VARIATION IN CONSERVATION AMONG DIFFERENT GENES WITHIN THE HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS TYPE 1, AND ITS CORRELATION WITH FUNCTION Samantha Nadeau & Kerri Callahan
INTRODUCTION o Most research done on comparison between HSV-1 vs. HSV-2 o Compared dN/dS values o Chose three genes/gene complexes UL20 UL49 UL15; UL28; UL33
BACKGROUND o Three main morphological regions to virion o Each gene involves a different region UL20 UL49 UL15; UL28; UL33
HYPOTHESIS o UL20 gene will be least conserved (greatest dN/dS value) o Null: dN=dS
METHODS o Partial genome of strains CJ394, CJ360, CJ311, CJ790, OD4, and TFT401 o Genes UL15, UL20, UL28, UL33, UL49 o 3 sequence alignments: 1.UL20 2.UL15; UL28; UL33 3.UL49
METHODS: ANALYSIS o Codon-based-z-test of selection o Selection at codons via HyPhy o Pairwise distance estimates o Maximum likelihood trees o Null: dN=dS
RESULTS: CODON-BASED-Z-TEST OF SELECTION GeneZ-Statistic HA: dN>dS Prob UL UL15; UL28; UL UL
RESULTS: CODON-BASED-Z-TEST OF SELECTION GeneZ-Statistic HA: DN=/=DS Prob UL UL15; UL28; UL UL
RESULTS: CODON-BASED-Z-TEST OF SELECTION GeneZ statistic HA: dN<dS Prob UL UL15; UL28; UL UL
RESULTS: CODON SELECTION ESTIMATE (HYPHY) GenedN/dS value UL UL15; UL28; UL33 complex0.972 UL
RESULTS: PAIRWISE DISTANCE MATRICES
UL20 MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD TREE
UL15; UL28; UL33 TREE
UL49 MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD TREE
TAKE HOME MESSAGE o Can’t compare UL15, UL28, and UL33 against each other to test conservation o UL20 is less highly conserved than UL49 o UL49 is most highly conserved