Characterization of Trichomonas vaginalis virus proteins in the pathogenic protozoan T. vaginalis

Arch Virol. 1998;143(5):963-70. doi: 10.1007/s007050050345.

Abstract

The 4.6-kb double-stranded (ds) RNA of Trichomonas vaginalis virus (TVV)-T1 has been shown to encode two overlapping genes, cap and pol. In this study, a serum for specifically detecting viral cap gene product was raised against a recombinant protein, and sera for specifically detecting pol gene product were raised against synthetic oligopeptides. A 75-kDa major protein and a 160-kDa minor protein were detected by anti-CAP serum in a TVV-T1 sample, indicating that the 75-kDa protein is the viral capsid protein. The 160-kDa protein alone was also detected by two distinct anti-POL sera, indicating that the pol gene is expressed as a CAP-POL fusion protein. These results suggest that the TVV-T1 genome is arranged into a cap-pol organization in a manner similar to that of viruses in family Totiviridae.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Capsid / genetics
  • Capsid / immunology
  • Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Gene Products, pol / genetics
  • Gene Products, pol / immunology
  • Genes, Viral
  • Genome, Viral
  • Humans
  • RNA Viruses / classification
  • RNA Viruses / genetics*
  • RNA Viruses / immunology
  • Recombinant Proteins / genetics
  • Recombinant Proteins / immunology
  • Totiviridae / classification
  • Totiviridae / genetics
  • Trichomonas vaginalis / pathogenicity
  • Trichomonas vaginalis / virology*
  • Viral Proteins / genetics*
  • Viral Proteins / immunology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Gene Products, pol
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Viral Proteins