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A picornavirus, which is most closely related to seal
aquamavirus 1 (SeAV-1), has been found in an Asian black
bear (Ursus thibetanus) (Wang et al.,
2018). The amino acid identity relationships between
bear aquamavirus 1 (BeAV-1) and SeAV-1 are 87% (P1), 75%
(P2) and 79% (P3), while the complete genome nucleotide
identity is 71.7% (Wang et al., 2018). These
figures suggest that BeAV-1 should belong to the species
Aquamavirus A, however, it has been suggested
by the authors that it might form a novel species within
the genus Aquamavirus (Wang et al.,
2018). Like seal aquamavirus 1, bear aquamavirus 1
appears to possess two VPg polypeptides.
Genome organisation:
VPg+5'UTRIRES-IVB[1AB-1C-1D-2Anpgp/2A-2B-2C/3A-3B1VPg1-3B2VPg2-3Cpro-3Dpol]3'UTR-poly(A)
References
Wang H, Zhang W, Yang S, Kong N, Yu H, Zheng H, Gao F,
Tong W, Li L, Wang X, Deng X, Delwart E, Shan T. Asian
black bear (Ursus thibetanus) picornavirus
related to seal aquamavirus A. Arch Virol. 2018 Dec 20.
doi: 10.1007/s00705-018-4101-6. [Epub ahead of print]
PubMed PMID: 30569277.
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