Discovery of a Novel Member of the Carlavirus Genus from Soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.).

ABSTRACT: A novel member of the Carlavirus genus, provisionally named soybean carlavirus 1 (SCV1), was discovered by RNA-seq analysis of randomly collected soybean leaves in Illinois, USA. The SCV1 genome contains six open reading frames that encode a viral replicase, triple gene block proteins, a coat protein (CP) and a nucleic acid binding protein. The proteins showed highest amino acid sequence identities with the corresponding proteins of red clover carlavirus A (RCCVA). The predicted amino acid sequence of the SCV1 replicase was only 60.6% identical with the replicase of RCCVA, which is below the demarcation criteria for a new species in the family Betaflexiviridae. The predicted replicase and CP amino acid sequences of four SCV1 isolates grouped phylogenetically with those of members of the Ca

SUBMITTER: Thekke-Veetil T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7922177 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature