Is pepper mottle virus a strain of potato virus Y?
On the basis of serological properties and host plant reactions pepper mottle virus (PepMoV) has been classified as a potyvirus related to, but distinct from, other pepper-infecting potyviruses, potato virus Y (PVY) and tobacco etch virus (TEV). Recent amino acid and nucleotide sequence data show that PepMoV is more closely related to PVY than previously assumed. PepMoV shows a high degree of homology to various PVY strains in both the coat protein and the 3' non-translated sequences, while unrelated potyviruses are generally less homologous in these regions. Detailed coat-protein amino acid sequence and 3' non-translated region (3' NTR) nucleotide sequence comparisons described in this paper confirm the close relationship between PepMoV and PVY and it is concluded that the isolate sequenced indeed represents a strain of PVY. Sequence data for several strains of PVY gave two groups with closer relationships among strains in a group than between groups.
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Department of Virology, Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002213:Capsid / Q000235:genetics; D004279:DNA, Viral; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010942:Plant Viruses / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D012328:RNA Viruses / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013045:Species Specificity
D004279:DNA, Viral