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Citation for Study 15560

About Citation title: "Molecular characterisation of an endornavirus from Rhizoctonia solani AG-3PT infecting potato".
About Study name: "Molecular characterisation of an endornavirus from Rhizoctonia solani AG-3PT infecting potato".
About This study is part of submission 15560 (Status: Published).

Citation

Das S., Falloon R.E., Stewart A., & Pitman A. 2014. Molecular characterisation of an endornavirus from Rhizoctonia solani AG-3PT infecting potato. Fungal Biology, .

Authors

  • Das S. (submitter) Phone 00919038464368
  • Falloon R.E.
  • Stewart A.
  • Pitman A.

Abstract

Rhizoctonia solani (teleomorph: Thanatephorus cucumeris) is a soil-borne plant pathogenic fungus that has a broad host range, including potato. In this study, the double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) profiles were defined for 39 R. solani isolates representative of two different anastomosis groups (AGs) associated with black scurf of potato in New Zealand. A large dsRNA of c. 12 kb to 18 kb was detected in each of the isolates, regardless of AG or virulence on potato. Characterisation of the large dsRNA from R. solani AG-3PT isolate RS002, using random amplification of total dsRNA and analyses of overlapping cDNA sequences, resulted in the assembly of a consensus sequence of 14,694 nt. A single, large open reading frame was identified on the positive strand of the assembled sequence encoding a putative polypeptide of at least 4,893 amino acids, with a predicted molecular mass of 555.6 kDa. Conserved domains within this polypeptide included those for a viral methyltransferase, a viral RNA helicase 1 and an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase. The domains and their sequential organisation revealed the polyprotein was very similar to those encoded by dsRNA viruses of the genus Endornavirus, in the family Endornaviridae. This is the first report of an endornavirus in R. solani, and thus the putative virus is herein named Rhizoctonia solani endornavirus - RS002 (RsEV-RS002). Partial characterisation of the large dsRNAs in five additional AG-3PT isolates of R. solani also identified them as probable endornaviruses, suggesting this family of viruses is widespread in R. solani infecting potato. The ubiquitous nature of endornaviruses in this plant pathogen implies they may have an important, but yet uncharacterised, role in R. solani.

Keywords

Mycovirus; Double-stranded RNA; Virulence; Methyltransferase; RNA helicase 1; RNA-dependent RNA polymerase

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