Many large DNA viruses that infect certain isolates of chlorella-like green algae (chloroviruses) are unusual because they often encode a diverse set of membrane transport proteins, including functional K<sup>+</sup> channels and aquaglyceroporins as well as K<sup>+</sup> transporters and calcium transporting ATPases. Some chloroviruses also encode putative ligand-gated-like channel proteins. No one protein is present in all of the chloroviruses that have been sequenced, but the K<sup>+</sup> channel is the most common as only two chloroviruses have been isolated that lack this complete protein. This review describes the properties of these membrane-transporting proteins and suggests possible physiological functions and evolutionary histories for some of them.
Large dsDNA chloroviruses encode diverse membrane transport proteins / G. Thiel, T. Greiner, D.D. Dunigan, A. Moroni, J.L. Van Etten. - In: VIROLOGY. - ISSN 0042-6822. - 479-480(2015), pp. 38-45. [10.1016/j.virol.2015.02.025]
Large dsDNA chloroviruses encode diverse membrane transport proteins
A. MoroniPenultimo
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2015
Abstract
Many large DNA viruses that infect certain isolates of chlorella-like green algae (chloroviruses) are unusual because they often encode a diverse set of membrane transport proteins, including functional K+ channels and aquaglyceroporins as well as K+ transporters and calcium transporting ATPases. Some chloroviruses also encode putative ligand-gated-like channel proteins. No one protein is present in all of the chloroviruses that have been sequenced, but the K+ channel is the most common as only two chloroviruses have been isolated that lack this complete protein. This review describes the properties of these membrane-transporting proteins and suggests possible physiological functions and evolutionary histories for some of them.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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