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- Title
The Role of Bacterial Chaperones in the Circulative Transmission of Plant Viruses by Insect Vectors.
- Authors
Kliot, Adi; Ghanim, Murad
- Abstract
Persistent circulative transmission of plant viruses involves complex interactions between the transmitted virus and its insect vector. Several studies have shown that insect vector proteins are involved in the passage and the transmission of the virus. Interestingly, proteins expressed by bacterial endosymbionts that reside in the insect vector, were also shown to influence the transmission of these viruses. Thus far, the transmission of two plant viruses that belong to different virus genera was shown to be facilitated by a bacterial chaperone protein called GroEL. This protein was shown to be implicated in the transmission of Potato leafroll virus (PLRV) by the green peach aphid Myzus persicae, and the transmission of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) by the sweetpotato whitefly Bemisia tabaci. These tri-trophic levels of interactions and their possible evolutionary implications are reviewed.
- Subjects
PLANT viruses; POTATO leafroll virus; LUTEOVIRUSES; GREEN peach aphid; TOMATO yellow leaf curl virus; SWEETPOTATO whitefly
- Publication
Viruses (1999-4915), 2013, Vol 5, Issue 6, p1516
- ISSN
1999-4915
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/v5061516