Genome comparison of a novel foot-and-mouth disease virus with other FMDV strains

Qian Feng, Huan Yu, Yingying Liu, Chengqiang He, Jingsong Hu, Huachun Sang, Neizheng Ding, Mingxiao Ding, Yin Wan Wendy Fung, Lok Ting Lau, Albert Cheung Hoi Yu, Jianguo Chen*

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Abstract

The genome of a novel foot-and-mouth disease virus, HKN/2002, was 8104 nucleotides (nt) in length (excluding the poly(C) tract and poly(A) tail) and was composed of a 1042-nt 5′-untranslated region (UTR), a 6966-nt open reading frame, and a 93-nt 3′-UTR. Genome sequences of HKN/2002 and other known FMDV strains were compared. The VP1, VP2, and VP3-based neighbor-joining (NJ) trees were divided into distinct clusters according to different serotypes, while other region-based NJ trees exhibited some degree of intercross among serotypes. Mutations in HKN/2002 were revealed, including frequent deletions and insertions in the Ga-H loop of VP1, and deletion involving 10 amino acid residues in the 3A protein. An evolutionary relationship of HKN/2002 with an Asian FMDV lineage isolated from a Hong Kong swine host in 1970 was postulated. A 43-nt deletion identified in the 5′-UTR of HKN/2002 possibly contributed to the loss of one pseudo-knot domain.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)254-263
Number of pages10
JournalBiochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Volume323
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 8 Oct 2004

Scopus Subject Areas

  • Biophysics
  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology

User-Defined Keywords

  • Alignment
  • Phylogenesis
  • Picornavirus
  • Sequence
  • Serotype

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