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. 2015 Jan 21;89(7):3888–3909. doi: 10.1128/JVI.03597-14

TABLE 1.

Characteristics of ORFs

ORF Function MneRV2,a size (aa) RRV,b size (aa) % identity KSHV,c size (aa) % identity
N1 ITAM-containing signal-transducing membrane protein; KSHV K1 432 423 53.0 289 16.6
2 Dihydrofolate reductase (vDHFR) 185 188 66.5 210d 47.0
4 Complement control protein; membrane protein; KSHV KCP 381 395 76.6 550 67.7
6 Single-strand DNA binding protein (ssDBP); UL29 1,132 1,132 94.1 1,133 37.6
7 Subunit of terminase; UL28 684 686 86.4 695 51.6
8 Glycoprotein B; UL27 826 829 91.0 845 65.7
9 DNA polymerase; UL30 1,013 1,014 93.7 1,012 66.8
10 Derived from dUTPase; CMVk UL82/83/84 416 416 81.0 418 32.9
11 Derived from dUTPase; CMV UL82/83/84 410 409 86.6 407 31.0
N2 vIL-6; KSHV K2 207 207 82.1 204 14.5
-e (Position of vDHFR in KSHV) - - - 210
- (E3 ubiquitin ligase membrane protein; KSHV K3; MIR1; ORF12) - - - 333
70 Thymidylate synthase (vTS) 333 333 93.1 337 65.8
N4 Interleukin 8-like CC chemokine; KSHV K4; vMIP-II; vCCL-2 120 118 75.0 94 23.3
- (Interleukin 8-like CC chemokine; KSHV K4.1; vMIP-Iβ; vCCL-3) - - - 114
- (Contains hydrophobic domains; KSHV K4.2) - - - 182
- (E3 ubiquitin ligase membrane protein; KSHV K5; MIR2) - - - 256
- (Interleukin 8-like CC chemokine; KSHV K6; vMIP-I; vCCL-1) - - - 95
N7 Related to KSHV K7; RFHVMn RF7 116 ***f ***f 126 7.8
16 BCL-2-like inhibitor of apoptosis; vBCL-2 184 187 90.2 175 44.6
17 Minor capsid scaffold protein; UL26 537 536 82.7 553 58.3
17.5 Major capsid scaffold protein; UL26.5 292 291 77.7 288 30.0
18 Related to CMV UL79 299 257 73.6 257 56.0
19 Putative portal-capping protein; UL25 547 547 84.3 549 51.7
20 Nuclear protein; UL24 350 350 83.1 320 33.4
21 Thymidine kinase; UL23 556 557 87.0 580 41.4
22 Glycoprotein H; UL22 726 726 81.8 730 38.0
23 Tegument protein; UL21 419 402 80.2 404 45.6
24 Related to CMV UL87 733 732 85.9 752 58.5
25 Major capsid protein; UL19 1,378 1,378 95.6 1,376 72.3
26 Capsid triplex protein; UL18 305 305 93.8 305 64.3
27 Related to EBV BDLF2 273 269 76.9 290 27.1
28 Membrane protein; related to KSHV ORF28 91 91 59.3 102 26.4
29B Putative ATPase subunit of terminase; UL15; unspliced 348 348 94.3 351 65.5
29 Putative ATPase subunit of terminase; UL15; 29A, 29B spliced 681 681 91.9 687 64.4
29A Putative ATPase subunit of terminase; UL15; unspliced 327 327 86.9 312 60.3
30 Related to CMV UL91 76 76 72.4 77 44.7
31 Related to CMV UL92 217 217 86.2 224 41.9
32 Tegument protein; DNA packaging; UL17 464 464 80.8 454 40.1
33 Tegument protein; UL16 336 336 85.1 312 39.3
34 Related to CMV UL95 328 327 82.3 327 47.9
35 Tegument protein; UL14 149 149 90.6 151 35.6
36 Serine-threonine protein kinase; UL13 435 435 90.3 444 45.1
37 SOX; host shutoff; DNase; UL12 480 472 92.7 486 63.8
38 Alkaline exonuclease; UL11 70 69 75.7 61 44.3
39 Glycoprotein M; UL10 378 378 95.0 399 60.1
40A Subunit of helicase-primase complex; UL8; unspliced 460 468 80.7 457 32.0
40 Subunit of helicase-primase complex; UL8; 40A, 41 spliced 638 638 78.8 669 27.1
41 Subunit of helicase-primase complex; UL8; unspliced 203 203 75.4 205 24.1
42 Tegument protein; UL7 272 272 90.8 278 44.1
43 Portal protein; UL6 581 576 93.3 605 61.8
44 Helicase subunit of helicase-primase complex; UL5 790 790 93.5 788 66.7
45 Inhibition of IRF-7; virion phosphoprotein; 304 353 67.4 407 22.4
46 Uracil-DNA glycosylase; UL2 255 255g 82.0 255 61.2
47 Glycoprotein gL; UL1 163 163 81.0 167 28.2
48 Unknown function; related to BRRF2 EBV 389 389 82.5 402 26.0
49 Unknown function; related to BRRF1 EBV 301 301 94.0 302 53.2
50 RTA; transactivator; related to BRLF1 EBV; exons 1 and 2 spliced 575 577 83.9 691 37.7
N8γ bZIP transcription factor; KSHV K8γ; exon 1 unspliced 162 177 50.9 239 13.0
N8α bZIP transcription factor; KSHV K8α; exons 1, 2, and 3 spliced 222 234 62.2 237 19.6
N8.1γ Glycoprotein; ORF51; KSHV K8.1γ; exon 1 unspliced 195 230 56.8 197 12.6
N8.1α Glycoprotein; ORF51; KSHV K8.1α; exons 1 and 2 spliced 274 275 61.8 228 11.8
52 Related to BLRF2 EBV 138 139 87.0 131 43.5
53 Glycoprotein N; UL49A 96 104 87.5 110 47.9
54 Deoxyuridine triphosphatase; UL50 290 290 90.3 318 40.7
55 Tegument protein; UL51 210 210 95.7 227 56.2
56 Primase subunit of helicase-primase complex; UL52 839 828 88.4 843 51.6
57 Posttranscriptional regulator; UL54; exons 1 and 2 spliced 447 446 87.9 455 38.2
57A Posttranscriptional regulator; UL54; unspliced 443 442 87.1 - -
N9-1 Related to KSHV vIRF-1/K9; unspliced 414 415 69.8 449h 19.3
N9-2 Related to KSHV vIRF-1/K9; unspliced 413 415 70.7 449h 17.2
N9-3 Related to KSHV vIRF-1/K9; unspliced 351 351 82.6 449h 20.5
N9-4 Related to KSHV vIRF-1/K9; unspliced 322 361 74.8 449h 19.6
N9-5 Homolog of N9-1; related to KSHV vIRF-1/K9; unspliced 386 385 81.3 449h 19.9
N9-6 Homolog of N9-2; related to KSHV vIRF-1/K9; unspliced 394 390 77.4 449h 20.6
N9-7 Homolog of N9-3; related to KSHV vIRF-1/K9; unspliced 355 355 81.7 449h 19.2
N9-8 Homolog of N9-4; related to KSHV vIRF-1/K9; unspliced 364 364 80.5 449h 14.6
- (KSHV vIRF-4/K10; spliced) - - - 911
- (KSHV vIRF-3/K10.5; spliced) - - - 566
- (KSHV vIRF-2/K11; spliced) - - - 680
58 Multiple transmembrane protein; UL43 360 360 88.9 357 36.1
59 DNA polymerase processivity factor; UL42 394 394 88.3 396 51.8
60 Ribonucleotide reductase small subunit; UL40 314 304 91.4 305 67.8
61 Ribonucleotide reductase large subunit; UL39 790 788 91.0 792 61.5
62 Capsid triplex protein; UL38 331 331 92.7 331 57.1
63 Tegument protein; UL37 938 939 83.5 927 41.3
64 Large tegument protein; UL36 2,554 2,548 74.5 2,635 17.3
65 Small capsid protein on hexon tips; UL35 169 169 82.8 170 36.1
66 BFRF2 EBV homolog; related to CMV UL49 443 448 77.4 429 43.3
67 Capsid docking protein on nuclear lamina; UL34 268 268i 79.9 271 58.2
67A DNA packaging; UL33 89 86 82.0 80 57.3
68 Nuclear localization of capsids and DNA packaging; UL32 457 457 82.1 545 50.3
69 Egress of capsids from nucleus; UL31 297 297 89.9 225 48.8
N12 Homolog of KSHV K12; Kaposin A 109 89 32.2 60 11.9
N13 FLIP-like inhibitor of apoptosis; vFLIP; KSHV K13; ORF71 174 174 81.0 188 33.9
72 Cyclin D-like protein; KSHV vCyc 250 254 90.4 257 35.2
73 Latency-associated nuclear antigen; KSHV LANA 438 448 59.0 1,162 16.2
N14 vOX2; contains two Ig domains; KSHV K14 254 253 83.9 348 31.5
74 vGPCR; G-protein-coupled receptor; similar to IL-8 receptor 437 342 66.6 342 32.5
75 Tegument protein; related to EBV FGARAT 1,296 1,298 84.7 1,296 43.5
N15 Signal-transducing membrane protein; K15; EBV LAMP; spliced 529 ***j ***j 490 13.0
a

MneRV2 genome (KP265674).

b

RRV26-95 (AF10726).

c

KSHV genome (NC_009333).

d

The KSHV vDHFR is not located at this position within the KSHV genome.

e

KSHV-specific ORFs missing in RFHVMn and/or RRV are indicated in parentheses, and their relative positions within the macaque viral genomes are indicated by a hyphen.

f

The homologous ORF in RRV17577 and RRV26-95 is disrupted.

g

The 255-aa RRV26-95 ORF46 sequence is corrected from the published genomic sequence, which encoded an erroneous 230-aa ORF due to two single-base-pair insertion sequencing errors at bp 62577 (extra T) and bp 62668 (extra A), as described in the text.

h

KSHV K9.

i

The 268-aa RRV26-95 ORF67 sequence is corrected from the published genomic sequence, which encoded an erroneous 222-aa ORF due to a base pair insertion sequencing error at bp 107619 (extra C), as described in the text. An additional sequencing error was identified in the RRV17577 ORF67 at bp 109544 (missing C), by sequence comparison. The corrected RRV17577 ORF67 sequence was 268 aa and 100% identical to the corrected RRV26-95 sequence.

j

R15 gene in RRV26-95 is disrupted as indicated in the text. The homologous gene in RRV 17577 (532 aa) has 61.1% identity with N15.

k

CMV, cytomegalovirus.