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The hepatitis E virus polyproline region is involved in viral adaptation.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Purdy Michael A, Lara James, Khudyakov Yury E
Abstract excerpt
Genomes of hepatitis E virus (HEV), rubivirus and cutthroat virus (CTV) contain a region of high proline density and low amino acid (aa) complexity, named the polyproline region (PPR). In HEV genotypes 1, 3 and 4, it is the only region within the non-structural open reading frame (ORF1) with positive selection (4-10 codons with dN/dS>1). This region has the highest density of sites with homoplasy values >0.5....
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