Abstract
To localize the genes for the major glycoproteins of equine herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1), a library of the EHV-1 genome was constructed in the lambda gt11 expression vector. Recombinant bacteriophage expressing EHV-1 glycoprotein epitopes as fusion products with beta-galactosidase were detected by immunoscreening with monoclonal antibodies specific for each of six EHV-1 glycoproteins. Seventy-four recombinant lambda gt11 clones reactive with EHV-1 monoclonal antibodies were detected among 4 X 10(5) phage screened. Phage expressing determinants on each of the six EHV-1 glycoproteins were represented in the library. Herpesviral DNA sequences contained in lambda gt11 recombinants expressing epitopes of EHV-1 glycoproteins were used as hybridization probes for mapping insert sequences on the viral genome. Genes for five EHV-1 glycoproteins (gp2, gp10, gp13, gp14, and gp21/22a) mapped to the genome L component; only one EHV-1 glycoprotein (gp17/18) was expressed from the unique S region of the genome where genes of several major glycoproteins of other herpesviruses have been located. Two glycoproteins of EHV-1, gp13 and gp14, mapped to positions colinear with genes of major glycoproteins identified in several other alphaherpesviruses (gC- and gB-like glycoproteins, respectively). The genomic locations of other EHV-1 glycoproteins indicated the existence of major glycoproteins of EHV-1 (gp2, gp10, and gp21/22a) for which no genetic homologs have yet been detected in other herpesviruses. The results confirm the general utility of the lambda gt11 expression system for localizing herpesvirus genes and suggest that the genomic positioning of several high-abundance glycoproteins of EHV-1 may be different from that of the prototype alphaherpesvirus, herpes simplex virus.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Virology,Insect Science,Immunology,Microbiology
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