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The ecdysteroid UDP-glucosyltransferase gene from the Spodoptera frugiperda multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus (SfMNPV) was identified using degenerate primers whose sequence were derived from conserved regions of the EGT proteins encoded by other baculoviruses. Analysis of the gene sequence revealed the presence of an open reading frame (ORF) with potential to encode a polypeptide of 525 amino acids. Promoter sequences typical of baculovirus genes were found in the 5′ region of this ORF. A polyadenylation signal was identified downstream the translation stop codon. A transient expression assay showed that the product of this ORF was able to conjugate glucose from UDP-glucose with ecdysone confirming that the gene identified was indeed the SfMNPV egt gene. The SfMNPV egt gene and the sequences of other baculovirus egt genes were used to infer a phylogenetic tree. The nucleotide sequence of the entire BamHI fragment that contains the SfMNPV egt gene was determined. Search of the available sequence databases suggested that, besides the egt gene, this region contains 5 ORFs similar to the baculovirus genes gp37 (fusolin), to ptp2 and to ORFs 28, 29, and 30 of Spodoptera exigua multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus. Both the phylogenetic analysis of the egt genes and the gene order of the region that flanks the egt gene indicated that SfMNPV is closely related to the baculoviruses that infects S. exigua and Mamestra configurata.
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Tumilasci, V.F., Leal, È., Zanotto, P.M.A. et al. Sequence Analysis of a 5.1 kbp Region of the Spodoptera frugiperda Multicapsid Nucleopolyhedrovirus Genome that Comprises a Functional Ecdysteroid UDP-Glucosyltransferase (egt) Gene. Virus Genes 27, 137–144 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025720425469
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