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Qin Y, Lu S, Wen Y, Li S, Gao S, Zhang D, Li X, Yang J, Gu L, Li M, Wang F, Lu C. Genomic Analysis of a Novel Torradovirus "Rehmannia Torradovirus Virus": Two Distinct Variants Infecting Rehmannia glutinosa. Microorganisms 2024; 12:1643. [PMID: 39203485 PMCID: PMC11356386 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms12081643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2024] [Revised: 08/08/2024] [Accepted: 08/09/2024] [Indexed: 09/03/2024] Open
Abstract
Rehmannia glutinosa, a crucial medicinal plant native to China, is extensively cultivated across East Asia. We used high-throughput sequencing to identify viruses infecting R. glutinosa with mosaic, leaf yellowing, and necrotic symptoms. A novel Torradovirus, which we tentatively named "Rehmannia torradovirus virus" (ReTV), was identified. The complete sequences were obtained through reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), 5' and 3' rapid amplification of cDNA ends, and Sanger sequencing. The amino acid sequence alignment between the ReTV-52 isolate and known Torradovirus species in the Pro-Pol and coat protein regions were 51.3-73.3% and 37.1-68.1%, respectively. Meanwhile, the amino acid sequence alignment between the ReTV-8 isolate and known Torradovirus species in the Pro-Pol and coat protein regions were 52.7-72.8% and 36.8-67.5%, respectively. The sequence analysis classified ten ReTV strains into two variants. The ReTV-52 genome has two RNA segments of 6939 and 4569 nucleotides, while that of ReTV-8 consists of two RNA segments containing 6889 and 4662 nucleotides. Sequence comparisons and phylogenetic analysis showed ReTV strains clustered within the Torradovirus, exhibiting the closet relation to the squash chlorotic leaf spot virus. The RT-PCR results showed a 100% ReTV detection rate in all 60 R. glutinosa samples. Therefore, ReTV should be classified as a novel Torradovirus species. ReTV is potentially dangerous to R. glutinosa, and necessitating monitoring this virus in the field.
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- Yanhong Qin
- Institute of Plant Protection, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 116, Huanyuan Road, Jinshui District, Zhengzhou 450002, China; (Y.Q.); (S.L.); (Y.W.); (S.L.); (S.G.); (D.Z.); (X.L.); (J.Y.); (F.W.)
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 116, Huanyuan Road, Jinshui District, Zhengzhou 450002, China; (Y.Q.); (S.L.); (Y.W.); (S.L.); (S.G.); (D.Z.); (X.L.); (J.Y.); (F.W.)
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 116, Huanyuan Road, Jinshui District, Zhengzhou 450002, China; (Y.Q.); (S.L.); (Y.W.); (S.L.); (S.G.); (D.Z.); (X.L.); (J.Y.); (F.W.)
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 116, Huanyuan Road, Jinshui District, Zhengzhou 450002, China; (Y.Q.); (S.L.); (Y.W.); (S.L.); (S.G.); (D.Z.); (X.L.); (J.Y.); (F.W.)
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 116, Huanyuan Road, Jinshui District, Zhengzhou 450002, China; (Y.Q.); (S.L.); (Y.W.); (S.L.); (S.G.); (D.Z.); (X.L.); (J.Y.); (F.W.)
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 116, Huanyuan Road, Jinshui District, Zhengzhou 450002, China; (Y.Q.); (S.L.); (Y.W.); (S.L.); (S.G.); (D.Z.); (X.L.); (J.Y.); (F.W.)
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 116, Huanyuan Road, Jinshui District, Zhengzhou 450002, China; (Y.Q.); (S.L.); (Y.W.); (S.L.); (S.G.); (D.Z.); (X.L.); (J.Y.); (F.W.)
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 116, Huanyuan Road, Jinshui District, Zhengzhou 450002, China; (Y.Q.); (S.L.); (Y.W.); (S.L.); (S.G.); (D.Z.); (X.L.); (J.Y.); (F.W.)
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- College of Crop Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; (L.G.); (M.L.)
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- College of Crop Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; (L.G.); (M.L.)
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 116, Huanyuan Road, Jinshui District, Zhengzhou 450002, China; (Y.Q.); (S.L.); (Y.W.); (S.L.); (S.G.); (D.Z.); (X.L.); (J.Y.); (F.W.)
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 116, Huanyuan Road, Jinshui District, Zhengzhou 450002, China; (Y.Q.); (S.L.); (Y.W.); (S.L.); (S.G.); (D.Z.); (X.L.); (J.Y.); (F.W.)
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Wieczorek P, Burgyán J, Obrępalska-Stęplowska A. Dicer-Like Protein 4 and RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase 6 Are Involved in Tomato Torrado Virus Pathogenesis in Nicotiana benthamiana. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2024; 65:447-459. [PMID: 38174432 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcad169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2023] [Revised: 12/22/2023] [Accepted: 12/29/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024]
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Tomato torrado virus (ToTV) is a type member of the Torradovirus genus in the Secoviridae family known to cause severe necrosis in susceptible tomato varieties. ToTV also infects other Solanaceae plants, including Nicotiana benthamiana, where it induces distinctive disease symptoms: plant growth drop with the emergence of spoon-like malformed systemic leaves. Virus-induced post-transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS) is significant among plant defense mechanisms activated upon virus invasion. The PTGS, however, can be counteracted by suppressors of RNA silencing commonly found in viruses, which efficiently disrupt the antiviral defense of their host. Here, we addressed the question of PTGS antiviral activity and its suppression in N. benthamiana during ToTV infection-a phenomenon not described for any representative from the Torradovirus genus so far. First, we showed that neither the Vp26-a necrosis-inducing pathogenicity determinant of ToTV-nor other structural viral proteins limited the locally induced PTGS similar to p19, a well-characterized potent suppressor of RNA silencing of tombusviruses. Moreover, by employing wild-type and transgenic lines of N. benthamiana with suppressed Dicer-like 2 (DCL2), Dicer-like 4 (DCL4), Argonaute 2 and RNA-dependent RNA polymerase 6 (RDR6) proteins, we proved their involvement in anti-ToTV defense. Additionally, we identified DCL4 as the major processor of ToTV-derived siRNA. More importantly, our results indicate the essential role of the Suppressor of Gene Silencing 3 (SGS3)/RDR6 pathway in anti-ToTV defense. Finally, we conclude that ToTV might not require a potent RNA silencing suppressor during infection of the model plant N. benthamiana.
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- Przemysław Wieczorek
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Institute of Plant Protection-National Research Institute, Węgorka 20, Poznań 60-318, Poland
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, National Agricultural Research and Innovation Centre, Gödöllő 2100, Hungary
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Institute of Plant Protection-National Research Institute, Węgorka 20, Poznań 60-318, Poland
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Mahillon M, Brodard J, Dubuis N, Gugerli P, Blouin AG, Schumpp O. Mixed infection of ITPase-encoding potyvirid and secovirid in Mercurialis perennis: evidences for a convergent euphorbia-specific viral counterstrike. Virol J 2024; 21:6. [PMID: 38178191 PMCID: PMC10768138 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-023-02257-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2023] [Accepted: 12/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND In cellular organisms, inosine triphosphate pyrophosphatases (ITPases) prevent the incorporation of mutagenic deaminated purines into nucleic acids. These enzymes have also been detected in the genomes of several plant RNA viruses infecting two euphorbia species. In particular, two ipomoviruses produce replicase-associated ITPases to cope with high concentration of non-canonical nucleotides found in cassava tissues. METHOD Using high-throughput RNA sequencing on the wild euphorbia species Mercurialis perennis, two new members of the families Potyviridae and Secoviridae were identified. Both viruses encode for a putative ITPase, and were found in mixed infection with a new partitivirid. Following biological and genomic characterization of these viruses, the origin and function of the phytoviral ITPases were investigated. RESULTS While the potyvirid was shown to be pathogenic, the secovirid and partitivirid could not be transmitted. The secovirid was found belonging to a proposed new Comovirinae genus tentatively named "Mercomovirus", which also accommodates other viruses identified through transcriptome mining, and for which an asymptomatic pollen-associated lifestyle is suspected. Homology and phylogenetic analyses inferred that the ITPases encoded by the potyvirid and secovirid were likely acquired through independent horizontal gene transfer events, forming lineages distinct from the enzymes found in cassava ipomoviruses. Possible origins from cellular organisms are discussed for these proteins. In parallel, the endogenous ITPase of M. perennis was predicted to encode for a C-terminal nuclear localization signal, which appears to be conserved among the ITPases of euphorbias but absent in other plant families. This subcellular localization is in line with the idea that nucleic acids remain protected in the nucleus, while deaminated nucleotides accumulate in the cytoplasm where they act as antiviral molecules. CONCLUSION Three new RNA viruses infecting M. perennis are described, two of which encoding for ITPases. These enzymes have distinct origins, and are likely required by viruses to circumvent high level of cytoplasmic non-canonical nucleotides. This putative plant defense mechanism has emerged early in the evolution of euphorbias, and seems to specifically target certain groups of RNA viruses infecting perennial hosts.
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- Mathieu Mahillon
- Research Group Virology, Bacteriology and Phytoplasmology, Plant Protection Department, Agroscope, Nyon, Switzerland
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- Research Group Virology, Bacteriology and Phytoplasmology, Plant Protection Department, Agroscope, Nyon, Switzerland
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- Research Group Virology, Bacteriology and Phytoplasmology, Plant Protection Department, Agroscope, Nyon, Switzerland
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- Research Group Virology, Bacteriology and Phytoplasmology, Plant Protection Department, Agroscope, Nyon, Switzerland
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- Research Group Virology, Bacteriology and Phytoplasmology, Plant Protection Department, Agroscope, Nyon, Switzerland
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- Research Group Virology, Bacteriology and Phytoplasmology, Plant Protection Department, Agroscope, Nyon, Switzerland.
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Alvarez-Quinto R, Amao M, Muller G, Fuentes S, Grinstead S, Fuentes-Bueno I, Roenhorst A, Westenberg M, Botermans M, Kreuze J, Mollov D. Evidence that an Unnamed Isometric Virus Associated with Potato Rugose Disease in Peru Is a New Species of Genus Torradovirus. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2023; 113:1716-1728. [PMID: 37486151 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-11-22-0449-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/25/2023]
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A previously uncharacterized torradovirus species infecting potatoes was detected by high-throughput sequencing from field samples from Peru and in customs intercepts in potato tubers that originated from South America in the United States of America and the Netherlands. This new potato torradovirus showed high nucleotide sequence identity to an unidentified isometric virus (SB26/29), which was associated with a disease named potato rugose stunting in southern Peru characterized over two decades ago. Thus, this virus is tentatively named potato rugose stunting virus (PotRSV). The genome of PotRSV isolates sequenced in this study were composed of two polyadenylated RNA segments. RNA1 ranges from 7,086 to 7,089 nt and RNA2 from 5,228 to 5,230 nt. RNA1 encodes a polyprotein containing the replication block (helicase-protease-polymerase), whereas RNA2 encodes a polyprotein cleaved into a movement protein and the three capsid proteins (CPs). Pairwise comparison among PotRSV isolates revealed amino acid identity values greater than 86% in the protease-polymerase (Pro-Pol) region and greater than 82% for the combined CPs. The closest torradovirus species, squash chlorotic leaf spot virus, shares amino acid identities of ∼58 and ∼41% in the Pro-Pol and the combined CPs, respectively. [Formula: see text] Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY 4.0 International license.
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- Robert Alvarez-Quinto
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97333, U.S.A
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- Crop and System Sciences Division, International Potato Center, La Molina, Lima 15023, Peru
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- Crop and System Sciences Division, International Potato Center, La Molina, Lima 15023, Peru
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- Crop and System Sciences Division, International Potato Center, La Molina, Lima 15023, Peru
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, MD 20705, U.S.A
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, MD 20705, U.S.A
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- Netherlands Institute for Vectors, Invasive Plants and Plant Health (NIVIP), National Plant Protection Organization, Geertjesweg 15, 6706EA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Netherlands Institute for Vectors, Invasive Plants and Plant Health (NIVIP), National Plant Protection Organization, Geertjesweg 15, 6706EA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Netherlands Institute for Vectors, Invasive Plants and Plant Health (NIVIP), National Plant Protection Organization, Geertjesweg 15, 6706EA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Crop and System Sciences Division, International Potato Center, La Molina, Lima 15023, Peru
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Horticultural Crops Disease and Pest Management Research Unit, Corvallis, OR 97330, U.S.A
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Sun K, Liu Y, Zhou X, Yin C, Zhang P, Yang Q, Mao L, Shentu X, Yu X. Nanopore sequencing technology and its application in plant virus diagnostics. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:939666. [PMID: 35958160 PMCID: PMC9358452 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.939666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2022] [Accepted: 07/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Plant viruses threaten crop yield and quality; thus, efficient and accurate pathogen diagnostics are critical for crop disease management and control. Recent advances in sequencing technology have revolutionized plant virus research. Metagenomics sequencing technology, represented by next-generation sequencing (NGS), has greatly enhanced the development of virus diagnostics research because of its high sensitivity, high throughput and non-sequence dependence. However, NGS-based virus identification protocols are limited by their high cost, labor intensiveness, and bulky equipment. In recent years, Oxford Nanopore Technologies and advances in third-generation sequencing technology have enabled direct, real-time sequencing of long DNA or RNA reads. Oxford Nanopore Technologies exhibit versatility in plant virus detection through their portable sequencers and flexible data analyses, thus are wildly used in plant virus surveillance, identification of new viruses, viral genome assembly, and evolution research. In this review, we discuss the applications of nanopore sequencing in plant virus diagnostics, as well as their limitations.
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- Kai Sun
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biometrology and Inspection and Quarantine, College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biometrology and Inspection and Quarantine, College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Ausper Biopharma, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biometrology and Inspection and Quarantine, College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biometrology and Inspection and Quarantine, College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biometrology and Inspection and Quarantine, College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Hangzhou Baiyi Technology Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biometrology and Inspection and Quarantine, College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Xuping Shentu,
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biometrology and Inspection and Quarantine, College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China
- Xiaoping Yu,
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Cassava Frogskin Disease: Current Knowledge on a Re-Emerging Disease in the Americas. PLANTS 2022; 11:plants11141841. [PMID: 35890475 PMCID: PMC9318364 DOI: 10.3390/plants11141841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2022] [Revised: 06/29/2022] [Accepted: 06/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Cassava frogskin disease (CFSD) is a graft-transmissible disease of cassava reported for the first time in the 1970s, in Colombia. The disease is characterized by the formation of longitudinal lip-like fissures on the peel of the cassava storage roots and a progressive reduction in fresh weight and starch content. Since its first report, different pathogens have been identified in CFSD-affected plants and improved sequencing technologies have unraveled complex mixed infections building up in plants with severe root symptoms. The re-emergence of the disease in Colombia during 2019–2020 is again threatening the food security of low-income farmers and the growing local cassava starch industry. Here, we review some results obtained over several years of CFSD pathology research at CIAT, and provide insights on the biology of the disease coming from works on symptoms’ characterization, associated pathogens, means of transmission, carbohydrate accumulation, and management. We expect this work will contribute to a better understanding of the disease, which will reflect on lowering its impact in the Americas and minimize the risk of its spread elsewhere.
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Pasin F, Daròs JA, Tzanetakis IE. OUP accepted manuscript. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2022; 46:6534904. [PMID: 35195244 PMCID: PMC9249622 DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuac011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2021] [Revised: 02/02/2022] [Accepted: 02/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Potyviridae, the largest family of known RNA viruses (realm Riboviria), belongs to the picorna-like supergroup and has important agricultural and ecological impacts. Potyvirid genomes are translated into polyproteins, which are in turn hydrolyzed to release mature products. Recent sequencing efforts revealed an unprecedented number of potyvirids with a rich variability in gene content and genomic layouts. Here, we review the heterogeneity of non-core modules that expand the structural and functional diversity of the potyvirid proteomes. We provide a family-wide classification of P1 proteinases into the functional Types A and B, and discuss pretty interesting sweet potato potyviral ORF (PISPO), putative zinc fingers, and alkylation B (AlkB)—non-core modules found within P1 cistrons. The atypical inosine triphosphate pyrophosphatase (ITPase/HAM1), as well as the pseudo tobacco mosaic virus-like coat protein (TMV-like CP) are discussed alongside homologs of unrelated virus taxa. Family-wide abundance of the multitasking helper component proteinase (HC-pro) is revised. Functional connections between non-core modules are highlighted to support host niche adaptation and immune evasion as main drivers of the Potyviridae evolutionary radiation. Potential biotechnological and synthetic biology applications of potyvirid leader proteinases and non-core modules are finally explored.
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- Fabio Pasin
- Corresponding author: Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universitat Politècnica de València (CSIC-UPV), UPV Building 8E, Ingeniero Fausto Elio, 46011 Valencia, Spain. E-mail:
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universitat Politècnica de València (CSIC-UPV), 46011 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Division of Agriculture, University of Arkansas System, 72701 Fayetteville, AR, USA
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