A new member of the family Totiviridae associated with arboreal ants (Camponotus nipponicus)

A putative new member of the family Totiviridae was identified in arboreal ants ( Camponotus nipponicus ). The viral dsRNA consisted of 5,713 nt with two overlapping open reading frames (ORFs). ORF1 encodes a putative capsid protein. ORF2 encodes a viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp). ORF2 cou...

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Published in:Archives of virology 2016-07, Vol.161 (7), p.2043-2045
Main Authors: Koyama, Satoshi, Sakai, Chihiro, Thomas, Cathleen E., Nunoura, Takuro, Urayama, Syun-ichi
Format: Article
Language:English
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Amino acids
Animals
Annotated Sequence Record
Ants - virology
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Camponotus
Formicidae
Genome, Viral
Genomes
Infectious Diseases
Medical Microbiology
Open Reading Frames
Phylogenetics
Phylogeny
Proteins
RNA polymerase
Totiviridae
Totiviridae - classification
Totiviridae - genetics
Totiviridae - isolation & purification
Viral Proteins - genetics
Virology
Viruses
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Summary:A putative new member of the family Totiviridae was identified in arboreal ants ( Camponotus nipponicus ). The viral dsRNA consisted of 5,713 nt with two overlapping open reading frames (ORFs). ORF1 encodes a putative capsid protein. ORF2 encodes a viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp). ORF2 could be translated as a fusion protein with the ORF1 product through a -1 frameshift in the overlapping ORF1. Phylogenetic analysis based on the RdRp revealed that the virus from C. nipponicus is closely related to Camponotus yamaokai virus, a member of the family Totiviridae , from another ant species. The name Camponotus nipponicus virus (CNV) is proposed for the new virus.
ISSN:0304-8608
1432-8798
DOI:10.1007/s00705-016-2876-x