title: Molecular comparison of the fibre proteins of bovine adenovirus subtype A and subtype B.
abstract: The fibre gene of the bovine adenovirus type 2 (BAdV2) subtype B was prepared for sequencing by using cloning, sub-cloning and PCR amplification techniques. The nucleotide sequence of the total fibre gene was determined, and it was found to consist of 1,647 nucleotides, coding for a polypeptide of 549 amino acids. The fibre gene regions of BAdV2 A and B subtypes were aligned. The nucleotide identity of the total fibre gene was found to be 60.5%; however, the homology showed great differences in the different subregions coding for the shaft and knob part of the fibre, and the two subtypes were almost identical in the tail subregion. Remarkable changes indicating deletion, insertion and point mutations were found in the shaft subregion when BAdV2/A and B subtypes were compared. We concluded that the differences found in the haemagglutinating activity of the two subtypes of BAdV2 can mostly be explained by the changes in the polypeptide structure of the fibre shaft.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Szent István University, P.O. Box 22, H-1581 Budapest, Hungary a.szendroi@ic.ac.uk
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szendroi
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schamberger
authors.forename: Tamás
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bakonyi
authors.forename: Akos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hornyák
authors.forename: Miklós
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rusvai
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D036022:Capsid Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D002417:Cattle; D017921:Mastadenovirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D036022:Capsid Proteins; C018315:hexon capsid protein, Adenovirus