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Background  Discrete RNA structures such as  cis -acting replication elements ( cre ) in the coding region of RNA virus genomes create characteristic suppression of synonymous site variability (SSSV). Different phylogenetic methods have been developed to predict secondary structures in RNA viruses, for high-resolution thermodynamic scanning and for detecting SSSV. These approaches have been successfully in predicting cis-acting signals in different members of the family  Picornaviridae  and  Caliciviridae . In order to gain insight into the identification of  cis -acting signals in viruses whose mechanisms of replication are currently unknown, we performed a phylogenetic analysis of complete genome sequences from 49 Human Norovirus (NoV) strains.    Findings  The complete coding sequences of NoV ORF1 were obtained from the DDBJ database and aligned. Shannon entropy calculations and RNAalifold consensus RNA structure prediction identified a discrete, conserved, invariant sequence region with a characteristic AAACG  cre  motif at positions 240 through 291 of the RNA dependant RNA polymerase (RdRp) sequence (relative to strain [EMBL: EU794713 ]). This sequence region has a high probability to conform a stem-loop.    Conclusion  A new predicted stem-loop has been identified near the 5' end of the RdRp of Human NoV genome. This is the same location recently reported for  Hepatovirus cre  stem-loop.

Phylogenetic prediction of cis-acting elements: a cre-like sequence in Norovirus genome?