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. 2023 Jun 19;20:126. doi: 10.1186/s12985-023-02085-0

Table 1.

Amino acid alignment of antigen orthologues between MVA and monkeypox virus

Antigen Virion form kDa Blast Amino acid Functions in virus infection and replication
MVA MPXV
Accession No.
U94848.1
Accession No.
ON563414.3
Similarity(%) Gap(%)
A27 A29 MV 12.5 93.6 (103/110) 0.0 (0/110) Fusion protein, virus-cell attachment, virus-cell fusion, and virus release from cells
A33 A35 EV 20.6 94.5 (171/181) 0.0 (0/181) Glycoprotein, an integral component of the membrane, lyses the EV membrane
B5 B6 EV 35.1 96.2 (305/317) 0.0 (0/317) Complement control protein, MV wrapping, EV morphogenesis, and release of the virus from the cell
L1 M1 MV 27.3 98.8 (247/250) 0.0 (0/250)

Myristylated MV surface membrane protein,

cellular entry

H3 H3 MV 37.5 94.4 (306/324) 0.0 (0/324) Immunodominant MV protein, attachment of poxviruses to cells, viral morphogenesis
I1 I1 MV 35.9 98.7 (308/312) 0.0 (0/312) DNA (telomere)-binding core protein

EV: enveloped virion; MV: mature virion.