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A Persistent Giant Algal Virus, with a Unique Morphology, Encodes an Unprecedented Number of Genes Involved in Energy Metabolism

Romain Blanc-Mathieu
Hiroki Ban
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Viruses have long been viewed as entities possessing extremely limited metabolic capacities. Over the last decade, however, this view has been challenged, as metabolic genes have been identified in viruses possessing large genomes and virions—the synthesis of which is energetically demanding. Here, we unveil peculiar phenotypic and genomic features of Prymnesium kappa virus RF01 (PkV RF01), a giant virus of the Mimiviridae family. We found that this virus encodes an unprecedented number of proteins involved in energy metabolism, including all four succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) subunits (A to D), as well as key enzymes in the β-oxidation pathway. The SDHA gene was transcribed upon infection, indicating that the viral SDH is actively used by the virus, potentially to modulate its host’s energy metabolism. We detected orthologous SDHA and SDHB genes in numerous genome fragments from uncultivated marine Mimiviridae viruses, which suggests that the viral SDH is widespread in oceans. PkV RF01 was less virulent than other cultured prymnesioviruses, a phenomenon that may be linked to the metabolic capacity of this virus and is suggestive of relatively long coevolution with its hosts. It also has a unique morphology compared to those of other characterized viruses in the Mimiviridae family. Finally, we found that PkV RF01 is the only alga-infecting Mimiviridae virus encoding two aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases and enzymes corresponding to an entire base excision repair (BER) pathway, as seen in heterotroph-infecting Mimiviridae viruses. These Mimiviridae encoded-enzymes were found to be monophyletic and branching at the root of the eukaryotic tree of life. This placement suggests that the last common ancestor of Mimiviridae was endowed with a large, complex genome prior to the divergence of known extant eukaryotes.
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hal-03229969 , version 1 (20-05-2021)

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Romain Blanc-Mathieu, Håkon Dahle, Antje Hofgaard, David Brandt, Hiroki Ban, et al.. A Persistent Giant Algal Virus, with a Unique Morphology, Encodes an Unprecedented Number of Genes Involved in Energy Metabolism. Journal of Virology, 2021, 95 (8), ⟨10.1128/JVI.02446-20⟩. ⟨hal-03229969⟩

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