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'''Megavirus'''<ref name="Doipnas">{{cite journal |doi=10.1073/pnas.1110889108 |title=Distant Mimivirus relative with a larger genome highlights the fundamental features of Megaviridae |year=2011 |last1=Arslan |first1=D. |last2=Legendre |first2=M. |last3=Seltzer |first3=V. |last4=Abergel |first4=C. |last5=Claverie |first5=J.-M. |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}}</ref> is a [[viral]] genus containing a single identified species named '''''Megavirus chilensis''''' (MGVC), phylogenetically related to Acanthamoeba polyphaga [[Mimivirus]] (APMV).<ref>{{cite journal |pages=1344–50 |doi=10.1126/science.1101485 |title=The 1.2-Megabase Genome Sequence of Mimivirus |year=2004 |last1=Raoult |first1=D. |journal=Science |volume=306 |issue=5700 |pmid=15486256 |last2=Audic |first2=S |last3=Robert |first3=C |last4=Abergel |first4=C |last5=Renesto |first5=P |last6=Ogata |first6=H |last7=La Scola |first7=B |last8=Suzan |first8=M |last9=Claverie |first9=JM}}</ref> In colloquial speech, MGVC is more commonly referred to as just “Megavirus”. It has the largest [[capsid]] diameter of all known viruses, as well as the largest and most complex [[genome]] among all known viruses.{{ |
'''Megavirus'''<ref name="Doipnas">{{cite journal |doi=10.1073/pnas.1110889108 |title=Distant Mimivirus relative with a larger genome highlights the fundamental features of Megaviridae |year=2011 |last1=Arslan |first1=D. |last2=Legendre |first2=M. |last3=Seltzer |first3=V. |last4=Abergel |first4=C. |last5=Claverie |first5=J.-M. |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}}</ref> is a [[viral]] genus containing a single identified species named '''''Megavirus chilensis''''' (MGVC), phylogenetically related to Acanthamoeba polyphaga [[Mimivirus]] (APMV).<ref>{{cite journal |pages=1344–50 |doi=10.1126/science.1101485 |title=The 1.2-Megabase Genome Sequence of Mimivirus |year=2004 |last1=Raoult |first1=D. |journal=Science |volume=306 |issue=5700 |pmid=15486256 |last2=Audic |first2=S |last3=Robert |first3=C |last4=Abergel |first4=C |last5=Renesto |first5=P |last6=Ogata |first6=H |last7=La Scola |first7=B |last8=Suzan |first8=M |last9=Claverie |first9=JM}}</ref> In colloquial speech, MGVC is more commonly referred to as just “Megavirus”. It has the largest [[capsid]] diameter of all known viruses, as well as the largest and most complex [[genome]] among all known viruses.{{fact}} |
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== Discovery == |
== Discovery == |
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Megavirus was isolated from a water sample collected in April 2010 off the coast of Chile, near the marine station in Las Cruces, by Prof. Jean-Michel Claverie and Dr. Chantal Abergel from the Structural & Genomic Information laboratory (IGS, CNRS and Aix-Marseille University). Researchers from this laboratory were already involved in the characterization of Mimivirus, the first described giant virus 2. Megavirus was isolated by co-cultivation with a variety of Acanthamoeba laboratory strains (A. polyphaga, A. castellanii, A. griffini) following a protocol pioneered by Dr. Timothy Rowbotham for isolating intracellular parasitic bacteria.<ref>{{cite journal |pmid=6350372 |year=1983 |last1=Rowbotham |first1=TJ |title=Isolation of Legionella pneumophila from clinical specimens via amoebae, and the interaction of those and other isolates with amoebae |volume=36 |issue=9 |pages=978–86 |pmc=498455 |journal=Journal of clinical pathology}}</ref> Megavirus’ natural host, likely a marine or brackish water phagocytic protozoan, is not known.{{ |
Megavirus was isolated from a water sample collected in April 2010 off the coast of Chile, near the marine station in Las Cruces, by Prof. Jean-Michel Claverie and Dr. Chantal Abergel from the Structural & Genomic Information laboratory (IGS, CNRS and Aix-Marseille University). Researchers from this laboratory were already involved in the characterization of Mimivirus, the first described giant virus 2. Megavirus was isolated by co-cultivation with a variety of Acanthamoeba laboratory strains (A. polyphaga, A. castellanii, A. griffini) following a protocol pioneered by Dr. Timothy Rowbotham for isolating intracellular parasitic bacteria.<ref>{{cite journal |pmid=6350372 |year=1983 |last1=Rowbotham |first1=TJ |title=Isolation of Legionella pneumophila from clinical specimens via amoebae, and the interaction of those and other isolates with amoebae |volume=36 |issue=9 |pages=978–86 |pmc=498455 |journal=Journal of clinical pathology}}</ref> Megavirus’ natural host, likely a marine or brackish water phagocytic protozoan, is not known.{{fact}} |
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== Classification == |
== Classification == |
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Megavirus is not yet classified by the [[International_Committee_on_Taxonomy_of_Viruses|International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses]], but will be proposed as a member of the Megaviridae, a new family constituted of the large DNA viruses the genome of which is around a million base pairs in length. Members of this new family defined by a number of common specific features (Table 1 and 2) will include various viruses likely to share a common ancestor with Mimivirus and Megavirus, although their present genome size was reduced below 1 Mb. Megavirus also joins a group of large viruses known as [[nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses]] (NCLDV), although this term appears increasingly inappropriate to designate viruses replicating entirely within the cytoplasm of their hosts through the de novo synthesis of large virion factories. Megavirus and Mimivirus share 594 orthologous genes, mostly located within the center segment of their genomes. At the amino-acid sequence level, the corresponding proteins share an average of 50% identical residues.{{ |
Megavirus is not yet classified by the [[International_Committee_on_Taxonomy_of_Viruses|International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses]], but will be proposed as a member of the Megaviridae, a new family constituted of the large DNA viruses the genome of which is around a million base pairs in length. Members of this new family defined by a number of common specific features (Table 1 and 2) will include various viruses likely to share a common ancestor with Mimivirus and Megavirus, although their present genome size was reduced below 1 Mb. Megavirus also joins a group of large viruses known as [[nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses]] (NCLDV), although this term appears increasingly inappropriate to designate viruses replicating entirely within the cytoplasm of their hosts through the de novo synthesis of large virion factories. Megavirus and Mimivirus share 594 orthologous genes, mostly located within the center segment of their genomes. At the amino-acid sequence level, the corresponding proteins share an average of 50% identical residues.{{fact}} |
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== Structure == |
== Structure == |
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The Megavirus particle exhibits a protein [[capsid]] diameter of 440 [[nanometre]]s (as seen by electron microscopy on thin sections of epoxy resin inclusions), enclosed into a solid mesh of bacterial-like capsular material 75nm to 100 nm thick. The capsid appears hexagonal, but its icosahedral symmetry is imperfect, due to the presence of the “stargate”, at a single specific vertex of the icosahedrons. The stargate is a five-pronged star structure forming the portal through which the internal core of the particle is delivered to the host's cytoplasm. This core is enclosed within two lipid membranes in the particle, also containing a large and diverse complement of viral proteins (e.g. the all transcriptional complex).{{ |
The Megavirus particle exhibits a protein [[capsid]] diameter of 440 [[nanometre]]s (as seen by electron microscopy on thin sections of epoxy resin inclusions), enclosed into a solid mesh of bacterial-like capsular material 75nm to 100 nm thick. The capsid appears hexagonal, but its icosahedral symmetry is imperfect, due to the presence of the “stargate”, at a single specific vertex of the icosahedrons. The stargate is a five-pronged star structure forming the portal through which the internal core of the particle is delivered to the host's cytoplasm. This core is enclosed within two lipid membranes in the particle, also containing a large and diverse complement of viral proteins (e.g. the all transcriptional complex).{{fact}} |
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== Genome == |
== Genome == |
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The Megavirus chilensis genome is a linear, double-stranded molecule of [[DNA]] with 1,259,197 [[base pairs]] in length. This makes it the largest viral genome deciphered so far, outstripping the next-largest virus genome of Mamavirus by 67.5 kb. Prior validation of its transcriptome, it is predicted to encode 1,120 protein-coding genes, a number largely above the one exhibited by many bacteria.{{ |
The Megavirus chilensis genome is a linear, double-stranded molecule of [[DNA]] with 1,259,197 [[base pairs]] in length. This makes it the largest viral genome deciphered so far, outstripping the next-largest virus genome of Mamavirus by 67.5 kb. Prior validation of its transcriptome, it is predicted to encode 1,120 protein-coding genes, a number largely above the one exhibited by many bacteria.{{fact}} |
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However, beyond an incremental change in size, the Megavirus genome exhibits 7 [[aminoacyl tRNA synthetases]] (Table 2), the archetypes of enzymes previously thought only to be encoded by cellular organisms. While 4 of these enzymes were already present in Mimivirus and Mamavirus (for tyrosine, arginine, cysteine, and methionine), Megavirus is exhibiting three more 3 (for tryptophane, asparagine, and isoleucine). Interestingly, the unique aminoacyltRNA synthetase encoded by Cafeteria roenbergensis virus corresponds to the one for isoleucine. Megavirus also encodes a fused version of the mismatch DNA repair enzyme MutS, uniquely similar to the one found in the mitochondrion of octocorals. This puzzling MutS version appears to be a trademark of the Megaviridae family.<ref>{{cite journal |
However, beyond an incremental change in size, the Megavirus genome exhibits 7 [[aminoacyl tRNA synthetases]] (Table 2), the archetypes of enzymes previously thought only to be encoded by cellular organisms. While 4 of these enzymes were already present in Mimivirus and Mamavirus (for tyrosine, arginine, cysteine, and methionine), Megavirus is exhibiting three more 3 (for tryptophane, asparagine, and isoleucine). Interestingly, the unique aminoacyltRNA synthetase encoded by Cafeteria roenbergensis virus corresponds to the one for isoleucine. Megavirus also encodes a fused version of the mismatch DNA repair enzyme MutS, uniquely similar to the one found in the mitochondrion of octocorals. This puzzling MutS version appears to be a trademark of the Megaviridae family.<ref>{{cite journal |pages=1143–51 |doi=10.1038/ismej.2010.210 |pmc=3146287}}</ref> Like Mimivirus and CroV, Megavirus contains many genes for sugar, lipid and amino acid processing, as well as some metabolic genes not found in any other virus.<ref>{{cite journal |pages=431–7 |doi=10.1016/j.tig.2010.07.003}}</ref> |
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== Replication == |
== Replication == |
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Megavirus replication stages closely follows the one already described for Mimivirus. Following rapid engulfing by phagocytosis, and the delivery of the particle core to the cytoplasm, begins the eclipse phase. A closer examination indicates the presence of cytoplasmic “seeds”, of sizes comparable to the most internal membrane-enclosed core of the Megavirus particle. These seeds then develop in full bloomed virion factory over the following 14 hours. The full course of infection (until the complete lysis of the amoebal cells) takes 17h in average, compared to 12 h for Mimivirus. The average number of released Megavirus particles (i.e. the “burst size”) is about half the thousand produced by Mimivirus.{{ |
Megavirus replication stages closely follows the one already described for Mimivirus. Following rapid engulfing by phagocytosis, and the delivery of the particle core to the cytoplasm, begins the eclipse phase. A closer examination indicates the presence of cytoplasmic “seeds”, of sizes comparable to the most internal membrane-enclosed core of the Megavirus particle. These seeds then develop in full bloomed virion factory over the following 14 hours. The full course of infection (until the complete lysis of the amoebal cells) takes 17h in average, compared to 12 h for Mimivirus. The average number of released Megavirus particles (i.e. the “burst size”) is about half the thousand produced by Mimivirus.{{fact}} |
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As expected from a virus encoding its own complete DNA replication, repair, and transcription machinery, the host nucleus does not appear to be involved in any of Megavirus replication stages, as already seen for Mimivirus.{{ |
As expected from a virus encoding its own complete DNA replication, repair, and transcription machinery, the host nucleus does not appear to be involved in any of Megavirus replication stages, as already seen for Mimivirus.{{fact|date=October 2011}} |
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== Implications of discovery == |
== Implications of discovery == |
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Two Megavirus specific features are of fundamental importance. First, even if its new record-sized genome only represent a small 6% increment compared to the second largest Mamavirus genome, it indicates that we have not yet reached the limit of viral genome sizes, and that even more complex viruses may remain to be discovered,{{ |
Two Megavirus specific features are of fundamental importance. First, even if its new record-sized genome only represent a small 6% increment compared to the second largest Mamavirus genome, it indicates that we have not yet reached the limit of viral genome sizes, and that even more complex viruses may remain to be discovered,{{fact|date=October 2011}} most likely in aquatic environment, the viral diversity of which has been barely scratched by recent metagenomic studies.{{fact}} |
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Second, the presence of three additional aminoacyltRNA synthetases in the Megavirus genome, with a total of seven, definitely rules out their independent acquisition by lateral transfer from a host.{{ |
Second, the presence of three additional aminoacyltRNA synthetases in the Megavirus genome, with a total of seven, definitely rules out their independent acquisition by lateral transfer from a host.{{fact|date=October 2011}} In addition, the phylogenic analysis of their amino acid sequences does not cluster them with any known protozoan clade, but rather connect them deeply to eukaryotic domain.{{fact|date=October 2011}} |
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The conclusion then becomes inescapable that the genome of these giant viruses originated from an ancestral cellular genome (thus endowed of a translation apparatus, with all 20 aminoacyl tRNA synthetases) from which today’s Megaviridae derived by a number of lineage specific genome reduction events, a scenario akin to the one followed by all parasitic organisms. As indicated by the deep rooting of their phylogeny, the Megaviridae lineage might be very old, eventually predating the emergence of modern eukaryotes, or be contemporary and/or linked to the emergence of the nucleus. 5 Alternatively, it could be derived from an extinct cellular domain (the controversial 4th domain of the Tree of Life<ref>{{cite journal |
The conclusion then becomes inescapable that the genome of these giant viruses originated from an ancestral cellular genome (thus endowed of a translation apparatus, with all 20 aminoacyl tRNA synthetases) from which today’s Megaviridae derived by a number of lineage specific genome reduction events, a scenario akin to the one followed by all parasitic organisms. As indicated by the deep rooting of their phylogeny, the Megaviridae lineage might be very old, eventually predating the emergence of modern eukaryotes, or be contemporary and/or linked to the emergence of the nucleus. 5 Alternatively, it could be derived from an extinct cellular domain (the controversial 4th domain of the Tree of Life<ref>{{cite journal |pages=20–1 |doi=10.1038/476020a}}</ref>), many genes of which would have managed to persist in today’s giant viral genomes.{{fact}} |
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== Table1 : Largest giant viruses with complete sequenced genomes == |
== Table1 : Largest giant viruses with complete sequenced genomes == |
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|Megavirus chilensis<ref name="Doipnas" />||1,259,197||1120 proteins (predicted)||440||yes (75nm)||JN258408 |
|Megavirus chilensis<ref name="Doipnas" />||1,259,197||1120 proteins (predicted)||440||yes (75nm)||JN258408 |
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|Mamavirus<ref>{{cite journal |
|Mamavirus<ref>{{cite journal |pages=737–42 |doi=10.1093/gbe/evr048 |pmc=3163472}}</ref>||1,191,693||1023 proteins (predicted)||390||Yes (120 nm)||JF801956 |
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|Mimivirus<ref>{{cite journal |
|Mimivirus<ref>{{cite journal |pages=1344–50 |doi=10.1126/science.1101485}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1186/1743-422X-8-99 |pmc=3058096}}</ref>||1,181,549||979 proteins 39 non-coding||390||Yes (120 nm)||NC_014649 |
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|M4<ref>{{cite journal |
|M4<ref>{{cite journal |pages=10296–301 |doi=10.1073/pnas.1101118108 |pmc=3121840}}</ref> (Mimivirus « bald » variant)||981,813||756 proteins (predicted)||390||No||JN036606 |
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|Cafeteria roenbergensis virus<ref>{{cite journal |
|Cafeteria roenbergensis virus<ref>{{cite journal |pages=19508–13 |doi=10.1073/pnas.1007615107 |pmc=2984142}}</ref>||617,453 (730 kb)||544 proteins (predicted)||300||No||NC_014637 |
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== Table 2: Specific common features among giant viruses == |
== Table 2: Specific common features among giant viruses == |
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!Giant virus name!!Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase!!Octocoral-like MutS!!Stargate<ref>{{cite journal |
!Giant virus name!!Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase!!Octocoral-like MutS!!Stargate<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0060114 |pmc=2430901}}</ref>!!Known virophage<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1126/science.1199412}}</ref>!!Cytoplasmic virion factory!!Host |
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|Megavirus chilensis||7 (Tyr, Arg, Met, Cys, Trp, Asn, Ile)||yes||yes||no||yes||Acanthamoeba (Unikonta, Amoebozoa) |
|Megavirus chilensis||7 (Tyr, Arg, Met, Cys, Trp, Asn, Ile)||yes||yes||no||yes||Acanthamoeba (Unikonta, Amoebozoa) |
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== Further reading == |
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Megavirus[1] is a viral genus containing a single identified species named Megavirus chilensis (MGVC), phylogenetically related to Acanthamoeba polyphaga Mimivirus (APMV).[2] In colloquial speech, MGVC is more commonly referred to as just “Megavirus”. It has the largest capsid diameter of all known viruses, as well as the largest and most complex genome among all known viruses.Vorlage:Fact
Discovery
Megavirus was isolated from a water sample collected in April 2010 off the coast of Chile, near the marine station in Las Cruces, by Prof. Jean-Michel Claverie and Dr. Chantal Abergel from the Structural & Genomic Information laboratory (IGS, CNRS and Aix-Marseille University). Researchers from this laboratory were already involved in the characterization of Mimivirus, the first described giant virus 2. Megavirus was isolated by co-cultivation with a variety of Acanthamoeba laboratory strains (A. polyphaga, A. castellanii, A. griffini) following a protocol pioneered by Dr. Timothy Rowbotham for isolating intracellular parasitic bacteria.[3] Megavirus’ natural host, likely a marine or brackish water phagocytic protozoan, is not known.Vorlage:Fact
Classification
Megavirus is not yet classified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses, but will be proposed as a member of the Megaviridae, a new family constituted of the large DNA viruses the genome of which is around a million base pairs in length. Members of this new family defined by a number of common specific features (Table 1 and 2) will include various viruses likely to share a common ancestor with Mimivirus and Megavirus, although their present genome size was reduced below 1 Mb. Megavirus also joins a group of large viruses known as nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDV), although this term appears increasingly inappropriate to designate viruses replicating entirely within the cytoplasm of their hosts through the de novo synthesis of large virion factories. Megavirus and Mimivirus share 594 orthologous genes, mostly located within the center segment of their genomes. At the amino-acid sequence level, the corresponding proteins share an average of 50% identical residues.Vorlage:Fact
Structure
The Megavirus particle exhibits a protein capsid diameter of 440 nanometres (as seen by electron microscopy on thin sections of epoxy resin inclusions), enclosed into a solid mesh of bacterial-like capsular material 75nm to 100 nm thick. The capsid appears hexagonal, but its icosahedral symmetry is imperfect, due to the presence of the “stargate”, at a single specific vertex of the icosahedrons. The stargate is a five-pronged star structure forming the portal through which the internal core of the particle is delivered to the host's cytoplasm. This core is enclosed within two lipid membranes in the particle, also containing a large and diverse complement of viral proteins (e.g. the all transcriptional complex).Vorlage:Fact
Genome
The Megavirus chilensis genome is a linear, double-stranded molecule of DNA with 1,259,197 base pairs in length. This makes it the largest viral genome deciphered so far, outstripping the next-largest virus genome of Mamavirus by 67.5 kb. Prior validation of its transcriptome, it is predicted to encode 1,120 protein-coding genes, a number largely above the one exhibited by many bacteria.Vorlage:Fact
However, beyond an incremental change in size, the Megavirus genome exhibits 7 aminoacyl tRNA synthetases (Table 2), the archetypes of enzymes previously thought only to be encoded by cellular organisms. While 4 of these enzymes were already present in Mimivirus and Mamavirus (for tyrosine, arginine, cysteine, and methionine), Megavirus is exhibiting three more 3 (for tryptophane, asparagine, and isoleucine). Interestingly, the unique aminoacyltRNA synthetase encoded by Cafeteria roenbergensis virus corresponds to the one for isoleucine. Megavirus also encodes a fused version of the mismatch DNA repair enzyme MutS, uniquely similar to the one found in the mitochondrion of octocorals. This puzzling MutS version appears to be a trademark of the Megaviridae family.[4] Like Mimivirus and CroV, Megavirus contains many genes for sugar, lipid and amino acid processing, as well as some metabolic genes not found in any other virus.[5]
Replication
Megavirus replication stages closely follows the one already described for Mimivirus. Following rapid engulfing by phagocytosis, and the delivery of the particle core to the cytoplasm, begins the eclipse phase. A closer examination indicates the presence of cytoplasmic “seeds”, of sizes comparable to the most internal membrane-enclosed core of the Megavirus particle. These seeds then develop in full bloomed virion factory over the following 14 hours. The full course of infection (until the complete lysis of the amoebal cells) takes 17h in average, compared to 12 h for Mimivirus. The average number of released Megavirus particles (i.e. the “burst size”) is about half the thousand produced by Mimivirus.Vorlage:Fact
As expected from a virus encoding its own complete DNA replication, repair, and transcription machinery, the host nucleus does not appear to be involved in any of Megavirus replication stages, as already seen for Mimivirus.Vorlage:Fact
Implications of discovery
Two Megavirus specific features are of fundamental importance. First, even if its new record-sized genome only represent a small 6% increment compared to the second largest Mamavirus genome, it indicates that we have not yet reached the limit of viral genome sizes, and that even more complex viruses may remain to be discovered,Vorlage:Fact most likely in aquatic environment, the viral diversity of which has been barely scratched by recent metagenomic studies.Vorlage:Fact
Second, the presence of three additional aminoacyltRNA synthetases in the Megavirus genome, with a total of seven, definitely rules out their independent acquisition by lateral transfer from a host.Vorlage:Fact In addition, the phylogenic analysis of their amino acid sequences does not cluster them with any known protozoan clade, but rather connect them deeply to eukaryotic domain.Vorlage:Fact
The conclusion then becomes inescapable that the genome of these giant viruses originated from an ancestral cellular genome (thus endowed of a translation apparatus, with all 20 aminoacyl tRNA synthetases) from which today’s Megaviridae derived by a number of lineage specific genome reduction events, a scenario akin to the one followed by all parasitic organisms. As indicated by the deep rooting of their phylogeny, the Megaviridae lineage might be very old, eventually predating the emergence of modern eukaryotes, or be contemporary and/or linked to the emergence of the nucleus. 5 Alternatively, it could be derived from an extinct cellular domain (the controversial 4th domain of the Tree of Life[6]), many genes of which would have managed to persist in today’s giant viral genomes.Vorlage:Fact
Table1 : Largest giant viruses with complete sequenced genomes
| Giant virus name | Genome Length | Genes | Capsid diameter (nm) | Hair cover | Genbank # |
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| Megavirus chilensis[1] | 1,259,197 | 1120 proteins (predicted) | 440 | yes (75nm) | JN258408 |
| Mamavirus[7] | 1,191,693 | 1023 proteins (predicted) | 390 | Yes (120 nm) | JF801956 |
| Mimivirus[8][9] | 1,181,549 | 979 proteins 39 non-coding | 390 | Yes (120 nm) | NC_014649 |
| M4[10] (Mimivirus « bald » variant) | 981,813 | 756 proteins (predicted) | 390 | No | JN036606 |
| Cafeteria roenbergensis virus[11] | 617,453 (730 kb) | 544 proteins (predicted) | 300 | No | NC_014637 |
Table 2: Specific common features among giant viruses
| Giant virus name | Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase | Octocoral-like MutS | Stargate[12] | Known virophage[13] | Cytoplasmic virion factory | Host |
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| Megavirus chilensis | 7 (Tyr, Arg, Met, Cys, Trp, Asn, Ile) | yes | yes | no | yes | Acanthamoeba (Unikonta, Amoebozoa) |
| Mamavirus | 4 (Tyr, Arg, Met, Cys) | yes | yes | yes | yes | Acanthamoeba (Unikonta, Amoebozoa) |
| Mimivirus | 4 (Tyr, Arg, Met, Cys) | yes | yes | yes | yes | Acanthamoeba (Unikonta, Amoebozoa) |
| M4 (Mimivirus « bald » variant) | 2 (Met, Cys) | no | yes | resistant | yes | Acanthamoeba (Unikonta, Amoebozoa) |
| Cafeteria roenbergensis virus | 1 (Ile) | yes | no | yes | yes | Phagotrophic protozoan (Heterokonta, Stramenopiles) |
See also
- Mimivirus – the giant virus that revolutionized virology
- Cafeteria roenbergensis virus - the largest marine virus
- Papilloma virus – smallest known double stranded DNA viruses
References
Further reading
- ? doi:10.1186/1743-422X-2-62, PMC 1215527 (freier Volltext).
- ? doi:10.1186/gb-2008-9-7-r106, PMC 2530865 (freier Volltext).
External links
- GiantVirus.org – an information resource on the genome of giant viruses.
- International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) picture gallery - images of mimivirus
- James L. Van Etten: Giant Viruses. In: American Scientist. 99. Jahrgang, Nr. 4, 2011, S. 304, doi:10.1511/2011.91.304.
- ↑ a b D. Arslan, M. Legendre, V. Seltzer, C. Abergel, J.-M. Claverie: Distant Mimivirus relative with a larger genome highlights the fundamental features of Megaviridae. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2011, doi:10.1073/pnas.1110889108.
- ↑ D. Raoult, S Audic, C Robert, C Abergel, P Renesto, H Ogata, B La Scola, M Suzan, JM Claverie: The 1.2-Megabase Genome Sequence of Mimivirus. In: Science. 306. Jahrgang, Nr. 5700, 2004, S. 1344–50, doi:10.1126/science.1101485, PMID 15486256.
- ↑ TJ Rowbotham: Isolation of Legionella pneumophila from clinical specimens via amoebae, and the interaction of those and other isolates with amoebae. In: Journal of clinical pathology. 36. Jahrgang, Nr. 9, 1983, S. 978–86, PMID 6350372, PMC 498455 (freier Volltext).
- ↑ ? S. 1143–51, doi:10.1038/ismej.2010.210, PMC 3146287 (freier Volltext).
- ↑ ? S. 431–7, doi:10.1016/j.tig.2010.07.003.
- ↑ ? S. 20–1, doi:10.1038/476020a.
- ↑ ? S. 737–42, doi:10.1093/gbe/evr048, PMC 3163472 (freier Volltext).
- ↑ ? S. 1344–50, doi:10.1126/science.1101485.
- ↑ ? doi:10.1186/1743-422X-8-99, PMC 3058096 (freier Volltext).
- ↑ ? S. 10296–301, doi:10.1073/pnas.1101118108, PMC 3121840 (freier Volltext).
- ↑ ? S. 19508–13, doi:10.1073/pnas.1007615107, PMC 2984142 (freier Volltext).
- ↑ ? doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060114, PMC 2430901 (freier Volltext).
- ↑ ? doi:10.1126/science.1199412.