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Basic Characteristics of Mutations
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Mutation Site
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V3I |
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Mutation Site Sentence
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An amino acid substitution (V3I) in the Japanese encephalitis virus NS4A protein increases its virulence in mice, but not its growth rate in vitro |
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Mutation Level
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Amino acid level |
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Mutation Type
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Nonsynonymous substitution |
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Gene/Protein/Region
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NS4A |
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Standardized Encoding Gene
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NS4A
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Genotype/Subtype
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GI |
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Viral Reference
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-
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Functional Impact and Mechanisms
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Disease
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Cell line
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Immune
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- |
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Target Gene
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-
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Clinical and Epidemiological Correlations
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Clinical Information
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- |
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Treatment
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- |
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Location
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- |
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Literature Information
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PMID
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21411676
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Title
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An amino acid substitution (V3I) in the Japanese encephalitis virus NS4A protein increases its virulence in mice, but not its growth rate in vitro
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Author
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Yamaguchi Y,Nukui Y,Tajima S,Nerome R,Kato F,Watanabe H,Takasaki T,Kurane I
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Journal
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The Journal of general virology
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Journal Info
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2011 Jul;92(Pt 7):1601-1606
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Abstract
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Our previous studies have shown that the Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) strain Mie/40/2004 is the most virulent of the strains isolated by us in Japan from 2002 to 2004. Comparison of the amino acid sequence of Mie/40/2004 with those of low-virulence strains revealed that an isoleucine residue at position 3 of the Mie/40/2004 NS4A protein may increase viral pathogenicity. A recombinant virus with a single valine-to-isoleucine substitution (V3I) at position 3 in the low-virulence Mie/41/2002 background (rJEV-Mie41-NS4A(V3I)) exhibited increased virulence in mice compared with the Mie/41/2002 parent strain. The V3I mutation did not affect virus growth in several cell lines. These results demonstrate that the isoleucine at position 3 in the NS4A protein of Mie/40/2004 is responsible for its high virulence in vivo. This is the first report to show that an amino acid substitution in a flavivirus NS4A protein alters viral pathogenicity in mice.
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Sequence Data
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AB241118;AB241119
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