Characterization of a Novel Mycotombus-like Virus from the Plant-pathogenic Fungus Phoma Matteucciicola

Overview

Journal Arch Virol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2023 Mar 9

PMID 36892708

Authors

Siyu Zhou

Daipeng Chen

Yujia Fu

Jingyi Zhou

Yingqing Yang

Changping Xie

Li Zheng

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Abstract

Here, we report a novel mycotombus-like mycovirus, tentatively named "Phoma matteucciicola RNA virus 2" (PmRV2), derived from the phytopathogenic fungus Phoma matteucciicola strain HNQH1. The complete PmRV2 genome is comprised of a positive-sense single-stranded RNA (+ssRNA) of 3,460 nucleotides (nt) with a GC content of 56.71%. Sequence analysis of PmRV2 indicated the presence of two noncontiguous open reading frames (ORFs) encoding a hypothetical protein and an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp), respectively. PmRV2 contains a metal-binding 'GDN' triplet in motif C of RdRp, while most +ssRNA mycoviruses contained a 'GDD' motif in the same region. A BLASTp search showed that the RdRp amino acid sequence of PmRV2 was most closely related to the RdRp of Macrophomina phaseolina umbra-like virus 1 (50.72% identity) and Erysiphe necator umbra-like virus 2 (EnUlV2, 44.84% identity). Phylogenetic analysis indicated that PmRV2 grouped together with EnUlV2 within the recently proposed family "Mycotombusviridae".

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