Molecular characterization of a new endornavirus inhabiting the ectomycorrhizal fungus Hygrophorus penarioides


Sahin E., AKATA I., KESKİN E.

BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY, cilt.52, sa.3, ss.1167-1172, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 52 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s42770-021-00500-8
  • Dergi Adı: BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, Food Science & Technology Abstracts, MEDLINE, Veterinary Science Database, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1167-1172
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Endornavirus, dsRNA, Ectomycorrhizal fungus, Hygrophorus penarioides
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Viruses hosted by uncultivated fungi have been poorly studied. We carried out studies to characterize a large dsRNA segment (similar to 20 kbp) detected in the basidiomycetous, ectomycorrhizal fungus Hygrophorus penarioides. The dsRNA was gel-purified and its randomly amplified cDNA fragments were used for high throughput sequencing (HTS). Reads were de novo assembled and BLASTx analysis revealed sequence similarity to viruses of the family Endornaviridae. The 5' and 3' terminal sequences of the dsRNA segment were determined by performing RNA ligase-mediated rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RLM-RACE). The full-length cDNA sequence of the putative endornavirus comprises 16,785 nt and contains a single, long open reading frame which encodes for a polyprotein of 5522 aa with conserved domains for cysteine-rich region, helicase, glycosyltransferase, and RNA-dependent RNA polymerase. The virus was named Hygrophorus penarioides endornavirus 1 (HpEnV1). A BLASTp search performed using the polyprotein sequence revealed that the most closely related, fully sequenced endornavirus to HpEnV1 is Ceratobasidium endornavirus B.