title: Bymovirus reverse genetics: requirements for RNA2-encoded proteins in systemic infection.
abstract: Barley yellow mosaic virus (BaYMV), the type species of the genus Bymovirus in the family Potyviridae in the picornavirus-like superfamily, causes a yellow mosaic disease of winter barley with significant yield losses in Europe and East Asia. Until now, infectious in vitro transcripts for the bipartite plus-sense RNA genome of any bymovirus species have not been available, rendering molecular analyses of bymovirus pathogenicity and the host resistance mechanisms difficult. In this study, we constructed the first cDNA clones of BaYMV RNA1 and RNA2, from which infectious RNA can be transcribed in vitro. Using in vitro transcripts, we showed that RNA1, which encodes eight proteins, including a viral proteinase NIa-Pro, the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase NIb, genome-linked viral protein VPg and the capsid protein CP, replicated autonomously in barley mesophyll protoplasts in the absence of RNA2 optimally at 15 degrees C, a temperature similar to the optimum for causing disease in barley fields. For systemic infection of barley plants, RNA1 alone was not sufficient and RNA2 was also required. Of the two proteins encoded on RNA2 (P1 with cysteine proteinase activity and P2 with unknown functions), P1 was essential and P2 was dispensable for systemic infectivity. The expression of both P1 and P2, but not the precursor polyprotein, together with RNA1 increased systemic infection and caused mosaic leaf symptoms. The infectious cDNA clones of BaYMV will be vital for future studies of bymovirus-host-vector interactions at the molecular level.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: You
authors.forename: Yukio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shirako
mesh_terms: D001681:Biological Assay; D002474:Cell-Free System; D005821:Genetic Techniques; D016679:Genome, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D001467:Hordeum / Q000166:cytology / Q000821:virology*; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000166:cytology / Q000382:microbiology; D019176:Potyviridae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011523:Protoplasts / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D013696:Temperature; D014162:Transfection; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012367:RNA, Viral; D014764:Viral Proteins
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