Complete genome sequence of a novel zantedeschia mild mosaic virus isolate: the first report from Australia and from Alocasia sp

Arch Virol. 2016 Apr;161(4):1079-82. doi: 10.1007/s00705-015-2745-z. Epub 2016 Jan 7.

Abstract

The complete genome of an Australian isolate of zantedeschia mild mosaic virus (ZaMMV) causing mosaic symptoms on Alocasia sp. (designated ZaMMV-AU) was cloned and sequenced. The genome comprises 9942 nucleotides (excluding the poly-A tail) and encodes a polyprotein of 3167 amino acids. The sequence is most closely related to a previously reported ZaMMV isolate from Taiwan (ZaMMV-TW), with 82 and 86 % identity at the nucleotide and amino acid level, respectively. Unlike the amino acid sequence of ZaMMV-TW, however, ZaMMV-AU does not contain a polyglutamine stretch at the N-terminus of the coat-protein-coding region upstream of the DAG motif. This is the first report of ZaMMV from Australia and from Alocasia sp.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alocasia / virology*
  • Australia
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Viral
  • Genome, Viral
  • Mosaic Viruses / genetics*
  • Phylogeny
  • Plant Diseases / virology
  • Viral Proteins / genetics
  • Viral Proteins / metabolism

Substances

  • Viral Proteins