Comparative sequence analysis and expression in E-coli of the subgroup I-specific antigen VP6 from a G2 serotype human rotavirus IS2

Aijaz, S and Rao, CD (1996) Comparative sequence analysis and expression in E-coli of the subgroup I-specific antigen VP6 from a G2 serotype human rotavirus IS2. In: Current Science, 71 (6). pp. 456-464.

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Abstract

VP6, the intermediate capsid protein of the virion, specifies subgroup specificity of rotavirus, It is also the most conserved, both at nucleotide and amino acid levels, among group A rotaviruses and is the target of choice for rotavirus detection, In this study we report the sequence of the subgroup I (SGI)-specific VP6 from the serotype G2 strain IS2 isolated from a child suffering from acute diarrhoea in Bangalore ana its comparison with the published VP6 sequences. Interestingly, IS2 gene 6 shared highest homology with that from bovine UK strain and the protein contained substitutions by lysine at amino acid positions 97 and 134, In contrast, the amino acids Met and Glu/Asp at these respective positions are highly conserved in all the other group A rotaviruses sequenced so far, These observations have obvious implications for the evolution of serotype G2 and G2-like strains circulating in India, The SGI VP6, of a human rotavirus, possessing epitopes that are conformationally similar to those found in the native protein in the virion, was successfully expressed in E. coli and purified for the first time by single-step affinity chromatography.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Current Science
Publisher:	Indian Academy of Sciences
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Indian Academy of Sciences.
Keywords:	Major capsid protein;monoclonal-antibodies;escherichia-coli; simian rotavirus;particles;epitopes;cells;transcription; purification;polymerase.
Department/Centre:	Division of Biological Sciences > Microbiology & Cell Biology Division of Biological Sciences > Molecular Reproduction, Development & Genetics
Date Deposited:	27 Jan 2010 07:39
Last Modified:	29 Jun 2011 06:25
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/24695

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