Plant viruses are tiny but so smart when it comes to their survival. A new study shows that BSMV protects the rice plant's chloroplast during infection, allowing it to replicate and spread. Full research article: academic.oup.com/plcell/artic... @aspbofficial.bsky.social @theplantcell.bsky.social
Securing the replication ground: how barley stripe mosaic virus safeguards the host chloroplast envelope
Chloroplasts function as a metabolic hub, generating energy rich molecules (ATP and NADPH) for fixing CO2 into sugar needed for plant growth. In addition,
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Mapping of the most significantly represented viral small-interfering RNAs (vsiRNAs) to the grapevine red blotch virus (GRBV) genome (NY358 to JQ901105.2). A, Linear representation of the GRBV genomic features (open reading frames [ORFs] and intergenic regions) and the location of RNA interference (RNAi) hotspots (HSs). The genomic features are labeled as follows: long intergenic region (LIR), coat protein (V1 or CP), short intergenic region (SIR), and replication-associated protein (C1 or RepA). B, Predicted secondary structures for each HS. The color coding on these structures, generated by RNAfold, reflects the entropy at each position, indicating the binding stability between base pairs (red = high stability, green/blue = low stability).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ypn4w5ifq3ag6mlwd4rd5t2j/bafkreigjxvcmv4c35xro53fanqh4tg3jaf5f7r53x2xcvwuytuxvqqgf4q)
