Element:Retrofit

Description Retrofit is a Ty1/Copia-like LTR retrotransposon found in the Xa21 disease resistance gene family of rice (Oryza longistaminata) genome (Song et al. 1997). It belongs and gives the name to the Retrofit clade within Branch 2 of the Ty1/Copia family (Llorens et al. 2009). Retrofit full-length genome is 4866 bp in size, including two 232-bp LTRs (Peterson-Burch and Voytas 2002; Song et al. 1997). The internal region encodes for a single long Open Reading Frame (ORF) of 1445 amino acids containing the gag and pol domains typical of Ty1/Copia LTR retrotransposons: gag (with a characteristic nucleocapsid zinc finger-like motif), protease, integrase, reverse transcriptase and RNase H (Peterson-Burch and Voytas 2002). 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: 2586080 Clade: Retrofit Cluster or genus: Undetermined Branch or class: Branch 2 Family: Ty1/Copia System: LTR retroelements Host: Explore the Tree Life Project Oryza longistaminata USDA APHIS PPQ Archive's Images, "Center for Invasive Species and ecosystem Health" Browse all elements