Variation in the position, adjacent amino acids, and number of DAG and DAG equivalent motifs in N-terminus of coat protein of 12 widely studied potyvirus species with regard to aphid transmission. DAG motif or its variants along with adjacent sequences are highly conserved in the Potyvirus genus and play important roles in molecular interactions with HC-Pro and aphid stylet receptors. The coat protein sequences were taken from the exemplar isolates of potyviruses specified on the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) website: potato virus Y (PVY) (U09509), plum pox virus (PPV) (AJ243957), tobacco etch virus (TEV) (M11458), turnip mosaic virus (TuMV) (AF169561), papaya ring spot virus (PRSV) (X67673), soybean mosaic virus (SMV) (D00507), zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV) (AF127929), cowpea aphid-borne mosaic virus (CABMV) (AF348210), watermelon mosaic virus (WMV) (AY437609), bean common mosaic virus (BCMV) (AJ312437), sugarcane mosaic virus (SCMV) (AJ297628), and the tobacco vein mottling virus (TVMV) (X04083).