Genome sequence of an enhancin gene-rich nucleopolyhedrovirus (NPV) from Agrotis segetum: collinearity with Spodoptera exigua multiple NPV.
The genome sequence of a Polish isolate of Agrotis segetum nucleopolyhedrovirus (AgseNPV-A) was determined and analysed. The circular genome is composed of 147,544 bp and has a G+C content of 45.7 mol%. It contains 153 putative, non-overlapping open reading frames (ORFs) encoding predicted proteins of more than 50 aa, together making up 89.8 % of the genome. The remaining 10.2 % of the DNA constitutes non-coding regions and homologous-repeat regions. One hundred and forty-three AgseNPV-A ORFs are homologues of previously reported baculovirus gene sequences. There are ten unique ORFs and they account for 3 % of the genome in total. All 62 lepidopteran baculovirus genes, including the 29 core baculovirus genes, were found in the AgseNPV-A genome. The gene content and gene order of AgseNPV-A are most similar to those of Spodoptera exigua (Se) multiple NPV and their shared homologous genes are 100 % collinear. Three putative enhancin genes were identified in the AgseNPV-A genome. In phylogenetic analysis, the AgseNPV-A enhancins form a cluster separated from enhancins of the Mamestra species NPVs.
Laboratory of Virology, Wageningen University, Binnenhaven 11, 6709 PD Wageningen, The Netherlands.|Department of Biological Control and Quarantine, Institute of Plant Protection, Miczurina 20, Poznan 60-318, Poland.
Agata K
AK
Jakubowska
Greenomics, Plant Research International, PO Box 16, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Sander A
SA
Peters
Department of Biological Control and Quarantine, Institute of Plant Protection, Miczurina 20, Poznan 60-318, Poland.
Jadwiga
J
Ziemnicka
Laboratory of Virology, Wageningen University, Binnenhaven 11, 6709 PD Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Just M
JM
Vlak
Laboratory of Virology, Wageningen University, Binnenhaven 11, 6709 PD Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Monique M
MM
van Oers
D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D016679:Genome, Viral; D007915:Lepidoptera / Q000821:virology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017924:Nucleopolyhedroviruses / Q000235:genetics*; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D018411:Spodoptera / Q000821:virology; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics
D014764:Viral Proteins