Cypovirus, short for cytoplasmic polyhedrosis virus, is a genus of double-stranded RNA viruses in the family Reoviridae and subfamily Spinareovirinae, isolated solely from insects. Associated diseases include chronic diarrhoea and pale blue iridescence in the guts of larvae.[1] It contains sixteen species.[2][3]
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Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum: | Duplornaviricota |
| Class: | Resentoviricetes |
| Order: | Reovirales |
| Family: | Sedoreoviridae |
| Subfamily: | Spinareovirinae |
| Genus: | Cypovirus |
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Cypoviruses are structurally similar to the more widely studied nucleopolyhedroviruses, a genus of arthropodean viruses in the family Baculoviridae, except for their RNA genomes and cytoplasmic replication instead of DNA genomes and nucleic replication.
Structure
editViruses in the genus Cypovirus are nonenveloped, with icosahedral geometries, and T=2 symmetry.[2] Cypoviruses have only a single capsid shell, which is similar to the orthoreovirus inner core. They exhibit striking capsid stability, which is fully capable of endogenous RNA transcription and processing.[4] The capsid diameter is around 65 nm.[2]
Genome
editGenomes are linear and segmented. The genome codes for 10 to 12 proteins.[2] Classification of cypoviruses is based on the electrophoretic migration profiles of their genome segments. The overall folds of cypovirus proteins are similar to those of other reoviruses, but they have insertional domains and unique structures that contribute to their extensive intermolecular interactions. The cypovirus turret protein contains two methylase domains with a highly conserved helix-pair/β-sheet/helix-pair sandwich fold, but lacks the β-barrel flap present in orthoreovirus λ2. The stacking of turret protein functional domains and the presence of constrictions and A spikes along the mRNA release pathway indicate a mechanism that uses pores and channels to regulate the highly coordinated steps of RNA transcription, processing, and release.[4]
Lifecycle
editViral replication is cytoplasmic. Entry into the host cell is achieved by attachment to host receptors, which mediates endocytosis. Replication follows the double-stranded RNA virus replication model. Double-stranded RNA virus transcription is the method of transcription. Translation takes place by ribosomal skipping. The virus exits the host cell by monopartite nontubule guided viral movement, and exists in occlusion bodies after cell death and remains infectious until finding another host.
Insects serve as their natural hosts. Transmission routes are fecal-oral, parental, and egg transmission.[2]
Infection occurs when a susceptible insect consumes viral polyhedra, usually as a contaminant on the insect’s food (in most cases, foliage of a plant). These dissolve in its digestive tract, releasing the virus particles that penetrate the gut epithelial cells. Replication of the virus is often confined to these cells and the progeny virus, in the form of new polyhedra are excreted in the insect feces, thus contaminating more foliage resulting in the spread of the disease to additional insects. The progression of the disease can be rather slow, but the virus infection is normally fatal.
Species
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The genus Cypovirus consists of 16 accepted species: Cypovirus 1 through Cypovirus 16.
See also
edit- Baculoviridae – members of this family may also cause polyhedrosis
- Betairidovirinae – members of this subfamily may also cause iridescence
References
edit- ^ Shapiro A, Green T, Rao S, White S, Carner G, Mertens PP, Becnel JJ (August 2005). "Morphological and molecular characterization of a Cypovirus (Reoviridae) from the mosquito Uranotaenia sapphirina (Diptera: Culicidae)". Journal of Virology. 79 (15): 9430–8. doi:10.1128/jvi.79.15.9430-9438.2005. PMC 1181557. PMID 16014906.
- ^ a b c d e "Viral Zone". ExPASy. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
- ^ "Virus Taxonomy: 2020 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). March 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ a b Zhou ZH (2008). "Cypovirus". Segmented Double-stranded RNA Viruses: Structure and Molecular Biology. Caister Academic Press. ISBN 978-1-904455-21-9.
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