title: Complete genome of a novel porcine astrovirus.
abstract: Astroviruses have been widely described in mammalian and avian species. Here, we report a complete genome sequence of a novel porcine astrovirus (PoAstV) isolated from a porcine fecal sample in China. The genome consists of 6,611 nucleotides, excluding the 3' poly(A) tail, and has two open reading frames (ORFs). ORF1 maps between nucleotide positions 19 and 4211 and encodes a 1,396-amino-acid (aa) polyprotein precursor consisting of nonstructural protein and putative RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, and ORF2 maps between nucleotide positions 4202 and 6531 and encodes a 775-aa polyprotein which is a capsid precursor protein. The genome sequence of the virus was distinct enough from those of the known PoAstVs to be considered a novel sequence. Phylogenetic analysis based on the predicted amino acid sequence of the complete capsid region showed that this strain may be a novel porcine astrovirus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Swine Infectious Disease, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Tongling
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shan
authors.forename: Chunmei
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Wu
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Xiuguo
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Hua
authors.forename: Shen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Yifei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Wen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Guangzhi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tong
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019200:Astroviridae / Q000235:genetics*; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases / Q000378:metabolism; D016679:Genome, Viral; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D013552:Swine / Q000821:virology*
chemical_list: D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases