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Conserved coat protein region of plant viruses is often used as source of antigen for production of polyclonal antibodies for broad-based detection of closely related viruses. Antigenic region in coat protein is located either on N-terminal, and/or C-terminal or in the middle of coat protein. A study was undertaken to determine if antigenic region resides in N-terminal in Garlic virus X (GarV-X) of Allexivirus. In allexiviruses, N-terminal of coat protein region (1–57 amino acids) was highly variable. A complete coat protein of 27 kDa and a truncated protein without N-terminal (20 kDa) of GarV-X were expressed in pET expression vector and confirmed in western blotting using anti-His antisera. These expressed proteins were purified and used for antisera production. Specific and strong reaction was obtained for antisera generated against GarV-X full CP and GarV-X was detected in field-grown allium crops viz., onion, garlic, leek, and bunching onion and chives in ELISA. Antisera against GarV-X CPΔ1–61 (truncated CP) did not show reaction for GarV-X detection in immunoassay. Epitope mapping also indicated N-terminal as major antigenic determinant region with highest antigenic signal score. Our studies confirm that antigenic signals or epitopes reside in the N-terminal region of GarV-X which can be synthesized and used for production of monoclonal antibodies for specific detection purposes.
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Singh, P., Prabha, K., Jain, R.K. et al. N-terminal in coat protein of Garlic virus X is indispensible for its serological detection. Virus Genes 48, 128–132 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11262-013-0990-3
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