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Title: Numerous cultivated and uncultivated viruses encode ribosomal proteins

Journal Article · · Nature Communications
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  1. Inst. Pasteur, Paris (France)
  2. Univ. Rennes, Rennes (France). Inst. de génétique et développement de Rennes (IGDR)
  3. USDOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), Walnut Creek, CA (United States)
  4. Univ. Rennes, Rennes (France). Inst. de recherche en santé environnement et travail (Irset)
  5. Univ. Miguel Hernandez, Alicante (Spain)
  6. The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States)

Viruses modulate ecosystems by directly altering host metabolisms through auxiliary metabolic genes. However, viral genomes are not known to encode the core components of translation machinery, such as ribosomal proteins (RPs). Here, using reference genomes and global-scale viral metagenomic datasets, we identify 14 different RPs across viral genomes arising from cultivated viral isolates and metagenome-assembled viruses. Viruses tend to encode dynamic RPs, easily exchangeable between ribosomes, suggesting these proteins can replace cellular versions in host ribosomes. Functional assays confirm that the two most common virus-encoded RPs, bS21 and bL12, are incorporated into 70S ribosomes when expressed in Escherichia coli. Ecological distribution of virus-encoded RPs suggests some level of ecosystem adaptations as aquatic viruses and viruses of animal-associated bacteria are enriched for different subsets of RPs. Finally, RP genes are under purifying selection and thus likely retained an important function after being horizontally transferred into virus genomes.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (GBMF); National Science Foundation (NSF); General Directorate of Armaments and Ministry of Higher Education and Research of France; European Commission
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1580378
Journal Information:
Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 10; ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher:
Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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