First genome sequences of buffalo coronavirus from water buffaloes in Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT: We report the complete genome sequences of a buffalo coronavirus (BufCoV HKU26) detected from the faecal samples of two domestic water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) in Bangladesh. They possessed 98-99% nucleotide identities to bovine coronavirus (BCoV) genomes, supporting BufCoV HKU26 as a member of Betacoronavirus 1. Nevertheless, BufCoV HKU26 possessed distinct accessory proteins between spike and envelope compared to BCoV. Sugar-binding residues in the N-terminal domain of S protein in BCoV are conserved in BufCoV HKU26.

SUBMITTER: Lau SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4879238 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature