The simian varicella virus uracil DNA glycosylase and dUTPase genes are expressed in vivo, but are non-essential for replication in cell culture.
Virus Res
; 142(1-2): 78-84, 2009 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
Neurotropic herpesviruses express viral deoxyuridine triphosphate nucleotidohydrolase (dUTPase) and uracil DNA glycosylase (UDG) enzymes which may reduce uracil misincorporation into viral DNA, particularly in neurons of infected ganglia. The simian varicella virus (SVV) dUTPase (ORF 8) and UDG (ORF 59) share 37.7% and 53.9% amino acid identity, respectively, with varicella-zoster virus (VZV) homologs. Infectious SVV mutants defective in either dUTPase (SVV-dUTPase(-)) or UDG (SVV-UDG(-)) activity or both (SVV-dUTPase(-)/UDG(-)) were constructed using recA assisted restriction endonuclease cleavage (RARE) and a cosmid recombination system. Loss of viral dUTPase and UDG enzymatic activity was confirmed in CV-1 cells infected with the SVV mutants. The SVV-dUTPase(-), SVV-UDG(-), and SVV-dUTPase(-)/UDG(-) mutants replicated as efficiently as wild-type SVV in cell culture. SVV dUTPase and UDG expression was detected in tissues derived from acutely infected animals, but not in tissues derived from latently infected animals. Further studies will evaluate the pathogenesis of SVV dUTPase and UDG mutants and their potential as varicella vaccines.
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Pirofosfatases
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Proteínas Virais
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Replicação Viral
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Varicellovirus
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Infecções por Herpesviridae
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Uracila-DNA Glicosidase
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Animals
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Humans
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Ano de publicação:
2009
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