Maf/ham1-like pyrophosphatases of non-canonical nucleotides are host-specific partners of viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerases
Adrian A. Valli, Rafael García López, María Ribaya, Francisco Javier Martínez, Diego García‐Gómez, Beatriz García, Irene Serrano Gonzalo, Alfonso González de Prádena, Fabio Pasin, Inmaculada Montanuy, Encarnación Rodríguez‐Gonzalo, Juan Antonio Garcı́a
The paper shows that U/CBSV requires host-specific ITPase activity for infectivity in cassava but not in Nicotiana benthamiana, and that viral RdRP-ITPase binding optimizes fitness.
PLoS Pathogens · Feb 18, 2022Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology