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Identification and DNA Sequence Analysis of the Marek’s Disease Virus Serotype 2 Genes Homologous to the Thymidine Kinase and UL24 Genes of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1

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The thymidine kinase (TK) gene has been used as a safe and convenient locus for expression of heterologous proteins in some alphaherpesviruses including herpesvirus of turkeys (HVT) antigenically related to Marek’s disease virus (MDV) serotypes 1 (MDV1) and 2 (MDV2). In MDV2 strain HPRS 24 genome, genes equivalent to the TK and UL24 homologues of herpes simplex virus type 1 were identified and sequenced. The MDV2 UL24 gene overlaps the 5′ end of the TK gene in a head-to-head orientation. The predicted region encoding for the MDV2 TK gene is 1,056 nucleotides, corresponding to a polypeptide of 352 amino acids in length. Putative nucleotide- and thymidine-binding sites were identified within the predicted amino acid sequence. The predicted region encoding for the UL24 gene is 948 nucleotides, corresponding to a polypeptide of 316 amino acids in length. By northern blot analyses using MDV2 TK- and UL24-specific DNA probes, four transcripts of approximately 7.8, 5.0, 3.5, and 1.1 kb for the TK gene, and a transcript of 3.8 kb for the UL24 gene were detected in MDV2-infected cells. Alignment of the amino acid sequence of MDV2 TK homologue with those published for TK homologues of other MDV serotypes showed 73.9% (MDV1 vs. MDV2), 58.2% (MDV1 vs. HVT), and 56.8% (MDV2 vs. HVT) identities. Comparison to other alphaherpesvirus TK homologues revealed amino acid sequence homologies varying from 34.5% to 27.8%. The putative MDV2 UL24 homologous protein had identity with the well conserved five motifs among alphaherpesviruses.

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  1. Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yauoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113

    HYUNG-KWAN Jang, KEN Maeda, TAKESHI Mikami & YUKAKO Shimojima

  2. Biological Research Laboratories, Sankyo Co., Ltd, 1-2-58 Hiromachi, Sinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 140

    MITSURU Ono

  3. Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, 1-21-29 Koorimoto, Kagoshima, 890, Japan

    YUKINOBU Tohya

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Jang, HK., Maeda, K., Mikami, T. et al. Identification and DNA Sequence Analysis of the Marek’s Disease Virus Serotype 2 Genes Homologous to the Thymidine Kinase and UL24 Genes of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1. Virus Genes 14, 81–87 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007943624997

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