of proteins belonging to the HIN-200 protein family S013L). SFV also encodes a type II DNA photolyase (S127L). Melanoplus sanguinipes entomopoxvirus encodes a similar protein, but SFV is the first mammalian virus potentially capable of photoreactivating ultraviolet DNA damage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, The University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada.
authors.forename: D O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Willer
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: McFadden
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Evans
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D012776:Fibroma Virus, Rabbit / Q000235:genetics*; D015967:Gene Expression Regulation, Viral; D005814:Genes, Viral; D016679:Genome, Viral; D006801:Humans; D018152:Leporipoxvirus / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008977:Molluscum contagiosum virus / Q000235:genetics; D011817:Rabbits; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000235:genetics; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014616:Vaccinia virus / Q000235:genetics; D012901:Variola virus / Q000235:genetics; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; D014764:Viral Proteins; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase