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Ahsan M, Ashfaq M, Amer MA, Shakeel MT, Mehmood MA, Umar M, Al-Saleh MA. Zucchini Yellow Mosaic Virus (ZYMV) as a Serious Biotic Stress to Cucurbits: Prevalence, Diversity, and Its Implications for Crop Sustainability. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:3503. [PMID: 37836243 PMCID: PMC10575174 DOI: 10.3390/plants12193503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2023] [Revised: 09/13/2023] [Accepted: 10/03/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023]
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Zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV) is a severe threat to cucurbit crops worldwide, including Pakistan. This study was pursued to evaluate the prevalence, geographic distribution, and molecular diversity of ZYMV isolates infecting cucurbits in Pakistan's Pothwar region. Almost all the plant viruses act as a biotic stress on the host plants, which results in a yield loss. These viruses cause losses in single-infection or in mixed-infection cucurbit crops, and we have found a number of mixed-infected samples belonging to the Curubitaceae family. Serological detection of the tested potyviruses in the collected cucurbit samples revealed that ZYMV was the most prevalent virus, with a disease incidence (DI) at 35.2%, followed by Papaya ringspot virus (PRSV) with an incidence of 2.2%, and Watermelon mosaic virus (WMV) having an incidence as little as 0.5% in 2016. In the year 2017, a relatively higher disease incidence of 39.7%, 2.4%, and 0.3% for ZYMV, WMV, and PRSV, respectively, was recorded. ZYMV was the most prevalent virus with the highest incidence in Attock, Rawalpindi, and Islamabad, while PRSV was observed to be the highest in Islamabad and Jhelum. WMV infection was observed only in Rawalpindi and Chakwal. Newly detected Pakistani ZYMV isolates shared 95.8-97.0% nucleotide identities among themselves and 77.1-97.8% with other isolates retrieved from GenBank. Phylogenetic relationships obtained using different ZYMV isolates retrieved from GenBank and validated by in silico restriction analysis revealed that four Pakistani isolates clustered with other ZYMV isolates in group IIb with Chinese, Italian, Polish, and French isolates, while another isolate (MK848239) formed a separate minor clade within IIb. The isolate MK8482490, reported to infect bitter gourd in Pakistan, shared a minor clade with a Chinese isolate (KX884570). Recombination analysis revealed that the recently found ZYMV isolate (MK848239) is most likely a recombinant of Pakistani (MK848237) and Italian (MK956829) isolates, with a recombinant breakpoint between 266 and 814 nucleotide positions. Local isolate comparison and recombination detection may aid in the development of a breeding program that identifies resistant sources against recombinant isolates because the ZYMV is prevalent in a few cucurbit species grown in the surveyed areas and causes heavy losses and economic damage to the agricultural community.
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- Muhammad Ahsan
- Institute of Environmental and Agricultural Sciences, University of Okara, Okara 56300, Pakistan;
- Department of Plant Pathology, Balochistan Agriculture College, Quetta 87100, Pakistan
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- Plant Pathology, Institute of Plant Protection, Muhammad Nawaz Shareef University of Agriculture, Multan 61000, Pakistan;
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- Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; (M.A.A.); (M.A.A.-S.)
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan;
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- Plant Pathology, Institute of Plant Protection, Muhammad Nawaz Shareef University of Agriculture, Multan 61000, Pakistan;
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- Biosecurity Tasmania, Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Hobart, TAS 7008, Australia;
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- Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; (M.A.A.); (M.A.A.-S.)
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Transgenic Improvement for Biotic Resistance of Crops. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232214370. [PMID: 36430848 PMCID: PMC9697442 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232214370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2022] [Revised: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 11/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Biotic constraints, including pathogenic fungi, viruses and bacteria, herbivory insects, as well as parasitic nematodes, cause significant yield loss and quality deterioration of crops. The effect of conventional management of these biotic constraints is limited. The advances in transgenic technologies provide a direct and directional approach to improve crops for biotic resistance. More than a hundred transgenic events and hundreds of cultivars resistant to herbivory insects, pathogenic viruses, and fungi have been developed by the heterologous expression of exogenous genes and RNAi, authorized for cultivation and market, and resulted in a significant reduction in yield loss and quality deterioration. However, the exploration of transgenic improvement for resistance to bacteria and nematodes by overexpression of endogenous genes and RNAi remains at the testing stage. Recent advances in RNAi and CRISPR/Cas technologies open up possibilities to improve the resistance of crops to pathogenic bacteria and plant parasitic nematodes, as well as other biotic constraints.
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Yu H, Yang Q, Fu F, Li W. Three strategies of transgenic manipulation for crop improvement. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:948518. [PMID: 35937379 PMCID: PMC9354092 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.948518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2022] [Accepted: 06/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Heterologous expression of exogenous genes, overexpression of endogenous genes, and suppressed expression of undesirable genes are the three strategies of transgenic manipulation for crop improvement. Up to 2020, most (227) of the singular transgenic events (265) of crops approved for commercial release worldwide have been developed by the first strategy. Thirty-eight of them have been transformed by synthetic sequences transcribing antisense or double-stranded RNAs and three by mutated copies for suppressed expression of undesirable genes (the third strategy). By the first and the third strategies, hundreds of transgenic events and thousands of varieties with significant improvement of resistance to herbicides and pesticides, as well as nutritional quality, have been developed and approved for commercial release. Their application has significantly decreased the use of synthetic pesticides and the cost of crop production and increased the yield of crops and the benefits to farmers. However, almost all the events overexpressing endogenous genes remain at the testing stage, except one for fertility restoration and another for pyramiding herbicide tolerance. The novel functions conferred by the heterologously expressing exogenous genes under the control of constitutive promoters are usually absent in the recipient crops themselves or perform in different pathways. However, the endogenous proteins encoded by the overexpressing endogenous genes are regulated in complex networks with functionally redundant and replaceable pathways and are difficult to confer the desirable phenotypes significantly. It is concluded that heterologous expression of exogenous genes and suppressed expression by RNA interference and clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats-cas (CRISPR/Cas) of undesirable genes are superior to the overexpression of endogenous genes for transgenic improvement of crops.
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- Maize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Maize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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Saleem A, Ali Z, Yeh SD, Saeed W, Binat Imdad A, Akbar MF, Goodman RE, Naseem S. Genetic variability and evolutionary dynamics of atypical Papaya ringspot virus infecting Papaya. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0258298. [PMID: 34637470 PMCID: PMC8509892 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2021] [Accepted: 09/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Papaya ringspot virus biotype-P is a detrimental pathogen of economically important papaya and cucurbits worldwide. The mutation prone feature of this virus perhaps accounts for its geographical dissemination. In this study, investigations of the atypical PRSV-P strain was conducted based on phylogenetic, recombination and genetic differentiation analyses considering of it's likely spread across India and Bangladesh. Full length genomic sequences of 38 PRSV isolates and 35 CP gene sequences were subjected to recombination analysis. A total of 61 recombination events were detected in aligned complete PRSV genome sequences. 3 events were detected in complete genome of PRSV strain PK whereas one was in its CP gene sequence. The PRSV-PK appeared to be recombinant of a major parent from Bangladesh. However, the genetic differentiation based on full length genomic sequences revealed less frequent gene flow between virus PRSV-PK and the population from America, India, Colombia, other Asian Countries and Australia. Whereas, frequent gene flow exists between Pakistan and Bangladesh virus populations. These results provided evidence correlating geographical position and genetic distances. We speculate that the genetic variations and evolutionary dynamics of this virus may challenge the resistance developed in papaya against PRSV and give rise to virus lineage because of its atypical emergence where geographic spread is already occurring.
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- Anam Saleem
- Department of Biosciences, Plant Biotechnology and Molecular Pharming Lab, COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Biosciences, Plant Biotechnology and Molecular Pharming Lab, COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Biosciences, Plant Biotechnology and Molecular Pharming Lab, COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Biosciences, Plant Biotechnology and Molecular Pharming Lab, COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Agriculture and Agribusiness Management, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States of America
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- Department of Biosciences, Plant Biotechnology and Molecular Pharming Lab, COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), Islamabad, Pakistan
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Lobato-Gómez M, Hewitt S, Capell T, Christou P, Dhingra A, Girón-Calva PS. Transgenic and genome-edited fruits: background, constraints, benefits, and commercial opportunities. HORTICULTURE RESEARCH 2021; 8:166. [PMID: 34274949 PMCID: PMC8286259 DOI: 10.1038/s41438-021-00601-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2021] [Revised: 04/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/20/2021] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Breeding has been used successfully for many years in the fruit industry, giving rise to most of today's commercial fruit cultivars. More recently, new molecular breeding techniques have addressed some of the constraints of conventional breeding. However, the development and commercial introduction of such novel fruits has been slow and limited with only five genetically engineered fruits currently produced as commercial varieties-virus-resistant papaya and squash were commercialized 25 years ago, whereas insect-resistant eggplant, non-browning apple, and pink-fleshed pineapple have been approved for commercialization within the last 6 years and production continues to increase every year. Advances in molecular genetics, particularly the new wave of genome editing technologies, provide opportunities to develop new fruit cultivars more rapidly. Our review, emphasizes the socioeconomic impact of current commercial fruit cultivars developed by genetic engineering and the potential impact of genome editing on the development of improved cultivars at an accelerated rate.
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- Maria Lobato-Gómez
- Department of Crop and Forest Sciences, University of Lleida-Agrotecnio CERCA Center, Lleida, 25198, Spain
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- Department of Horticulture, Washington State University, PO Box, 646414, Pullman, WA, USA
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- Department of Crop and Forest Sciences, University of Lleida-Agrotecnio CERCA Center, Lleida, 25198, Spain
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- Department of Crop and Forest Sciences, University of Lleida-Agrotecnio CERCA Center, Lleida, 25198, Spain
- ICREA, Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies, 08010, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Horticulture, Washington State University, PO Box, 646414, Pullman, WA, USA
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- Department of Crop and Forest Sciences, University of Lleida-Agrotecnio CERCA Center, Lleida, 25198, Spain.
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Sá Antunes TF, Maurastoni M, Madroñero LJ, Fuentes G, Santamaría JM, Ventura JA, Abreu EF, Fernandes AAR, Fernandes PMB. Battle of Three: The Curious Case of Papaya Sticky Disease. PLANT DISEASE 2020; 104:2754-2763. [PMID: 32813628 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-12-19-2622-fe] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Among the most serious problems in papaya production are the viruses associated with papaya ringspot and papaya sticky disease (PSD). PSD concerns producers worldwide because its symptoms are extremely aggressive and appear only after flowering. As no resistant cultivar is available, several disease management strategies have been used in affected countries, such as the use of healthy seeds, exclusion of the pathogen, and roguing. In the 1990s, a dsRNA virus, papaya meleira virus (PMeV), was identified in Brazil as the causal agent of PSD. However, in 2016 a second virus, papaya meleira virus 2 (PMeV2), with an ssRNA genome, was also identified in PSD plants. Only PMeV is detected in asymptomatic plants, whereas all symptomatic plants contain both viral RNAs separately packaged in particles formed by the PMeV capsid protein. PSD also affects papaya plants in Mexico, Ecuador, and Australia. PMeV2-like viruses have been identified in the affected plants, but the partner virus(es) in these countries are still unknown. In Brazil, PMeV and PMeV2 reside in laticifers that promote spontaneous latex exudation, resulting in the affected papaya fruit's sticky appearance. Genes modulated in plants affected by PSD include those involved in reactive oxygen species and salicylic acid signaling, proteasomal degradation, and photosynthesis, which are key plant defenses against PMeV complex infection. However, the complete activation of the defense response is impaired by the expression of negative effectors modulated by the virus. This review presents a summary of the current knowledge of the Carica papaya-PMeV complex interaction and management strategies.
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- Tathiana F Sá Antunes
- Nucleo de Biotecnologia Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Espírito Santo 29040-090, Brazil
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- Nucleo de Biotecnologia Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Espírito Santo 29040-090, Brazil
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- Nucleo de Biotecnologia Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Espírito Santo 29040-090, Brazil
- Universidad El Bosque, Vicerrectoría de Investigaciones, Bogota, Colombia
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- Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, Col. Chuburná de Hidalgo, 97200 Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, Col. Chuburná de Hidalgo, 97200 Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
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- Instituto Capixaba de Pesquisa, Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural, Vitória 29050790, Espírito Santo, Brazil
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- Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Brasília, DF, 70770-900, Brazil
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- Nucleo de Biotecnologia Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Espírito Santo 29040-090, Brazil
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- Nucleo de Biotecnologia Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Espírito Santo 29040-090, Brazil
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Mo C, Wu Z, Xie H, Zhang S, Li H. Genetic diversity analysis of papaya leaf distortion mosaic virus isolates infecting transgenic papaya "Huanong No. 1" in South China. Ecol Evol 2020; 10:11671-11683. [PMID: 33144992 PMCID: PMC7593138 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2020] [Revised: 08/25/2020] [Accepted: 08/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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The commercialized genetically modified papaya "Huanong No. 1" has been utilized to successfully control the destructive virus-papaya ringspot virus (PRSV) in South China since 2006. However, another new emerging virus, papaya leaf distortion mosaic virus (PLDMV), was found in some PRSV-resistant transgenic plants in Guangdong and Hainan provinces of South China through a field investigation from 2012 to 2019. The survey results showed that "Huanong No. 1" papaya plants are susceptible to PLDMV, and the disease prevalence in Hainan Province is generally higher than that in Guangdong Province. Twenty representative isolates were selected to inoculate "Huanong No. 1," and all of the inoculated plants showed obvious disease symptoms similar to those in the field, indicating that PLDMV is a new threat to widely cultivated transgenic papaya in South China. Phylogenetic analysis of 111 PLDMV isolates in Guangdong and Hainan based on the coat protein nucleotide sequences showed that PLDMV isolates can be divided into two groups. The Japan and Taiwan China isolates belong to group I, whereas the Guangdong and Hainan isolates belong to group II and can be further divided into two subgroups. The Guangdong and Hainan isolates are far different from the Japan and Taiwan China isolates and belong to a new lineage. Further analysis showed that the Guangdong and Hainan isolates had a high degree of genetic differentiation, and no recombination was found. These isolates deviated from neutral evolution and experienced population expansion events in the past, which might still be unstable. The results of this study provide a theoretical basis for clarifying the evolutionary mechanism and population genetics of the virus and for preventing and controlling the viral disease.
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- Cuiping Mo
- State Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro‐bioresources, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease ControlCollege of AgricultureSouth China Agricultural UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro‐bioresources, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease ControlCollege of AgricultureSouth China Agricultural UniversityGuangzhouChina
- Guangdong Sugarcane Genetic Improvement Engineering CenterInstitute of BioengineeringGuangdong Academy of SciencesGuangzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro‐bioresources, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease ControlCollege of AgricultureSouth China Agricultural UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro‐bioresources, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease ControlCollege of AgricultureSouth China Agricultural UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro‐bioresources, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease ControlCollege of AgricultureSouth China Agricultural UniversityGuangzhouChina
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Martínez-Turiño S, García JA. Potyviral coat protein and genomic RNA: A striking partnership leading virion assembly and more. Adv Virus Res 2020; 108:165-211. [PMID: 33837716 DOI: 10.1016/bs.aivir.2020.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Potyvirus genus clusters a significant and expanding number of widely distributed plant viruses, responsible for large losses impacting most crops of economic interest. The potyviral genome is a single-stranded, linear, positive-sense RNA of around 10kb that is encapsidated in flexuous rod-shaped filaments, mostly made up of a helically arranged coat protein (CP). Beyond its structural role of protecting the viral genome, the potyviral CP is a multitasking protein intervening in practically all steps of the virus life cycle. In particular, interactions between the CP and the viral RNA must be tightly controlled to allow the correct assignment of the RNA to each of its functions through the infection process. This review attempts to bring together the most relevant available information regarding the architecture and modus operandi of potyviral CP and virus particles, highlighting significant discoveries, but also substantial gaps in the existing knowledge on mechanisms orchestrating virion assembly and disassembly. Biotechnological applications based on potyvirus nanoparticles is another important topic addressed here.
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