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Fossil record of an archaeal HK97-like provirus

Profile image of Walid MaatyWalid Maaty

2011, Virology

https://doi.org/10.1016/J.VIROL.2011.06.019
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One of the outstanding questions in biology today is the origin of viruses. We have discovered a protein in the hyperthermophile Sulfolobus solfataricus while following proteome regulation during viral infection that led to the discovery of a fossil provirus. Characterization of the wild type and recombinant protein revealed that it assembled into virus-like particles with a diameter of ~32 nm. Sequence and structural analyses showed that the likely proviral capsid protein, Sso2749, is homologous to a protein from Pyrococcus furiosus that forms virus-like particles using the HK-97 major capsid protein fold. The SsP2-provirus appears mosaic and contains proteins with similarity to, among others, eukaryotic herpesviruses and tailed dsDNA bacteriophage families, reinforcing the hypothesis of a common ancestral gene pool across all three domains of life. This is the first description of the HK-97 fold in a crenarchaeal virus and the first direct genomic connection of linocin-like protein cages to a virus.

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Structural and Functional Studies of Archaeal Viruses
Brian Bothner, Mark Young

Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2009

Viruses populate virtually every ecosystem on the planet, including the extreme acidic, thermal, and saline environments where archaeal organisms can dominate. For example, recent studies have identified crenarchaeal viruses in the hot springs of Yellowstone National Park and other high temperature environments worldwide. These viruses are often morphologically and genetically unique, with genomes that show little similarity to genes of known function, complicating efforts to understand their viral life cycles. Here, we review progress in understanding these fascinating viruses at the molecular level and the evolutionary insights coming from these studies.

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An ssDNA virus infecting archaea: a new lineage of viruses with a membrane envelope
Elina Roine

Molecular Microbiology, 2009

Archaeal organisms are generally known as diverse extremophiles, but they play a crucial role also in moderate environments. So far, only about 50 archaeal viruses have been described in some detail. Despite this, unusual viral morphotypes within this group have been reported. Interestingly, all isolated archaeal viruses have a double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) genome. To further characterize the diversity of archaeal viruses, we screened highly saline water samples for archaea and their viruses. Here, we describe a new haloarchaeal virus, Halorubrum pleomorphic virus 1 (HRPV-1) that was isolated from a solar saltern and infects an indigenous host belonging to the genus Halorubrum. Infection does not cause cell lysis, but slightly retards growth of the host and results in high replication of the virus. The sequenced genome (7048 nucleotides) of HRPV-1 is single-stranded DNA (ssDNA), which makes HRPV-1 the first characterized archaeal virus that does not have a dsDNA genome. In spite of this, similarities to another archaeal virus were observed. Two major structural proteins were recognized in protein analyses, and by lipid analyses it was shown that the virion contains a membrane. Electron microscopy studies indicate that the enveloped virion is pleomorphic (approximately 44 ¥ 55 nm). HRPV-1 virion may represent commonly used virion architecture, and it seems that structure-based virus lineages may be extended to non-icosahedral viruses.

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