Wu Chien-Fu, Okada Ryo, Neri Uri, Chang Yi-Cheng, Ogawara Takashi, Kitaura Kentaro, Komatsu Ken, Moriyama Hiromitsu
Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwaicho, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan.
Horticultural Research Institute, Ibaraki Agricultural Center, 3165-1 Ago, Kasama 319-0292, Japan.
Virus Evol. 2024 Nov 6;10(1):veae093. doi: 10.1093/ve/veae093. eCollection 2024.
The order currently comprises five viral families with positive-sense RNA [(+)RNA] genomes that infect plants, fungi, and insects. Virion morphologies within the order differ between families, with icosahedral virions in the and filamentous virions in the other families. Despite their different morphologies, these viruses are placed in the same order based on phylogenetic analyses of replicase-associated polyproteins. However, one of the families in the , , is considered to be capsidless because there have been no published reports of virion isolation. Here, we report that a new "flexivirus"-related (+)RNA virus, prospectively named Fusarium oxysporum icosahedral virus 1 (FoIV1), is icosahedral and that most deltaflexiviruses may have icosahedral virions. Phylogenetic analyses based on replicase-associated polyproteins indicated that FoIV1 forms a distinct group in the with some viruses originally assigned to the . Electron microscopy, protein analysis, and protein structure predictions indicate that FoIV1 open reading frame 4 encodes a single jelly-roll (SJR)-like coat protein (CP) that constitutes the icosahedral virions. Results of clustering analyses based on amino acid sequences and predicted CP structures suggested that most of the deltaflexiviruses have icosahedral virions composed of SJR-like CPs as in FoIV1, rather than having filamentous virions or capsidless. These results challenge the conventional understanding of viruses in the order , with important implications for revising its taxonomic framework and providing insights into the evolutionary relationships within this diverse and broad host range group of (+)RNA viruses.
该目目前包括五个具有正义RNA[(+)RNA]基因组的病毒科,这些病毒可感染植物、真菌和昆虫。该目内不同病毒科的病毒粒子形态各异,其中一个科的病毒粒子为二十面体,其他四个科的为丝状。尽管形态不同,但基于复制酶相关多聚蛋白的系统发育分析,这些病毒被归为同一目。然而,其中一个科,即δ弯曲病毒科,被认为无衣壳,因为尚无关于病毒粒子分离的公开报道。在此,我们报告一种新的与“弯曲病毒”相关的(+)RNA病毒,暂命名为尖孢镰刀菌二十面体病毒1(FoIV1),其为二十面体,且大多数δ弯曲病毒可能具有二十面体病毒粒子。基于复制酶相关多聚蛋白的系统发育分析表明,FoIV1在该目中与一些最初归为其他科的病毒形成一个独特的类群。电子显微镜、蛋白质分析和蛋白质结构预测表明,FoIV1开放阅读框4编码一种单一的果冻卷(SJR)样衣壳蛋白(CP),该蛋白构成二十面体病毒粒子。基于氨基酸序列和预测的CP结构的聚类分析结果表明,大多数δ弯曲病毒具有如FoIV1中由SJR样CP组成的二十面体病毒粒子,而非丝状病毒粒子或无衣壳。这些结果挑战了对该目病毒的传统认识,对修订其分类框架具有重要意义,并为深入了解这一宿主范围广泛且多样的(+)RNA病毒群体内的进化关系提供了见解。
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