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ArticleEnvironmental microbiology2019

Integrated mobile genetic elements in Thaumarchaeota.

Mart Krupovic, Kira S Makarova, Yuri I Wolf, Sofia Medvedeva, David Prangishvili, Patrick Forterre, Eugene V Koonin

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Article in Environmental microbiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Mart KrupovicInstitut Pasteur, Unité Biologie Moléculaire du Gène chez les Extrêmophiles, 75015, Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0001-5486-0098
Kira S MakarovaNational Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA.
Yuri I WolfNational Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA.
Sofia MedvedevaInstitut Pasteur, Unité Biologie Moléculaire du Gène chez les Extrêmophiles, 75015, Paris, France.
David PrangishviliInstitut Pasteur, Unité Biologie Moléculaire du Gène chez les Extrêmophiles, 75015, Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0002-0812-9699
Patrick ForterreInstitut Pasteur, Unité Biologie Moléculaire du Gène chez les Extrêmophiles, 75015, Paris, France.
Eugene V KooninNational Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA.
National Center for Biotechnology Information · USInstitut Pasteur · FRCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRSkolkovo Institute of Science and Technology · RU

Funding

Comparative Analysis Of Completely Sequenced GenomesZIALM000073 · NLM · NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE · PI KOONIN, EUGENE V · 2009 to 2025
$43.1M
Finding Protein Sequence Motifs--Methods And ApplicationsZIALM000061 · NLM · NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE · PI KOONIN, EUGENE V · 2009 to 2025
$10.6M
Agence Nationale de la Recherche ANR-17-CE15-0005-01Campus France RSF 14-14-00988H2020 European Research Council UE 340440Horizon 2020 Framework Programme 685778U.S. National Library of Medicine intramural program
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To explore the diversity of mobile genetic elements (MGE) associated with archaea of the phylum Thaumarchaeota, we exploited the property of most MGE to integrate into the genomes of their hosts. Integrated MGE (iMGE) were identified in 20 thaumarchaeal genomes amounting to 2 Mbp of mobile thaumarchaeal DNA. These iMGE group into five major classes: (i) proviruses, (ii) casposons, (iii) insertion sequence-like transposons, (iv) integrative-conjugative elements and (v) cryptic integrated elements. The majority of the iMGE belong to the latter category and might represent novel families of viruses or plasmids. The identified proviruses are related to tailed viruses of the order Caudovirales and to tailless icosahedral viruses with the double jelly-roll capsid proteins. The thaumarchaeal iMGE are all connected within a gene sharing network, highlighting pervasive gene exchange between MGE occupying the same ecological niche. The thaumarchaeal mobilome carries multiple auxiliary metabolic genes, including multicopper oxidases and ammonia monooxygenase subunit C (AmoC), and stress response genes, such as those for universal stress response proteins (UspA). Thus, iMGE might make important contributions to the fitness and adaptation of their hosts. We identified several iMGE carrying type I-B CRISPR-Cas systems and spacers matching other thaumarchaeal iMGE, suggesting antagonistic interactions between coexisting MGE and symbiotic relationships with the ir archaeal hosts.

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DNA Transposable ElementsArchaeaArchaeal ProteinsCRISPR-Cas SystemsOxidoreductasesPhylogenyPlasmidsammonia monooxygenaseArchaeal ProteinsDNA Transposable ElementsOxidoreductases

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PMID30773816
PMCPMC6563490
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