Rhinolophus bat coronavirus HKU2

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Rhinolophus bat coronavirus HKU2
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(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Pisuviricota
Class: Pisoniviricetes
Order: Nidovirales
Family: Coronaviridae
Genus: Alphacoronavirus
Subgenus: Rhinacovirus
Species:
Alphacoronavirus rhinolophi

Rhinolophus bat coronavirus HKU2 (Chinese horseshoe bat virus; Bat-CoV HKU2) is a novel enveloped, single-stranded positive-sense RNA virus species in the Alphacoronavirus , or Group 1, genus with a corona-like morphology.

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Genome

RH-BAT-Cov-HKU2 shares a common evolutionary origin in the spike protein of Bat-SARS CoV. This spike protein shares similar deletions with group 2 coronaviruses in the C-terminus. [1] [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Lau, SK; Woo, PC; Li, KS; Huang, Y; Wang, M; Lam, CS; Xu, H; Guo, R; Chan, KH; Zheng, BJ; Yuen, KY (Oct 2007). "Complete genome sequence of bat coronavirus HKU2 from Chinese horseshoe bats revealed a much smaller spike gene with a different evolutionary lineage from the rest of the genome". Virology. 367 (2): 428–39. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2007.06.009 . PMC   7103351 . PMID   17617433.
  2. ↑ Wooa, Patrick C. Y.; Laua, Susanna K. P.; Lama, Carol S. F.; Laua, Candy C. Y.; Tsanga, Alan K. L.; et al. (2012). "Discovery of Seven Novel Mammalian and Avian Coronaviruses in the Genus Deltacoronavirus Supports Bat Coronaviruses as the Gene Source of Alphacoronavirus and Betacoronavirus and Avian Coronaviruses as the Gene Source of Gammacoronavirus and Deltacoronavirus". J. Virol. 86 (7): 3995–4008. doi:10.1128/jvi.06540-11. PMC   3302495 . PMID   22278237.
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