文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Qin, Li ¹ ; Shen, Wentao ³ ; Tang, Zhongfa ¹ ; Hu, Weiyao ¹ ; Shangguan, Lingna ¹ ; Wang, Yaodi ¹ ; Tuo, Decai ³ ; Li, Ze ¹ ;

作者机构： 1.Hainan Univ, Key Lab Green Prevent & Control Trop Plant Dis &, Minist Educ, Haikou, Hainan, Peoples R China

2.Hainan Univ, Coll Plant Protect, Haikou, Hainan, Peoples R China

3.Chinese Acad Trop Agr Sci, Inst Trop Biosci & Biotechnol, Haikou, Hainan, Peoples R China

4.CSIC, CNB, Ctr Nacl Biotecnol, Madrid, Spain

5.Agr & Agri Food Canada, London Res & Dev Ctr, London, ON, Canada

关键词： HCPro; Potyviridae; potyvirus; cysteine protease; leader protease; RNA silencing suppression; viral viability

期刊名称：JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY （ 影响因子：5.103； 五年影响因子：5.078 ）

ISSN： 0022-538X

年卷期： 2021 年 95 卷 1 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Potyviridae is the largest family of plant-infecting RNA viruses and includes many agriculturally and economically important viral pathogens. The viruses in the family, known as potyvirids, possess single-stranded, positive-sense RNA genomes with polyprotein processing as a gene expression strategy. The N-terminal regions of potyvirid polyproteins vary greatly in sequence. Previously, we identified a novel virus species within the family, Areca palm necrotic spindle-spot virus (ANSSV), which was predicted to encode two cysteine proteases, HCPro1 and HCPro2, in tandem at the N-terminal region. Here, we present evidence showing self-cleavage activity of these two proteins and define their cis-cleavage sites. We demonstrate that HCPro2 is a viral suppressor of RNA silencing (VSR), and both the variable N-terminal and conserved C-terminal (protease domain) moieties have antisilencing activity. Intriguingly, the N-terminal region of HCPro1 also has RNA silencing suppression activity, which is, however, suppressed by its C-terminal protease domain, leading to the functional divergence of HCPro1 and HCPro2 in RNA silencing suppression. Moreover, the deletion of HCPro1 or HCPro2 in a newly created infectious clone abolishes viral infection, and the deletion mutants cannot be rescued by addition of corresponding counterparts of a potyvirus. Altogether, these data suggest that the two closely related leader proteases of ANSSV have evolved differential and essential functions to concertedly maintain viral viability. IMPORTANCE The Potyviridae represent the largest group of known plant RNA viruses and account for more than half of the viral crop damage worldwide. The leader proteases of viruses within the family vary greatly in size and arrangement and play key roles during the infection. Here, we experimentally demonstrate the presence of a distinct pattern of leader proteases, HCPro1 and HCPro2 in tandem, in a newly identified member within the family. Moreover, HCPro1 and HCPro2, which are closely related and typically characterized with a short size, have evolved con trasting RNA silencing suppression activity and seem to function in a coordinated manner to maintain viral infectivity. Altogether, the new knowledge fills a missing piece in the evolutionary relationship history of potyvirids and improves our understanding of the diversification of potyvirid genomes.