''Solemoviridae'' is a family of non-enveloped,

positive-strand RNA viruses Positive-strand RNA viruses (+ssRNA viruses) are a group of related viruses that have positive-sense, single-stranded genomes made of ribonucleic acid. The positive-sense genome can act as messenger RNA (mRNA) and can be directly translated in ...

which infect plants. ''Solemoviridae'' is a member of the order ''Sobelivirales''.

Structure

Member viruses are non-enveloped and have a

viral capsid A capsid is the protein shell of a virus, enclosing its genetic material. It consists of several oligomeric (repeating) structural subunits made of protein called protomers. The observable 3-dimensional morphological subunits, which may or ma ...

with T=3 symmetry.

Genome

Solemoviruses have a

positive-sense In molecular biology and genetics, the sense of a nucleic acid molecule, particularly of a strand of DNA or RNA, refers to the nature of the roles of the strand and its complement in specifying a sequence of amino acids. Depending on the context ...

, single-strand RNA genome. The length of the genome is 4652 bp. The 3' terminus does not have a polyA-tail. The 5' terminus has a genome-linked viral protein (VPg).

Taxonomy

The family contains four genera and seven species unassigned to a genus: Genera: *'' Enamovirus'' *'' Polemovirus'' *''

Polerovirus ''Polerovirus'' is a genus of viruses, in the family '' Solemoviridae''. Plants serve as natural hosts. There are 26 species in this genus. Diseases associated with this genus include: PLRV causes prominent rolling of the leaves of potato and a ...

'' *'' Sobemovirus'' Species unassigned to a genus: *'' Barley yellow dwarf virus GPV'' *'' Barley yellow dwarf virus SGV'' *'' Chickpea stunt disease associated virus'' *'' Groundnut rosette assistor virus'' *'' Indonesian soybean dwarf virus'' *'' Sweet potato leaf speckling virus'' *'' Tobacco necrotic dwarf virus''

References

Sobemoviruses Virus families {{Virus-stub