title: Identification and characterization of glycoprotein H of MDV-1 GA strain.
abstract: A 2439 bp open reading frame (ORF) was identified from the DNA sequence of BamHI-F and -K2 fragments of Marek's disease virus of serotype 1 (MDV-1) GA strain, which predicts an 813 amino acid polypeptide. This peptide is homologous to HSV-1 gH, and has typical glycoprotein features. There are nine potential N-linked glycosylation sites within the extracellular domain. A fragment of the gH ORF was cloned into pGEX vector in frame with glutathione S-transferase (GST) to produce a GST-gH fusion protein in Escherichia coli. The GST-gH fusion protein was used to develop gH monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies. Expression of gH was detected in duck embryo fibroblasts (DEFs) infected with MDV-1 GA strain by immunofluorescence assay (IFA) with these antibodies. Virus neutralization and plaque-forming inhibition analyses were conducted with the gH antiserum. There were no neutralization and plaque-forming inhibition activities of gH antiserum. Comparison of the DNA sequence of gH gene between GA and RB1B strains of MDV-1 revealed major difference in the upstream control elements of gH ORF.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Reed
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sui
authors.forename: L F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D001483:Base Sequence; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002642:Chick Embryo; D008381:Herpesvirus 2, Gallid / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*; D010948:Viral Plaque Assay
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins