Notes on Genus: Pefudensovirus

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Type member: Periplaneta fuliginosa densovirus

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Members of this Genus General Description Morphology Electron Micrograph Genome Genus Genomic Organization Genome Map Type Member Genomic Organization Curated Sequences

General Description

This is one of the genera in the subfamily Densovirinae, the insect pathogens in the family Parvoviridae. Members are distinguished from those of the other genera by genome size (about 5.5 kb), genomic organisation and phylogenetic analysis. The name is from the type member, Periplaneta fuliginosa densovirus.

Morphology

Virions isometric (icosahedral), not enveloped, 18-26 nm in diameter, made of 60 units of the capsid protein.

Genome

Linear, single-stranded monopartite DNA, about 5.5 kb long.

Genus Genomic Organization

There is an ambisense coding strategy. Three non-structural proteins are encoded in different ORFs in one sense (using a single mRNA promoter and leaky scanning). On the complementary strand, 3 ORFs are predicted but these are believed to be translated after splicing of mRNAs and by frameshift to yield the virion proteins.

Type Member Genomic Organization

There are 3 non-structural ORFs in one orientation (61.7, 33.1 and 30.6 kDa). The capsid proteins are encoded in the opposite orientation. Three ORFs (62.7, 25.9 and 19.8 kDa) are predicted but these are believed to be translated after splicing of mRNAs and by frameshift to yield the virion proteins.

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