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Molecular Cloning and Nucleotide Sequences of the Perina Nuda Nucleopolyhedrovirus (PenuNPV) p10 Gene

榕樹透翅毒蛾核多角體病毒p10基因之選殖和核苷酸之定序

摘要


榕樹透翅毒蛾核多角體病毒p10基因,位於病毒基因體之Pst I 4.5 kbp片段內。在此DNA片段中已經有696核苷酸完成定序。分析此DNA序列,發現有一個276核苷酸序列的可譯讀區(open reading frame),可轉譯出具有92個胺基酸(amino acids)片段的p10基因產物,p10蛋白質。在榕樹透翅毒蛾核多角體病毒p10基因,轉譯起始點(translation start codon)上游53核苷酸的距離,亦發現與大多數桿狀病毒後期表現基因轉錄(transcription)有關的保守序列TAAG。在北方轉印法(Northern blot)分析中,發現有兩個主要的轉錄產物介別為0.62 kb和3.08 kb會與PenuNPV p10基因的探針反應。其中0.62 kb之轉錄產物即為PenuNPV p10基因的mRNA。榕樹透翅毒蛾核多角體病毒p10蛋白質的胺基酸序列分別為Autograha californica MNPV(AcMNPV),Bombyx mori NPV(BmNPV),Choristoneura fumiferana MNPV(CfMNPV),Spadoptera exigua MNPV(SeMNPV)和Orgyia pseudotsugata MNPV(OpMNPV)有38%,44%,44%,22%和96%的同源性。桿狀病毒p10基因是一個保守的基因(conserved gene),根據文獻顯示在不同種桿狀病毒間,此基因的歧異性(diversity)較高,因此可利用此基因建立桿狀病毒之間的分類。根據本論文所比較的桿狀病毒p10蛋白質之相似程度推測,榕樹透翅毒蛾核多角體病毒與OpMNPV之親源較近。

並列摘要


The Perina nuda nucleopolyhedrovirus (PenuNPV) p10 gene was located in a Pst I 4.5 kilo-base pair (kb) fragment of the viral genome. A portion of 696 nucleotides (nt) containing this gene was sequenced. An open reading frame '(ORF) of 276 nt encoded the p10 protein of 92 amino acid residues. The conserved TAAG motif, which is associated with transcription of most baculovirus late genes, was identified 53 nt upstream of the translational start codon of the PenuNPV p10 gene. Northern blot analysis using a DIG-labeled PenuNPV p10 gene probe detected 2 major transcripts, 0.62 kb and 3.08 kb mRNA in PenuNPV-infected cells at 96 to 120 h postinfection. The PenuNPV p10 gene was expressed as a 0.62 kb transcript. The PenuNPV p10 protein showed 38%, 44%, 44%, 22%, and 96% amino acid identity, respectively, with the p10 proteins of Autographa californica MNPV (AcMNPV), Bombyx mori NPV (BmNPV), Choristoneura fumiferana MNPV (CfMNPV), Spodoptera exigua MNPV (SeMNPV), and Orgyia pseudotsugata MNPV (OpMNPV). This implies that PenuNPV p10 protein is most closely related to OpMNPV p10 protein.

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