TABLE 1.
A2RE-like sequences in retroviral RNAs
| Virusa | Gene | Positionb | A2RE-like sequence |
|---|---|---|---|
| None | MBP | 1380 | G C C A A G G A G C C A G A G A G C A U G |
| HIV-1 | gag | 1192 | G A / C A A / G G A / C C A / A A A / G A A / C C C / U |
| HIV-2 | gag | 738 | A - / - - - / - - - / - - - / - - - / - - - / - - - / - |
| SIV | gag | 586 | - - / - - G / - - - / - - - / - - - / - - G / - - U / - |
| FIV | gag | 1474 | - - / - - - / - - - / G - U / - - G / - - - / G A U / - |
| EIAV | gag | 833 | - G / - - - / - - - / G - U / - - G / - - - / - - U / - |
| BIV | gag | 1187 | A U / - - G / - - - / - - C / - - G / - - G / - - G / - |
| MPMV | gag | 1613 | A - / - - - / - - - / - - C / G - U / - - G / - - A / - |
| HTLV-1 | gag | 1609 | U C / - - - / - - C / - U G / G - G / - - G / - - U / - |
| GLV | gag | 1950 | U G / - - G / - - - / - - G / G C - / - - - / - - - / C |
| Mo-MuLV | gag | 1429 | C - / - - - / - - G / - - C / - - U / - - G / U - U / C |
| BLV | gag | 1364 | U C / - - - / - - C / - - C / G C C / - - - / A G - / - |
| RSV | gag | 1566 | U G / - - G / - - - / - - - / U C U / - - G / U - - / - |
| ALV | gag | 1790 | C G / - - G / - - - / - - - / U C U / - - G / U - - / - |
| FeLV | gag | 1685 | U G / - - - / - - G / A A - / G - A / - - - / A - G / C |
| Consensus amino acid | R Q G P K E P | ||
| HIV-1 | vpr | 6157 | G A / A A U / G G A / G C C / A G U / A G A / U C C / U |
| HIV-2 | vpr | 5855 | U U / G - A / - - - / - - - / - - A / G A G / C U - / A |
| SIV | vpr | 6174 | - - / - G - / - - - / U - A / G - A / - A U / G U - / A |
| Consensus amino acid | R N G A R E S |
Abbreviations: avian leukosis virus (ALV), bovine immunodeficiency virus (BIV), bovine leukemia virus (BLV), equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV), feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), Gibbon leukemia virus (GLV), human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1), Mason-Pfizer monkey virus (MPMV), Moloney murine leukemia virus (Mo-MuLV), Rous sarcoma virus (RSV). The accession numbers for the gene sequences are as follows: MBP (NM 010777.1), HIV-1 gag (K02013), HIV-2 gag (L33080), SIV gag (U10899), FIV gag (X57002), EIAV gag (AF170900), BIV gag (M32690), MPMV gag (AF033815), HTLV-1 gag (L03561), GLV gag (U60065), Mo-MuLV gag (AF033811), BLV gag (K02120), RSV gag (AF033808), ALV gag (Z46390), FeLV gag (K01803) HIV-1 vpr (AF133821), HIV-2 vpr (X52223), SIV vpr (AF131870).
Position indicates the number of the first nucleotide in the A2RE-like sequence according to the numbering in the viral sequence from the corresponding accession number.