Marine mimivirus relatives are probably large algal viruses

Monier, Adam; Larsen, Jens Borggaard; Sandaa, Ruth-Anne; Bratbak, Gunnar; Claverie, Jean-Michel; Ogata, Hiroyuki

doi:10.1186/1743-422X-5-12

Virology Journal

Table 1 A selected list of mimivirus genes with closely related sequences in the GOS data.

From: Marine mimivirus relatives are probably large algal viruses

Mimivirus ORF	Annotation	Number of "mimivirus-like" sequences in the GOS data
*NCLDV class I core genes*
MIMI_L206 *	Helicase III/VV D5-type ATPase (C-term)	139
MIMI_L207 *	Helicase III/VV D5-type ATPase (N-term)	90
MIMI_R322	DNA polymerase (B family)	185
MIMI_R350	putative transcription termination factor, VV D6R helicase	90
MIMI_L396	VV A18 helicase	138
MIMI_R400	S/T protein kinase	32
MIMI_L425	Major capsid protein	7
MIMI_L437	VV A32 virion packaging ATPase	71
MIMI_R450	A1L transcription factor	28
MIMI_R596	Thiol oxidoreductase E10R	7
*NCLDV class II core genes*
MIMI_R339	TFII-like transcription factor	3
MIMI_R493	Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen	45
*NCLDV class III core genes*
MIMI_L244	Rpb2	1
MIMI_L364	SW1/SNF2 helicase (MSV224)	54
MIMI_R382	mRNA Capping Enzyme	189
MIMI_R429	PBCV1-A494R-like, 9 paralogs	145
MIMI_R480	Topoisomerase II	1
MIMI_R501	Rpb1	14
*Translation*
MIMI_L496	Translation initiation factor 4E, (mRNA cap binding)	11
MIMI_R624	GTP binding elongation factor eF-Tu	3
*DNA repair*
MIMI_L315	Hydrolysis of DNA containing ring-opened N7 methylguanine	58
MIMI_L359	DNA mismatch repair ATPase MutS	44
MIMI_R406	Alkylated DNA repair	3
MIMI_L687	Endonuclease for the repair of UV-irradiated DNA	2
MIMI_R693	Methylated-DNA-protein-cysteine methyltransferase	9
Other genes with more than 100 matches
MIMI_L250	putative transcription initiation factor IIB	143
MIMI_L251	Lon domain protease	110
MIMI_R303	NAD-dependent DNA ligase	163
MIMI_R325	Metal-dependent hydrolase (Chilo iridescent virus 136R)	136
MIMI_R354	Lambda-type exonuclease	147
MIMI_R355	Unknown	150
MIMI_L375	Unknown	130
MIMI_L377	putative NTPase I	133
MIMI_R409	Unknown	155
MIMI_L434	Unknown	103
MIMI_R453	TATA-box binding protein (TBP)	131
MIMI_L454	Unknown	119
MIMI_R555	putative DNA repair protein	249
MIMI_R563	Contains helicase conserved C-terminal domain (PFAM)	118

* Two ORFs (L206, L207) have been recently merged into a single ORF after the re-sequencing of the genomic region (SWISS-PROT: Q5UQ22, Stéphane Audic, personal communication).

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