title: Genome sequence of a novel victorivirus identified in the phytopathogenic fungus Alternaria arborescens.
abstract: Strains of the phytopathogenic fungus Alternaria spp. have been found to contain a variety of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) elements indicative of mycovirus infection. Here, we report the molecular characterization of a novel dsRNA mycovirus, Alternaria arborescens victorivirus 1 (AaVV1), from A. arborescens, the tomato pathotype of A. alternata. Using next-generation sequencing of dsRNA purified from an A. arborescens strain from the United States of America, we found that the AaVV1 genome is 5203 bp in length and contains two open reading frames (ORF1 and 2) that overlap at the tetranucleotide AUGA. Proteins encoded by ORF1 and ORF2 showed significant similarities to the coat protein (CP) and the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp), respectively, of dsRNA mycoviruses of the genus Victorivirus. Pairwise comparisons and phylogenetic analysis of the deduced amino acid sequences of both CP and RdRp indicated that AaVV1 is a member of a distinct species of the genus Victorivirus in the family Totiviridae.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), 3-5-8 Saiwaicho, Fuchu, Tokyo, 183-8509, Japan.
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Komatsu
authors.affiliation: Research and Education Center for Prevention of Global Infectious Diseases of Animals, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), 3-5-8 Saiwaicho, Fuchu, Tokyo, 183-8509, Japan.
authors.forename: Yukie
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Katayama
authors.affiliation: Research and Education Center for Prevention of Global Infectious Diseases of Animals, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), 3-5-8 Saiwaicho, Fuchu, Tokyo, 183-8509, Japan.
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Omatsu
authors.affiliation: Research and Education Center for Prevention of Global Infectious Diseases of Animals, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), 3-5-8 Saiwaicho, Fuchu, Tokyo, 183-8509, Japan.
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mizutani
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), 3-5-8 Saiwaicho, Fuchu, Tokyo, 183-8509, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukuhara
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, 4-101, Koyama-Minami, Tottori, 680-8553, Japan.
authors.forename: Motoichiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kodama
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), 3-5-8 Saiwaicho, Fuchu, Tokyo, 183-8509, Japan.
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Arie
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), 3-5-8 Saiwaicho, Fuchu, Tokyo, 183-8509, Japan.
authors.forename: Tohru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Teraoka
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), 3-5-8 Saiwaicho, Fuchu, Tokyo, 183-8509, Japan. hmori714@cc.tuat.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Hiromitsu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Moriyama
mesh_terms: D000528:Alternaria / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000821:virology*; D036022:Capsid Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D000067148:Fungal Viruses / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016679:Genome, Viral; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D012324:RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase / Q000235:genetics; D019196:Totiviridae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D036022:Capsid Proteins; D012367:RNA, Viral; D012324:RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase