Potato virus Y (PVY) is one of the most important viruses affecting cultivated potatoes in Egypt. Different potato plants were collected from an experimental station in Giza Governorate, Egypt and were tested using RT-PCR. PVY was amplified using primers represented portion of the coat protein (CP) gene and 3' untranslated regions (UTR). Phylogenetic tree showed two main strain groups: Group I regroups PVYN and PVY stains, while Group 11 includes pvy0, pvyw and PVYN:O strains. The Egyptian PVY isolate was clearly classified within group I, and was more closely related to PVY strains. Ten nucleotide substitutions resulted in 3 conserved amino acid substitutions (VI*I, G7*E, M or V and S8*G) and were able to differentiate between both groups. The partial coat protein region was more diverse than that of the 3'UTR (92.6-100% and (97.7-100% identity, respectively). The 3'UTR of the Egyptian isolate showed RNA secondary structures different from those of the 5 PVY strains.