and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV). The ORF5a protein possesses two cysteines at
positions 29 and 30 that are highly conserved among type 2 PRRSV. In this study, the
significance of the ORF5a protein cysteine residues on virus replication was determined
based on a type 2 PRRSV cDNA clone (pAJXM). Each cysteine was substituted by serine or
glycine and the mutations were introduced into pAJXM. We found that the replacement of …