PMID- 10881675 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20000720 LR - 20200324 IS - 0304-8608 (Print) IS - 1432-8798 (Electronic) IS - 0304-8608 (Linking) VI - 145 IP - 5 DP - 2000 TI - Determination of the complete nucleotide sequence of a vaccine strain of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus and identification of the Nsp2 gene with a unique insertion. PG - 871-83 AB - The complete nucleotide sequence of the genomic RNA of a vaccine strain (SP) of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) was determined. It shares approximately 94% identity of nucleotide sequence with two recently reported North American strains, 16244B and VR2332, but only 78% with a European strain, Lelystad virus (LV). Its genome is the longest among the four published complete sequences of PRRSV, due to an insertion in the Nsp2-encoding region. Compared to Nsp2 of the North American strains and the European strain, the predicted Nsp2 of strain SP contains 36 and 155 amino acid insertions, respectively, near the C-terminus, in addition to several highly variable regions. The insertion shows no homology with any equivalent arterivirus proteins. This high sequence disparity of Nsp2 among different PRRSV isolates suggested that it could be used as a marker to differentiate PRRSV genotypes. The 5' RACE and primer extension analysis of three North American strains demonstrated that the utmost 5'-end nucleotides are conserved among PRRSV strains isolated from two continents. The predicted polyprotein 1 a/b contains conserved proteinase, polymerase and helicase domains responsible for polyprotein processing, RNA transcription and replication. FAU - Shen, S AU - Shen S AD - Institute of Molecular Agrobiology, National University of Singapore, Singapore. FAU - Kwang, J AU - Kwang J FAU - Liu, W AU - Liu W FAU - Liu, D X AU - Liu DX LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Austria TA - Arch Virol JT - Archives of virology JID - 7506870 RN - 0 (DNA Primers) RN - 0 (DNA, Viral) RN - 0 (Viral Nonstructural Proteins) RN - 0 (Viral Vaccines) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Base Sequence MH - Cell Line MH - Cloning, Molecular MH - DNA Primers/genetics MH - DNA, Viral/genetics MH - Europe MH - Gene Amplification MH - *Genes, Viral MH - Haplorhini MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - North America MH - Open Reading Frames MH - Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus/*genetics/immunology/isolation & purification MH - Sequence Homology, Amino Acid MH - Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid MH - Species Specificity MH - Swine MH - Viral Nonstructural Proteins/genetics MH - Viral Vaccines/genetics PMC - PMC7086861 EDAT- 2000/07/06 11:00 MHDA- 2000/07/25 11:00 PMCR- 2020/03/23 CRDT- 2000/07/06 11:00 PHST- 2000/07/06 11:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2000/07/25 11:00 [medline] PHST- 2000/07/06 11:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/03/23 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 1450871 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s007050050680 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Arch Virol. 2000;145(5):871-83. doi: 10.1007/s007050050680.