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ArticleJournal of virology2008

A host factor involved in hypovirus symptom expression in the chestnut blight fungus, Cryphonectria parasitica.

M Iqbal Faruk, Ana Eusebio-Cope, Nobuhiro Suzuki

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Article in Journal of virology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

M Iqbal FarukAgrivirology Laboratory, Research Institute for Bioresources, Okayama University, Kurashiki, Okayama 710-0046, Japan.
Ana Eusebio-Cope
Nobuhiro Suzuki
Okayama University · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The prototype hypovirus CHV1-EP713 causes virulence attenuation and severe suppression of asexual sporulation and pigmentation in its host, the chestnut blight fungus, Cryphonectria parasitica. We identified a factor associated with symptom induction in C. parasitica using a transformation of C. parasitica strain EP155 with a full-length cDNA clone from a mild mutant virus strain, Cys(72). This was accomplished by using mutagenesis of the transformant fungal strain TCys(72)-1 by random integration of plasmid pHygR, conferring hygromycin resistance. The mutant, namA (after nami-gata, meaning wave shaped), showed an irregular fungal morphology with reduced conidiation and pigmentation while retaining similar levels of virulence and virus accumulation relative to TCys(72)-1- or Cys(72)-infected strain EP155. However, the colony morphology of virus-cured namA (VC-namA) was indistinguishable from those of EP155 and virus-cured TCys(72)-1 [VC-TCys(72)-1]. The phenotypic difference between VC-namA and VC-TCys(72)-1 was found only when these strains infected with the wild type or certain mutant CHV1-EP713 strains but not when infected with Mycoreovirus 1. Sequence analysis of inverse-PCR-amplified genomic DNA fragments and cDNA identified the insertion site of the mutagenic plasmid in exon 8 of the nam-1 gene. NAM-1, comprising 1,257 amino acids, shows sequence similarities to counterparts from other filamentous fungi and possesses the CorA domain that is conserved in a class of Mg(2+) transporters from prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Complementation assays using the wild-type and mutant alleles and targeted disruption of nam-1 showed that nam-1 with an extension of the pHygR-derived sequence contributed to the altered phenotype in the namA mutant. The molecular mechanism underlying virus-specific fungal symptom modulation in VC-namA is discussed.

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AscomycotaDNA, FungalFungal ProteinsGenetic Complementation TestMolecular Sequence DataMutagenesis, InsertionalPigmentationPlasmidsProtein Structure, TertiaryRNA VirusesSequence Analysis, DNASequence Homology, Amino AcidSpores, FungalVirulenceDNA, FungalFungal Proteins

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PMID17977965
PMCPMC2224562
OpenAlexW2030874553

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