Completion of the sequence of the Aspergillus fumigatus partitivirus 1 genome

• DOI: 10.1007/s00705-020-04660-0
• Publication Date: 2020-05-27T02:02:25Z
• Authors: Charalampos Filippou; Robert H. A. Coutts; David A. Stevens; Raquel Sabino; Ioly Kotta-Loizou
• Keywords: 0303 health sciences; Aspergillus fumigatus; 610; Genome, Viral; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Fungal Viruses; 630; Open Reading Frames; 03 medical and health sciences; Annotated Sequence Record; RNA Viruses; RNA, Viral; Phylogeny; RNA, Double-Stranded

AbstractA Portuguese isolate of Aspergillus fumigatus was found to contain three double-stranded (ds) RNA elements ranging in size from 1.1 to 1.8 kbp and comprising the genome of a strain of Aspergillus fumigatus partitivirus 1 (AfuPV-1) previously thought to contain only the two largest dsRNA elements. The sequence of the smallest dsRNA element is described here, completing the sequence of the AfuPV-1 genome. Sequence analysis of the element revealed an open reading frame encoding a protein of unknown function similar in size and distantly related to elements previously identified in other members of the family Partitiviridae.