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Genome polarity of RNA viruses reflects the different evolutionary pressures shaping codon usage.
Archives of Virology 2018 July 10
RNA viruses are classified by their genome polarity and replication strategies. Nucleotide composition and codon usage differ among virus groups, for instance positive-sense RNA (+ssRNA) viruses have higher GC-content than the other RNA virus groups. Codon usage of +ssRNA viruses is closer to humans showing significantly higher codon adaptation index (CAI) than those of negative-sense RNA (-ssRNA), double stranded RNA (dsRNA) and retroviruses. Ambisense viruses have high CAI comparable to that of +ssRNA virus despite their lower GC content, whereas dsRNA viruses have the lowest CAI. This may provide a benefit for +ssRNA viruses as their genomes are used as mRNA. However, analyses for influence of nucleotide composition on codon usage did not show a difference between +ssRNA and -ssRNA viruses. This suggests that genome composition and hence mutational pressure remain the major pressure causing the differences in codon usage among RNA viruses with different genome types.
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