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Complete sequence of RNA 1 and the presence of tRNA-like structures in all RNAs of Potato mop-top virus, genus Pomovirus

Department of Plant Biology, Genetic Centre, SLU, PO Box 7080, S- 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden¹

Author for correspondence: Eugene Savenkov.Fax +46 18 67 33 92. e-mail eugene.savenkov{at}vbiol.slu.se

The complete nucleotide sequence (6043 nt) of RNA 1 from Potato mop-top virus (PMTV-Sw), the type member of the genus Pomovirus, was determined. The first (5'-terminal) open reading frame (ORF 1) encodes a predicted protein of 148 kDa. ORF 2 extends through the opal stop codon of ORF 1 producing a predicted readthrough protein of 206 kDa which resembles the RNA-dependent RNA polymerases (RdRp) of other fungal-transmitted viruses. It includes a methyltransferase, a helicase and a GDD RdRp motif, respectively. Phylogenetic analyses of RdRps indicated that PMTV is most closely related to Beet soil-borne virus (genusPomovirus), Broad bean necrosis virus (genus Pomovirus) and Soil-borne wheat mosaic virus (genus Furovirus), and is more distantly related to the other viruses of the former furovirus group. The 5' and 3' termini of RNA 1 in PMTV contained untranslated regions (UTR) of 114 nt and 489 nt, respectively. The 3'-UTR of RNA 1 contained a tRNA-like structure, which has previously been reported in the 3'-UTR of RNA 2 but not RNA 3. However, in this study, the tRNA-like structure was also found in the 3'-UTR of RNA 3, which confirms its presence in the 3'-UTRs of all three RNAs of PMTV.

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