Table 2

Wild-type fusion peptide sequences in other flaviviruses

Flavivirus
Vector
Wild-type sequencea

Additional mosquito-borne not in Table 1b
Mosquito
DRGWGNGCGLFGKGSI
Viruses with variations only in amino acid 16c
Mosquito
DRGWGNGCGLFGKGSX
Iguape virus
Mosquito
DRGWNNGCGLFGKGSL
Bussuquara
Mosquito
NRGWNNGCGLFGKGDI
Seabird tick-borne virusesd
Tick
DRGWGNHCGLFGKGSI
Kadam virus
Tick
DRGWGNNCGLFGKGSI
Some NKVe
None known
DRGWGNGCGLFGKGSI
Modoc virus
None known
DRGWGNGCALFGKGSI
Tamana bat virusf
None known
DRGWDSGCFIFGKGEV
Cell fusing agent (CFAV)
No known vertebrate host
NRGWGTGCFKWGIGFV
CFA Puerto Rico (CFAV)
No known vertebrate host
NRGWGTGCFKWGIGFV
Culex flavivirus (CXFV)
No known vertebrate host
NRGWGTGCFKWGIGFV
Kamiti River virus (KRV)
No known vertebrate host
NRGWGTGCFEWGLGQV

aChanges from the amino acids in the most common mosquito-borne sequence are in bold.

bIncluding Usutu, Sepik and Entebbe bat, Ilheus, Bagaza and Yokose viruses

cKokobera, Rocio, Kédougou and Zika viruses in which amino acid 16, X, = M, L, Y and L respectively

dTyuleniy, Meaban and Saumarez Reef viruses

eRio Bravo, Apoi and Montana myotis leukoencephalitis viruses

fA new genus has been proposed for this virus.

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