Element:Spirobel

Description Spirobel is a LTR retrotransposon described in the genome of the nematode parasite Trichinella spiralis. Its name is an acronym derived from "Trichinella spiralis Bel/Pao element". Spirobel belongs to the Tas clade (Copeland et al. 2005) within Branch 1 of the Bel/Pao family (Llorens et al. 2009). Spirobel genome (5428 bp long) encodes for a single ORF containing both putative gag and pol domains. The gag nucleocapsid protein contains the three zinc-finger motifs of Cys-His type, while the pol presents the AP, RT, RH and INT associated domains. To date there is no information available of Spirobel LTRs. Structure Figure not to scale. If present, long terminal repeats (LTRs) have been highlighted in blue. Amino acid motifs noted with lines indicate the conserved residues in each protein domain, abbreviations below mean: MA=matrix PR=protease DU or DUT=dUTPase TM=transmembrane TAV or IBMP=transactivator/viroplasmin or inclusion body matrix protein CA=capsid RT=reverse transcriptase INT=Integrase CHR=chromodomain NC=nucleocapsid RH=RNaseH SU=surface MOV=movement protein PPT=polypurine tract PBS=primer binding site ATF=aphid transmission factor VAP=virion associated protein Related literature Mobile DNA II. (Craig et al. 2002)

Genbank accession: 109716041 Clade: Tas Cluster or genus: Undetermined Branch or class: Branch 1 Family: Bel/Pao System: LTR retroelements Host: Explore the Tree Life Project Trichinella spiralis Courtesy of Dickson Despommier, Columbia University Browse all elements