TABLE 1.

Features of proteins of LV strains 145SL and 174F and the prototype strain 87-012^a

Protein	No. of amino acids in protein of strain:			Amino acid positions for the prototype protein	Predicted activity or function of viral protein
	145SL	174F	87-012
VP0	259	259	259	1Met-Gln259	Capsid protein
VP3	244	244	244	260Gly-Gln503	Capsid protein
VP1	297	297	297	504Gly-Glu800	Capsid protein
2A1	20	20	20	801Met-Gly820	Primary polyprotein processing
2A2	135	135	135	821Pro-Gln955	Inhibition of cell growth
2B	140	138	138	956Ser-Glu1093	Membrane associated
2C	334	333	333	1094Gly-Asn1426	ATPase
3A	130	130	130	1427Glu-Glu1556	Membrane associated
3B	29	29	29	1557Arg-Glu1585	Initiation of RNA synthesisb
3C	198	198	198	1586Ala-Gln1783	Protease
3D	470	470	470	1784Gly-Asp2253	RNA-dependent RNA polymerase

^aThe polyproteins of strains 145SL, 174F, and 87-012 contain 2,256, 2,253, and 2,253 amino acids in all, respectively.

^bProtein 3B^VPg.