ReviewPLoS genetics2017
The analysis of translation-related gene set boosts debates around origin and evolution of mimiviruses.
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- Assessing the biogeography of marine giant viruses in four oceanic transects.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023Article
- Giant Viruses as a Source of Novel Enzymes for Biotechnological Application.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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- Dynamic genome evolution and complex virocell metabolism of globally-distributed giant viruses.Nature communications · 2020Article
- Origin of viruses: primordial replicators recruiting capsids from hosts.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2019Review
- Two classes of EF1-family translational GTPases encoded by giant viruses.Nucleic acids research · 2019Article
- On the occurrence of cytochrome P450 in viruses.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2019Article
- Giant Viruses-Big Surprises.Viruses · 2019Review
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Abstract
The giant mimiviruses challenged the well-established concept of viruses, blurring the roots of the tree of life, mainly due to their genetic content. Along with other nucleo-cytoplasmic large DNA viruses, they compose a new proposed order-named Megavirales-whose origin and evolution generate heated debate in the scientific community. The presence of an arsenal of genes not widespread in the virosphere related to important steps of the translational process, including transfer RNAs, aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, and translation factors for peptide synthesis, constitutes an important element of this debate. In this review, we highlight the main findings to date about the translational machinery of the mimiviruses and compare their distribution along the distinct members of the family Mimiviridae. Furthermore, we discuss how the presence and/or absence of the translation-related genes among mimiviruses raises important insights to boost the debate on their origin and evolutionary history.
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