%0 Journal Article %A Berg, Mikael %A Hjertner, Bernt %A Moreno-López, Jorge %A Linné, Tommy %T The P gene of the procine paramyxovirus LPMV encodes three possible polypeptides P, V and C: the P protein mRNA is edited %D 1992 %J Journal of General Virology, %V 73 %N 5 %P 1195-1200 %@ 1465-2099 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/0022-1317-73-5-1195 %I Microbiology Society, %X The nucleotide sequence of the P gene of the porcine paramyxovirus La-Piedad-Michoacan-Mexico virus (LPMV) was analysed. Three long open reading frames (ORFs) were found in the mRNA sense. Insertion of two G residues is necessary to obtain an ORF encoding the P protein, which gives a P protein of 404 amino acids with a calculated M r of 42475. This form of editing was demonstrated, two non-templated G residues being added in a portion of the mRNA transcripts. The LPMV V protein, which has a conserved cysteine-rich C-terminal region, is encoded by an exact copy of the P gene. The third ORF has the capacity to encode a protein of 126 amino acids, which may resemble the C proteins found in some paramyxoviruses. The ORF starts from an AUG codon down-stream of the first AUG codon of the P/V ORF. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/0022-1317-73-5-1195