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ArticleVirology journal2016

Analysis of coevolution in nonstructural proteins of chikungunya virus.

Jaspreet Jain, Kalika Mathur, Jatin Shrinet, Raj K Bhatnagar, Sujatha Sunil

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Article in Virology journal, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jaspreet JainInsect Resistance Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, 110067, India.
Kalika MathurInsect Resistance Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, 110067, India.
Jatin ShrinetInsect Resistance Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, 110067, India.
Raj K BhatnagarInsect Resistance Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, 110067, India.
Sujatha SunilInsect Resistance Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, 110067, India. sujatha@icgeb.res.in.
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRNA viruses are characterized by high rate of mutations mainly due to the lack of proofreading repair activities associated with its RNA-dependent RNA-polymerase (RdRp). In case of arboviruses, this phenomenon has lead to the existence of mixed population of genomic variants within the host called quasi-species. The stability of strains within the quasi-species lies on mutations that are positively selected which in turn depend on whether these mutations are beneficial in either or both hosts. Coevolution of amino acids (aa) is one phenomenon that leads to establishment of favorable traits in viruses and leading to their fitness.

resultsFourteen CHIKV clinical samples collected over three years were subjected to RT-PCR, the four non-structural genes amplified and subjected to various genetic analyses. Coevolution analysis showed 30 aa pairs coevolving in nsP1, 23 aa pairs coevolving in nsP2, 239 in nsP3 and 46 aa coevolving pairs in nsP4 when each non-structural protein was considered independently. Further analysis showed that 705 amino acids pairs of the non-structural polyproteins coevolved together with a correlation coefficient of ≥0.5. Functional relevance of these coevolving amino acids in all the nonstructural proteins of CHIKV were predicted using Eukaryotic Linear Motifs (ELMs) of human.

conclusionsThe present study was undertaken to study co-evolving amino acids in the non-structural proteins of chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an important arbovirus. It was observed that several amino acids residues were coevolving and shared common functions.

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Evolution, MolecularAmino AcidsChikungunya FeverChikungunya virusHumansSequence Analysis, DNAViral Nonstructural ProteinsAmino AcidsViral Nonstructural ProteinsChikungunya virusCoevolutionEukaryotic linear motifsNonstructural proteins

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