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A manually curated database of aerosol-transmitted virus mutations, human diseases, and drugs

Mutation detail:


Mutation site C231stop
Virus Varicella-Zoster virus
Mutation level Amino acid level
Gene/protein/region type ORF36
Gene ID 1487667
Country -
Mutation type nonsynonymous mutation
Genotype/subtype/clade -
Sample Human
Variants -
Viral reference sequence AB097933.1
Drug/antibody/vaccine -
Transmissibility -
Transmission mechanism -
Pathogenicity -
Pathogenicity mechanism -
Immune escape mutation -
Immune escape mechanism -
RT-PCR primers probes -

Protein detail:


Protein name Thymidine Kinase
Uniprot protein ID P09250
Protein length 341 amino acids
Protein description Thymidine kinase catalyzes the transfer of the gamma-phospho group of ATP to thymidine to generate dTMP in the salvage pathway of pyrimidine synthesis. The dTMP serves as a substrate for DNA polymerase during viral DNA replication. Allows the virus to be reactivated and to grow in non-proliferative cells lacking a high concentration of phosphorylated nucleic acid precursors.

Literature information:


Pubmed ID 8380452
Clinical information No
Disease -
Published year 1993
Journal JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY
Title Analysis of the Thymidine Kinase Genes from Acyclovir-Resistant Mutants of Varicella-Zoster Virus Isolated from Patients with AIDS
Author CHRISTINE L. TALARICO,* WILLIAM C. PHELPS, AND KAREN K. BIRON Division of Virology, Wellcome Research Laboratories,
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