Journal
MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY
Volume 22, Issue 10, Pages 1271-1287Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/mpp.13110
Keywords
Actinidia spp; cytorhabdovirus; protein-protein interaction; subcellular location
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- Ministry of science and Technology of China [2019YFD1001800]
- Key International S&T Cooperation programme by Ministry of science and Technology of China [2017YFE0110900]
- Science and Technology Project for Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region by Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region [2018E02026]
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A novel cytorhabdovirus, tentatively named AcVD, was identified from kiwifruit in China, with a genome consisting of specific ORFs coding for proteins in distinct subcellular locations. This study presents the first evidence of AcVD infecting kiwifruit plants and provides comprehensive location and interaction maps to understand viral protein functions. AcVD shows similarities with reported cytorhabdoviruses, clustering with Wuhan insect virus 4 in phylogenetic analysis.
A novel cytorhabdovirus, tentatively named Actinidia virus D (AcVD), was identified from kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis) in China using high-throughput sequencing technology. The genome of AcVD consists of 13,589 nucleotides and is organized into seven open reading frames (ORFs) in its antisense strand, coding for proteins in the order N-P-P3-M-G-P6-L. The ORFs were flanked by a 3 ' leader sequence and a 5 ' trailer sequence and are separated by conserved intergenic junctions. The genome sequence of AcVD was 44.6%-51.5% identical to those of reported cytorhabdoviruses. The proteins encoded by AcVD shared the highest sequence identities, ranging from 27.3% (P6) to 44.5% (L), with the respective proteins encoded by reported cytorhabdoviruses. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that AcVD clustered together with the cytorhabdovirus Wuhan insect virus 4. The subcellular locations of the viral proteins N, P, P3, M, G, and P6 in epidermal cells of Nicotiana benthamiana leaves were determined. The M protein of AcVD uniquely formed filament structures and was associated with microtubules. Bimolecular fluorescence complementation assays showed that three proteins, N, P, and M, self-interact, protein N plays a role in the formation of cytoplasm viroplasm, and protein M recruits N, P, P3, and G to microtubules. In addition, numerous paired proteins interact in the nucleus. This study presents the first evidence of a cytorhabdovirus infecting kiwifruit plants and full location and interaction maps to gain insight into viral protein functions.
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