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Alphafusellovirus

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Alphafusellovirus
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Family: Fuselloviridae
Genus: Alphafusellovirus
Synonyms
  • Alphafusellovirus ICTV 2012
  • Fusellovirus ICTV 1993
  • SSV1 group ICTV 1991
  • SSV-1 group ICTV 1990

Alphafusellovirus is a genus of viruses, in the family Fuselloviridae. Species in the genus Sulfolobus (Sulfolobus shibatae, Sulfolobus solfataricus, and Sulfolobus islandicus) serve as natural hosts. There are seven species in this genus.[1][2]

Taxonomy

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The genus contains the following species:[2]

Structure

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Viruses in Alphafusellovirus are enveloped, with lemon-shaped geometries. The diameter is around 60 nm, with a length of 100 nm. Genomes are circular, around 17.3kb in length.[1] Biochemical characterization of SSV1, the type species of the Alphafusellovirus genus, showed that virions are composed of four virus-encoded structural proteins, VP1 to VP4, as well as one DNA-binding chromatin protein of cellular origin. The virion proteins VP1, VP3, and VP4 undergo posttranslational modification by glycosylation, seemingly at multiple sites. VP1 is also proteolytically processed. SSV1 virions contain glycerol dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraether (GDGT) lipids, which appear to be acquired by the virus in a selective manner from the host cytoplasmic membrane.[3]

Genus Structure Symmetry Capsid Genomic arrangement Genomic segmentation
Alphafusellovirus Lemon-shaped Enveloped Circular Monopartite

Life cycle

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Viral replication is cytoplasmic. Entry into the host cell is achieved by adsorption into the host cell. DNA-templated transcription is the method of transcription. Sulfolobus shibatae, sulfolobus solfataricus, and sulfolobus islandicus serve as the natural host.[1] It has been demonstrated that SSV1, the type species of the genus, is released from the host without causing cell lysis by a budding mechanism, similar to that employed by enveloped eukaryotic viruses.[4]

Genus Host details Tissue tropism Entry details Release details Replication site Assembly site Transmission
Alphafusellovirus Archea: thermolophilic None Injection Budding Cytoplasm Cytoplasm Passive diffusion

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Viral Zone". ExPASy. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Virus Taxonomy: 2020 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). March 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  3. ^ Quemin ER, Pietilä MK, Oksanen HM, Forterre P, Rijpstra WI, Schouten S, Bamford DH, Prangishvili D, Krupovic M (2015). "Sulfolobus spindle-shaped virus 1 contains glycosylated capsid proteins, a cellular chromatin protein, and host-derived lipids". J Virol. 89 (22): 11681–11691. doi:10.1128/JVI.02270-15. PMC 4645638. PMID 26355093.
  4. ^ Quemin ER, Chlanda P, Sachse M, Forterre P, Prangishvili D, Krupovic M (2016). "Eukaryotic-Like Virus Budding in Archaea". mBio. 7 (5): e01439-16. doi:10.1128/mBio.01439-16. PMC 5021807. PMID 27624130.
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