RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Savenkov, Eugene I. A1 Sandgren, Maria A1 Valkonen, Jari P. T. YR 1999 T1 Complete sequence of RNA 1 and the presence of tRNA-like structures in all RNAs of Potato mop-top virus, genus Pomovirus JF Journal of General Virology, VO 80 IS 10 SP 2779 OP 2784 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/0022-1317-80-10-2779 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1465-2099, AB The complete nucleotide sequence (6043 nt) of RNA 1 from Potato mop-top virus (PMTV-Sw), the type member of the genus Pomovirus, was determined. The first (5′-terminal) open reading frame (ORF 1) encodes a predicted protein of 148 kDa. ORF 2 extends through the opal stop codon of ORF 1 producing a predicted readthrough protein of 206 kDa which resembles the RNA-dependent RNA polymerases (RdRp) of other fungal-transmitted viruses. It includes a methyltransferase, a helicase and a GDD RdRp motif, respectively. Phylogenetic analyses of RdRps indicated that PMTV is most closely related to Beet soil-borne virus (genusPomovirus), Broad bean necrosis virus (genus Pomovirus) and Soil-borne wheat mosaic virus (genus Furovirus), and is more distantly related to the other viruses of the former furovirus group. The 5′ and 3′ termini of RNA 1 in PMTV contained untranslated regions (UTR) of 114 nt and 489 nt, respectively. The 3′-UTR of RNA 1 contained a tRNA-like structure, which has previously been reported in the 3′-UTR of RNA 2 but not RNA 3. However, in this study, the tRNA-like structure was also found in the 3′-UTR of RNA 3, which confirms its presence in the 3′-UTRs of all three RNAs of PMTV., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/0022-1317-80-10-2779