Table 2.
Nucleotide (nt) and amino acid (aa) identities between LEAV and some representative orbiviruses: Culicoides-borne (AHSV, African Horse Sickness virus; WALV, Wallal virus), sandfly-borne (CGLV), mosquito-borne (PHSV, Peruvian horse sickness virus), tick-borne (CGV, Changuinola virus) and tick orbivirus (SCRV, St. Croix River virus).
| Segment | Protein | AHSV | CGLV | WALV | PHSV | CGV | SCRV | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nt | aa | nt | aa | nt | aa | nt | aa | nt | aa | nt | aa | ||
| 1 | VP1 (Pol) | 58 | 54 | 58 | 53 | 60 | 54 | 56 | 46 | 50 | 47 | 42 | 33 |
| 2 | VP2 (OC1) | 30 | 15 | 31 | 10 | 33 | 11 | 31 | 11 | 19 | NSI | 21 | NSI |
| 3 | VP3 (T2) | 57 | 52 | 57 | 53 | 58 | 53 | 50 | 36 | 46 | 37 | 37 | 22 |
| 4 | VP4 (CaP) | 54 | 50 | 53 | 49 | 53 | 48 | 52 | 44 | 44 | 40 | 44 | 35 |
| 5 | NS1 (TuP) | 42 | 26 | 39 | 24 | 40 | 22 | 42 | 21 | 28 | 16 | 28 | 15 |
| 6 | VP5 (OC2) | 51 | 41 | 54 | 46 | 54 | 45 | 47 | 34 | 42 | 31 | 38 | 27 |
| 7 | VP7 (T13) | 52 | 41 | 52 | 42 | 53 | 45 | 41 | 22 | 37 | 25 | 32 | 18 |
| 8 | NS2 (Vip) | 42 | 27 | 45 | 30 | 45 | 25 | 34 | 17 | 34 | 21 | 25 | 12 |
| 9 | VP6 (Hel) | 36 | 22 | 38 | 26 | 37 | 24 | 43 | 24 | 33 | 20 | 24 | 14 |
| NS4 | 32 | NSI | 30 | 11 | 40 | NSI | 27 | NSI | 21 | NSI | N/A | ||
| 10 | NS3 | 35 | 23 | 37 | 21 | 36 | 21 | 32 | 15 | 36 | 21 | 29 | 20 |
NSI: no significant identity, N/A: not applicable.