Nature Communications (Sep 2019)

Soybean antiviral immunity conferred by dsRNase targets the viral replication complex

  • Kazuhiro Ishibashi,
  • Masayasu Saruta,
  • Takehiko Shimizu,
  • Miao Shu,
  • Toyoaki Anai,
  • Kunihiko Komatsu,
  • Naohiro Yamada,
  • Yuichi Katayose,
  • Masayuki Ishikawa,
  • Masao Ishimoto,
  • Akito Kaga

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12052-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Soybean mosaic virus (SMV) is a potyvirus that reduces soybean yield and seed quality worldwide. Here, the authors reveal that the resistance gene Rsv4 encodes an RNase H family protein with dsRNA-degrading activity, and it can enter the viral replication compartment and degrade viral dsRNA.