F. Vanderwilk et al., GENOME-LINKED PROTEIN OF POTATO LEAFROLL VIRUS IS LOCATED DOWNSTREAM OF THE PUTATIVE PROTEASE DOMAIN OF THE ORF1 PRODUCT, Virology, 234(2), 1997, pp. 300-303
The sequence of the 32 N-terminal amino acids of the protein (VPS) whi
ch is covalently linked to the RNA of potato leafroll virus has been d
etermined. The obtained VPS sequence mapped to position 400 to 431 of
the PLRV ORF1 product, downstream of the putative protease domain and
in front of the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase. Comparison with other vi
ral sequences revealed significant similarities with the ORF1 products
of beet western yellows virus, cucurbit aphid-borne yellows virus, an
d beet mild yellowing virus. (C) 1997 Academic Press.