Flock House virus

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Flock House virus
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(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Kitrinoviricota
Class: Magsaviricetes
Order: Nodamuvirales
Family: Nodaviridae
Genus: Alphanodavirus
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Flock House virus

Flock House virus (FHV) is in the Alphanodavirus genus of the Nodaviridae family of viruses. Flock House virus was isolated from a grass grub ( Costelytra zealandica ) at the Flock House research station in Bulls, New Zealand. FHV is an extensively studied virus and is considered a model system for the study of other non-enveloped RNA viruses owing to its small size and genetic tractability, particularly to study the role of the transiently exposed hydrophobic gamma peptide and the metastability of the viral capsid. [1] [2] FHV can be engineered in insect cell culture allowing for the tailored production of native or mutant authentic virions or virus-like-particles. FHV is a platform for nanotechnology and nanomedicine, for example, for epitope display and vaccine development. [3] Viral entry into host cells occurs via receptor-mediated endocytosis. [4] Receptor binding initiates a sequence of events during which the virus exploits the host environment in order to deliver the viral cargo in to the host cytosol. Receptor binding prompts the meta-stability of the capsid–proteins, the coordinated rearrangements of which are crucial for subsequent steps in the infection pathway. In addition, the transient exposure of a covalently-independent hydrophobic γ-peptide is responsible for breaching cellular membranes and is thus essential for the viral entry of FHV into host cells. [5]

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Genome

Flock house virus genome and functional map of replicase protein A. Elife-25940-fig1-v2.jpg
Flock house virus genome and functional map of replicase protein A.

Flock House virus is a small, non-enveloped, icosahedral T=3 insect virus containing a bipartite positive sense ssRNA genome comprising two genes: RNA1 (3.1kb) an RNA2 (1.4kb). RNA1 encodes the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase and also contains a frame-shifted subgenomic RNA 3 (369 nts) that encodes protein B2, responsible for inhibition of RNAi pathways. [6] RNA2 encodes the capsid precursor, alpha, of which 180 copies form the viral capsid of FHV. Upon maturation, alpha undergoes an autocatalytic cleavage in its C-terminus to form beta, forming the main structural capsid component, and gamma, a short hydrophobic peptide required for endosome penetration that remains associated with the viral capsid. Virus-Like-Particles (VLPs) of FHV spontaneously form in S. frugiperda cell lines (e.g. Sf21) when RNA2 is expressed from a baculovirus vector and package cellular RNAs. [7] [8]

Range

FHV was originally isolated from New Zealand grass grubs (Costelytra zealandica) in the former Flock House agricultural facility in Bulls, Ragnitikei, New Zealand. [9] Isolates were passaged in Drosophila cells in culture, which were subsequently shown to exhibit cell-death (cytopathic effect). FHV can also infect live flies. [10] FHV has been shown to infect medically important genera of insects: mosquitos, e.g. Anopheles gambiae; the tsetse fly; and the Chagas vector, Rhodnius prolixus Stal. [11] [12] Infection of these organisms by FHV has been demonstrated to have similar characteristics in terms of viral titre, virus dissemination and mortality as has been shown for fruit fly infections.[ citation needed ]

Capsid structure

The structure and biophysical properties of authentic virions of FHV and of virus-like-particles (VLPs) have been extensively studied.[ citation needed ]

Other studies

FHV has provided a model system for the study of the emergence and evolution of defective-interfering RNAs (DI-RNAs).[ citation needed ]

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