Molecular evolution of the capsid gene in human norovirus genogroup II

Capsid protein of norovirus genogroup II (GII) plays crucial roles in host infection. Although studies on capsid gene evolution have been conducted for a few genotypes of norovirus, the molecular evolution of norovirus GII is not well understood. Here we report the molecular evolution of all GII gen...

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Published in:Scientific reports 2016-07, Vol.6 (1), p.29400-29400, Article 29400
Main Authors: Kobayashi, Miho, Matsushima, Yuki, Motoya, Takumi, Sakon, Naomi, Shigemoto, Naoki, Okamoto-Nakagawa, Reiko, Nishimura, Koichi, Yamashita, Yasutaka, Kuroda, Makoto, Saruki, Nobuhiro, Ryo, Akihide, Saraya, Takeshi, Morita, Yukio, Shirabe, Komei, Ishikawa, Mariko, Takahashi, Tomoko, Shinomiya, Hiroto, Okabe, Nobuhiko, Nagasawa, Koo, Suzuki, Yoshiyuki, Katayama, Kazuhiko, Kimura, Hirokazu
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Language:English
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Bioinformatics
Evolution
Gastroenteritis
Genotype & phenotype
Infectious diseases
Phylogenetics
Proteins
Public health
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Summary:Capsid protein of norovirus genogroup II (GII) plays crucial roles in host infection. Although studies on capsid gene evolution have been conducted for a few genotypes of norovirus, the molecular evolution of norovirus GII is not well understood. Here we report the molecular evolution of all GII genotypes, using various bioinformatics techniques. The time-scaled phylogenetic tree showed that the present GII strains diverged from GIV around 1630CE at a high evolutionary rate (around 10(-3) substitutions/site/year), resulting in three lineages. The GII capsid gene had large pairwise distances (maximum > 0.39). The effective population sizes of the present GII strains were large (>10(2)) for about 400 years. Positive (20) and negative (over 450) selection sites were estimated. Moreover, some linear and conformational B-cell epitopes were found in the deduced GII capsid protein. These results suggested that norovirus GII strains rapidly evolved with high divergence and adaptation to humans.
ISSN:2045-2322
2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/srep29400