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Benites LF, Stephens TG, Bhattacharya D. Multiple waves of viral invasions in Symbiodiniaceae algal genomes. Virus Evol 2022; 8:veac101. [PMID: 36381231 PMCID: PMC9651163 DOI: 10.1093/ve/veac101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2022] [Revised: 08/29/2022] [Accepted: 10/25/2022] [Indexed: 08/13/2023] Open
Abstract
Dinoflagellates from the family Symbiodiniaceae are phototrophic marine protists that engage in symbiosis with diverse hosts. Their large and distinct genomes are characterized by pervasive gene duplication and large-scale retroposition events. However, little is known about the role and scale of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in the evolution of this algal family. In other dinoflagellates, high levels of HGTs have been observed, linked to major genomic transitions, such as the appearance of a viral-acquired nucleoprotein that originated via HGT from a large DNA algal virus. Previous work showed that Symbiodiniaceae from different hosts are actively infected by viral groups, such as giant DNA viruses and ssRNA viruses, that may play an important role in coral health. Latent viral infections may also occur, whereby viruses could persist in the cytoplasm or integrate into the host genome as a provirus. This hypothesis received experimental support; however, the cellular localization of putative latent viruses and their taxonomic affiliation are still unknown. In addition, despite the finding of viral sequences in some genomes of Symbiodiniaceae, viral origin, taxonomic breadth, and metabolic potential have not been explored. To address these questions, we searched for putative viral-derived proteins in thirteen Symbiodiniaceae genomes. We found fifty-nine candidate viral-derived HGTs that gave rise to twelve phylogenies across ten genomes. We also describe the taxonomic affiliation of these virus-related sequences, their structure, and their genomic context. These results lead us to propose a model to explain the origin and fate of Symbiodiniaceae viral acquisitions.
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- L Felipe Benites
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rutgers University, 102 Foran Hall, 59 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8520, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rutgers University, 102 Foran Hall, 59 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8520, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rutgers University, 102 Foran Hall, 59 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8520, USA
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Liu T, Wang X, Wang G, Jia S, Liu G, Shan G, Chi S, Zhang J, Yu Y, Xue T, Yu J. Evolution of Complex Thallus Alga: Genome Sequencing of Saccharina japonica. Front Genet 2019; 10:378. [PMID: 31118944 PMCID: PMC6507550 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2019.00378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2018] [Accepted: 04/09/2019] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Saccharina, as one of the most important brown algae (Phaeophyceae) with multicellular thallus, has a very remarkable evolutionary history, and globally accounts for most of the economic marine aquaculture production worldwide. Here, we present the 580.5 million base pairs of genome sequence of Saccharina japonica, whose current assembly contains 35,725 protein-coding genes. In a comparative analysis with Ectocarpus siliculosus, the integrated virus sequence suggested the genome evolutionary footprints, which derived from their co-ancestry and experienced genomic arrangements. Furthermore, the gene expansion was found to be an important strategy for functional evolution, especially with regard to extracelluar components, stress-related genes, and vanadium-dependent haloperoxidases, and we proposed a hypothesis that gene duplication events were the main driving force for the evolution history from multicellular filamentous algae to thallus algae. The sequenced Saccharina genome paves the way for further molecular studies and is useful for genome-assisted breeding of S. japonica and other related algae species.
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- Tao Liu
- College of Marine Life Science, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
- College of Life Sciences, Yantai University, Yantai, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Yantai University, Yantai, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Key Laboratory of Genome and Precision Medicine Technologies, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Agro-Biotechnology Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Marine Life Science, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
- Qingdao Haida Blue Tek Biotechnology Co., Ltd, Qingdao, China
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- College of Biological Engineering, Qilu University of Technology, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Jinan, China
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- College of Marine Life Science, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- The Public Service Platform for Industrialization Development Technology of Marine Biological Medicine and Product of State Oceanic Administration, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Key Laboratory of Genome and Precision Medicine Technologies, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Schroeder DC, Park Y, Yoon HM, Lee YS, Kang SW, Meints RH, Ivey RG, Choi TJ. Genomic analysis of the smallest giant virus--Feldmannia sp. virus 158. Virology 2009; 384:223-32. [PMID: 19054537 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2008.10.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2008] [Revised: 10/08/2008] [Accepted: 10/29/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Genomic analysis of Feldmannia sp. virus 158, the second phaeovirus to be sequenced in its entirety, provides further evidence that large double-stranded DNA viruses share similar evolutionary pressures as cellular organisms. Reductive evolution is clearly evident within the phaeoviruses which occurred via several routes: the loss of genes from an ancestral virus core genome most likely through genetic drift; and as a result of relatively large recombination events that caused wholesale loss of genes. The entire genome is 154,641 bp in length and has 150 predicted coding sequences of which 87% have amino acid sequence similarities to other algal virus coding sequences within the family Phycodnaviridae. Significant similarities were found, for thirty eight coding sequences (25%), to genes in gene databanks that are known to be involved in processes that include DNA replication, DNA methylation, signal transduction, viral integration and transposition, and protein-protein interactions. Unsurprisingly, the greatest similarity was observed between the two known viruses that infect Feldmannia, indicating the taxonomic linkage of these two viruses with their hosts. Moreover, comparative analysis of phycodnaviral genomic sequences revealed the smallest set of core genes (10 out of a possible 31) required to make a functional nucleocytoplasmic large dsDNA virus.
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Delaroque N, Boland W. The genome of the brown alga Ectocarpus siliculosus contains a series of viral DNA pieces, suggesting an ancient association with large dsDNA viruses. BMC Evol Biol 2008; 8:110. [PMID: 18405387 PMCID: PMC2373305 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2007] [Accepted: 04/12/2008] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Ectocarpus siliculosus virus-1 (EsV-1) is a lysogenic dsDNA virus belonging to the super family of nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDV) that infect Ectocarpus siliculosus, a marine filamentous brown alga. Previous studies indicated that the viral genome is integrated into the host DNA. In order to find the integration sites of the viral genome, a genomic library from EsV-1-infected algae was screened using labelled EsV-1 DNA. Several fragments were isolated and some of them were sequenced and analyzed in detail. RESULTS Analysis revealed that the algal genome is split by a copy of viral sequences that have a high identity to EsV-1 DNA sequences. These fragments are interspersed with DNA repeats, pseudogenes and genes coding for products involved in DNA replication, integration and transposition. Some of these gene products are not encoded by EsV-1 but are present in the genome of other members of the NCLDV family. Further analysis suggests that the Ectocarpus algal genome contains traces of the integration of a large dsDNA viral genome; this genome could be the ancestor of the extant NCLDV genomes. Furthermore, several lines of evidence indicate that the EsV-1 genome might have originated in these viral DNA pieces, implying the existence of a complex integration and recombination system. A protein similar to a new class of tyrosine recombinases might be a key enzyme of this system. CONCLUSION Our results support the hypothesis that some dsDNA viruses are monophyletic and evolved principally through genome reduction. Moreover, we hypothesize that phaeoviruses have probably developed an original replication system.
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- Nicolas Delaroque
- Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Ökologie, Beutenberg Campus, Hans Knöll Str. 8, D - 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Ökologie, Beutenberg Campus, Hans Knöll Str. 8, D - 07745 Jena, Germany
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Meints RH, Ivey RG, Lee AM, Choi TJ. Identification of two virus integration sites in the brown alga Feldmannia chromosome. J Virol 2008; 82:1407-13. [PMID: 18032486 PMCID: PMC2224422 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01983-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2007] [Accepted: 11/12/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Two similar, large double-stranded DNA viruses, Feldmannia species virus 158 (FsV-158) and FsV-178, replicate only in the unilocular reproductive cells (sporangia) of a brown filamentous alga in the genus Feldmannia. Virus particles are not present in vegetative cells but they are produced in the sporangia formed on vegetative filaments that have been transferred newly into culture. Thus, we proposed that these viruses exist in the vegetative cells in a latent form (R. G. Ivey, E. C. Henry, A. M. Lee, L. Klepper, S. K. Krueger, and R. H. Meints, Virology 220:267-273, 1996). In this article we present evidence that the two FsV genomes are integrated into the host genome during vegetative growth. The FsV genome integration sites were identified by cloning the regions where the FsV genome is linked to the host DNA. FsV-158 and FsV-178 are integrated into two distinct locations in the algal genome. In contrast, the integration sites in the two viral genomes are identical. Notably, the integration sites in the host and viruses contain GC and CG dinucleotide sequences, respectively, from which the GC sequences are recovered at both host-virus junctions. The splice sites in the two FsV genomes are predicted to form a stem-loop structure with the CG dinucleotide in the loop portion.
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- Russel H Meints
- Department of Microbiology, Pukyong National University, 599-1, Daeyeon 3-Dong, Nam-Gu, Busan 608-737, South Korea
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Delaroque N, Boland W, Müller DG, Knippers R. Comparisons of two large phaeoviral genomes and evolutionary implications. J Mol Evol 2003; 57:613-22. [PMID: 14745530 DOI: 10.1007/s00239-003-2501-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2002] [Accepted: 05/12/2003] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The evolution of viral genomes has recently attracted considerable attention. We compare the sequences of two large viral genomes, EsV-1 and FirrV-1, belonging to the family of phaeoviruses which infect different species of marine brown algae. Although their genomes differ substantially in size, these viruses share similar morphologies and similar latent infection cycles. In fact, sequence comparisons show that the viruses have more than 60% of their genes in common. However, the order of genes is completely different in the two genomes, suggesting that extensive recombinational events in addition to several large deletions had occurred during the separate evolutionary routes from a common ancestor. We investigated genes encoding components of signal transduction pathways and genes encoding replicative functions in more detail. We found that the two genomes possess different, although overlapping, sets of genes in both classes, suggesting that different genes from each class were lost, perhaps randomly, after the separate evolution from an ancestral genome. Random loss would also account for the fact that more than one-third of the genes in one viral genome has no counterparts in the other genome. We speculate that the ancestral genome belonged to a cellular organism that had once invaded a primordial brown algal host.
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- Nicolas Delaroque
- Max-Planck-lnstitut für Chemische Okologie, Beutenberg Campus, Hans-Knöll-Strasse 8, D-07745 Jena, Germany.
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Chen LL, Wang HC, Huang CJ, Peng SE, Chen YG, Lin SJ, Chen WY, Dai CF, Yu HT, Wang CH, Lo CF, Kou GH. Transcriptional analysis of the DNA polymerase gene of shrimp white spot syndrome virus. Virology 2002; 301:136-47. [PMID: 12359454 DOI: 10.1006/viro.2002.1536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The white spot syndrome virus DNA polymerase (DNA pol) gene (WSSV dnapol) has already been tentatively identified based on the presence of highly conserved motifs, but it shows low overall homology with other DNA pols and is also much larger (2351 amino acid residues vs 913-1244 aa). In the present study we perform a transcriptional analysis of the WSSV dnapol gene using the total RNA isolated from WSSV-infected shrimp at different times after infection. Northern blot analysis with a WSSV dnapol-specific riboprobe found a major transcript of 7.5 kb. 5'-RACE revealed that the major transcription start point is located 27 nucleotides downstream of the TATA box, at the nucleotide residue A within a CAGT motif, one of the initiator (Inr) motifs of arthropods. In a temporal expression analysis using differential RT-PCR, WSSV dnapol transcripts were detected at low levels at 2-4 h.p.i., increased at 6 h.p.i., and remained fairly constant thereafter. This is similar to the previously reported transcription patterns for genes encoding the key enzyme of nucleotide metabolism, ribonucleotide reductase. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the DNA pols from three different WSSV isolates form an extremely tight cluster. In addition, similar to an earlier phylogenetic analysis of WSSV protein kinase, the phylogenetic tree of viral DNA pols further supports the suggestion that WSSV is a distinct virus (likely at the family level) that does not belong to any of the virus families that are currently recognized.
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- Li-Li Chen
- Department of Zoology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Liu WJ, Yu HT, Peng SE, Chang YS, Pien HW, Lin CJ, Huang CJ, Tsai MF, Huang CJ, Wang CH, Lin JY, Lo CF, Kou GH. Cloning, characterization, and phylogenetic analysis of a shrimp white spot syndrome virus gene that encodes a protein kinase. Virology 2001; 289:362-77. [PMID: 11689058 DOI: 10.1006/viro.2001.1091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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An open reading frame (ORF) that encodes a 715-amino-acid polypeptide was found in an 8421-bp EcoRI fragment of the shrimp white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) genome. The polypeptide shows significant homology to eukaryotic serine/threonine protein kinase (PK) and contains the major conserved subdomains for eukaryotic protein kinases. Coupled in vitro transcription and translation generated a protein having an apparent molecular mass of about 87 kDa according to sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. For transcriptional analysis of the pk gene, total RNA was isolated from WSSV-infected shrimp at different times after infection. Northern blot analysis with pk-specific riboprobe found a major and a minor transcript of 2.7 and 5.7 kb, respectively. Rapid amplification of the 5' cDNA ends of the major 2.7-kb pk transcript showed that there were two transcriptional initiation sites located at nucleotide residues -38(G) and -39(G) relative to the ATG translational start codon. Temporal expression analysis by RT-PCR indicated that the transcription of the pk gene started 2 h after infection and continued for at least 60 h. Phylogenetic analysis showed that WSSV protein kinase does not have any close relatives and does not fall into any of the major protein kinase groups.
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- W J Liu
- Department of Zoology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 106, ROC
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Delaroque N, Müller DG, Bothe G, Pohl T, Knippers R, Boland W. The complete DNA sequence of the Ectocarpus siliculosus Virus EsV-1 genome. Virology 2001; 287:112-32. [PMID: 11504547 DOI: 10.1006/viro.2001.1028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The Ectocarpus siliculosus Virus-1, EsV-1, is the type-species of a genus of Phycodnaviridae, the phaeoviruses, infecting marine filamentous brown algae. The EsV-1 genome of 335,593 bp contains tandem and dispersed repetitive elements in addition to a large number of open reading frames of which 231 are currently counted as genes. Many genes can be assigned to functional groups involved in DNA synthesis, DNA integration, transposition, and polysaccharide metabolism. Furthermore, EsV-1 contains components of a surprisingly complex signal transduction system with six different hybrid histidine protein kinases and four putative serine/threonine protein kinases. Several other genes encode polypeptides with protein-protein interaction domains. However, 50% of the predicted genes have no counterparts in data banks. Only 28 of the 231 identified genes have significant sequence similarities to genes of the Chlorella virus PBCV-1, another phycodnavirus. To our knowledge, the EsV-1 genome is the largest viral DNA sequenced to date.
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- N Delaroque
- Department of Biology, Universität Konstanz, Konstanz, D-78457, Germany.
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Paramecium bursaria chlorella virus (PBCV-1) is the prototype of a family of large, icosahedral, plaque-forming, double-stranded-DNA-containing viruses that replicate in certain unicellular, eukaryotic chlorella-like green algae. DNA sequence analysis of its 330, 742-bp genome leads to the prediction that this phycodnavirus has 376 protein-encoding genes and 10 transfer RNA genes. The predicted gene products of approximately 40% of these genes resemble proteins of known function. The chlorella viruses have other features that distinguish them from most viruses, in addition to their large genome size. These features include the following: (a) The viruses encode multiple DNA methyltransferases and DNA site-specific endonucleases; (b) PBCV-1 encodes at least part, if not the entire machinery to glycosylate its proteins; (c) PBCV-1 has at least two types of introns--a self-splicing intron in a transcription factor-like gene and a splicesomal processed type of intron in its DNA polymerase gene. Unlike the chlorella viruses, large double-stranded-DNA-containing viruses that infect marine, filamentous brown algae have a circular genome and a lysogenic phase in their life cycle.
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- J L Van Etten
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln 68583-0722, USA.
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