Huang Huang, Zhang Zhongmei, Pang Xidan, Tang Qing, Xiao Xueqiong, Cheng Jiasen, Fu Yanping, Lin Yang, Chen Tao, Li Bo, Zhang Lei, Jiang Daohong, Xie Jiatao
National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
The Provincial Key Lab of Plant Pathology of Hubei Province, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
J Virol. 2025 Jul 22;99(7):e0033225. doi: 10.1128/jvi.00332-25. Epub 2025 Jun 4.
UNLABELLED: The discovery of diverse segmented RNA viruses through metatranscriptomics has enabled researchers to trace their evolutionary trajectories. However, this effort has been hindered by the limited availability of complete genome sequences and the low similarity of novel viral segments. In this study, we characterized Fusarium asiaticum vivivirus 1 (FaVvV1), a +ssRNA mycovirus with 10 monocistronic RNA segments (S1 to S10, encoding VP1 to VP10), present in the phytopathogenic fungus . VP1 and VP2 exhibit homology with replication proteins of martellivirals, while VP3 and VP5 share similarities with the nuclear inclusion protein a and the cylindrical inclusion helicase of potyvirids, respectively. FaVvV1 forms rod-shaped virions, with VP8 functioning as a structural protein resembling the helical capsid of potyvirids and closterovirids. To explore the conservation and evolution of viviviruses, we mined 23 public Sequence Read Archive (SRA) datasets, identifying 29 vivivirus-related viruses (vivivirids) comprising 186 viral segments. VP1 (methyltransferase and RdRP domain), VP2 (methyltransferase and superfamily 1 helicase domain), VP3 (chymotrypsin-type serine protease domain), VP5 (superfamily 2 helicase domain), and VP8 (helical capsid) were identified as conserved hallmark proteins of viviviruses. Phylogenetic and structural analyses suggest that multiple genome segmentations and gene/domain duplications were involved in the evolution of vivivirids. VP3, VP5, and VP8 might share a common ancestor with potyvirids. These findings highlight the intricate evolutionary mechanisms underlying segmented virus diversity and adaptation. IMPORTANCE: Metaviromics has greatly expanded our understanding of viral diversity, including segmented or multipartite RNA viruses with genomes composed of multiple segments. However, virome analyses often fail to detect genomic segments beyond the RdRP, likely due to their low similarity to known viruses. We characterized a group of segmented, potentially multipartite, +ssRNA viruses, with Fusarium asiaticum vivivirus 1 as a representative; most of these viruses likely infect fungi. Through structural and evolutionary analysis of the five core segments of viviviruses, our findings highlight key aspects of vivivirus evolution, including genome segmentation, gene and domain duplications, and segments with multiple evolutionary origins.
未标记:通过宏转录组学发现多种分段RNA病毒,使研究人员能够追踪它们的进化轨迹。然而,这一努力受到完整基因组序列可用性有限以及新型病毒片段相似度低的阻碍。在本研究中,我们对亚洲镰孢菌病毒1(FaVvV1)进行了特征描述,它是一种存在于植物致病真菌中的具有10个单顺反子RNA片段(S1至S10,编码VP1至VP10)的正义单链RNA真菌病毒。VP1和VP2与马特尔病毒科的复制蛋白具有同源性,而VP3和VP5分别与马铃薯Y病毒科的核内含蛋白a和柱状内含体解旋酶具有相似性。FaVvV1形成杆状病毒粒子,VP8作为一种结构蛋白发挥作用,类似于马铃薯Y病毒科和长线形病毒科的螺旋衣壳。为了探索真菌病毒的保守性和进化,我们挖掘了23个公共序列读取存档(SRA)数据集,鉴定出29种与真菌病毒相关的病毒(真菌病毒科),包含186个病毒片段。VP1(甲基转移酶和RdRP结构域)、VP2(甲基转移酶和超家族1解旋酶结构域)、VP3(胰蛋白酶型丝氨酸蛋白酶结构域)、VP5(超家族2解旋酶结构域)和VP8(螺旋衣壳)被鉴定为真菌病毒科的保守标志性蛋白。系统发育和结构分析表明,多种基因组分割和基因/结构域重复参与了真菌病毒科的进化。VP3、VP5和VP8可能与马铃薯Y病毒科有共同祖先。这些发现突出了分段病毒多样性和适应性背后复杂的进化机制。 重要性:宏病毒组学极大地扩展了我们对病毒多样性的理解,包括基因组由多个片段组成的分段或多分体RNA病毒。然而,病毒组分析往往无法检测到RdRP以外的基因组片段,可能是因为它们与已知病毒的相似度较低。我们对一组分段的、可能多分体的正义单链RNA病毒进行了特征描述,以亚洲镰孢菌病毒1为代表;这些病毒中的大多数可能感染真菌。通过对真菌病毒科五个核心片段的结构和进化分析,我们的发现突出了真菌病毒进化的关键方面,包括基因组分割、基因和结构域重复以及具有多个进化起源的片段。
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