A novel gemycircularvirus from experimental rats

作者:Li, Wang; Gu, Yu; Shen, Quan; Yang, Shixing; Wang, Xiaochun; Wan, Yan; Zhang, Wen*
来源:Virus Genes, 2015, 51(2): 302-305.
DOI:10.1007/s11262-015-1238-1

摘要

Recently, gemycircularviruses have been found in humans and various species of animals. Here, a novel gemycircularvirus named Ch-zjrat-01 from blood samples of experimental rats was characterized. The novel gemycircularvirus encodes two major proteins, including a capsid protein (Cap) and a replication-associated protein (Rep). Phylogenetic analysis based on the amino acid sequence of Rep indicated that Ch-zjrat-01 clusters with two gemycircularviruses discovered from bird (KF371635) and mosquito (HQ335086), sharing 48.7 and 49.4 % sequence identities with them, respectively.