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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2026

Giant viruses encode vitamin K-based redox modules for lipid modification.

Rebecca Collins, Julien Andréani, Dariana Annet Chavez, Douglas Brandt Rusch, Dana Boyd, Philippe Colson, Bernard La Scola, Cristina Landeta

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Giant viruses encode vitamin K-based redox modules for lipid modification.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Rebecca CollinsDepartment of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405.ORCID 0009-0000-3556-5288
Julien AndréaniMicrobes, Évolution, Phylogénie et Infection Research unit D-258, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille 13005, France.ORCID 0000-0002-8630-4763
Dariana Annet ChavezDepartment of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405.ORCID 0009-0004-1880-2826
Douglas Brandt RuschDepartment of Biology, Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405.
Dana BoydDepartment of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.
Philippe ColsonMicrobes, Évolution, Phylogénie et Infection Research unit D-258, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille 13005, France.ORCID 0000-0001-6285-0308
Bernard La ScolaMicrobes, Évolution, Phylogénie et Infection Research unit D-258, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille 13005, France.ORCID 0000-0001-8006-7704
Cristina LandetaDepartment of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405.ORCID 0000-0003-4065-9646

Funding

Oxidative protein folding in bacteriaR35GM161411 · NIGMS · TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY · PI Cristina Landeta · 2026 to 2026
$416k
Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) ANR-10-IAHU-03HHS | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) 1R35 GM161411IU | College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington (College of Arts & Sciences) startupNIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM161411
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Viruses with large DNA genomes often carry auxiliary metabolic genes that reprogram host physiology, yet their contributions to host redox and membrane homeostasis remain poorly understood. Here, we report the finding and functional reconstitution of viral homologs of vitamin K epoxide reductase (VKOR) encoded by giant viruses. Using phylogenetic and genomic context analysis, we find that viral VKOR genes are frequently located adjacent to γ-carboxylase-like epoxidase and fatty acid desaturase domains, consistent with a putative modular redox pathway for membrane lipid modification. To investigate their function, we expressed viral VKORs in an

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Lipid MetabolismVitamin KVitamin K Epoxide ReductasesEscherichia coliOxidation-ReductionPhylogenyViral ProteinsViral ProteinsVitamin KVitamin K Epoxide Reductasesepoxidasegiant viruslipid desaturationvitamin K–dependent enzymeVKOR

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PMID42574618
PMCPMC13486548

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