Genome structure and diversity of a novel ophio-like virus that infects the phytopathogenic fungus Rhizoctonia solani
摘要
A new negative-stranded ophio-like RNA mycovirus, Rhizoctonia solani mycoophiovirus 1 (RsMOPV1), was isolated from strain JZ56 of Rhizoctonia solani AG-1 IA. The full-length RNA genome of RsMOPV1 is 7,317 nucleotides (nt) in length and consists of a single long open reading frame (ORF). The ORF encodes an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) consisting of 7,138 amino acids, with a predicted molecular mass of 273 kDa. The coding region of the RsMOPV1 genome is flanked by a short structured 3' untranslated region (3'-UTR) of 58 nucleotides and a 5' untranslated region (5'-UTR) of 121 nucleotides. We did not detect any additional segments of RsMOPV1. The nucleotide sequence of the genome of RsMOPV1 shares 74.7% identity with that of Rhizoctonia solani negative-stranded virus 2. RsMOPV1 infections may be associated with hypovirulence and a slow growth rate in R. solani. The RdRp of RsMOPV1 contains five typical RdRp motifs. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that RsMOPV1 clusters with members of the previously proposed genus "Mycoophiovirus".