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Self-assembly of Aeropyrum pernix bacilliform virus 1 (APBV1) major capsid protein and its application as building blocks for nanomaterials. Extremophiles 2022; 26:34. [DOI: 10.1007/s00792-022-01284-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2022] [Accepted: 10/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Structural insights into a spindle-shaped archaeal virus with a sevenfold symmetrical tail. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:e2119439119. [PMID: 35895681 PMCID: PMC9351363 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2119439119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Archaeal viruses with a spindle-shaped virion are abundant and widespread in extremely diverse environments. However, efforts to obtain the high-resolution structure of a spindle-shaped virus have been unsuccessful. Here, we present the structure of SSV19, a spindle-shaped virus infecting the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus sp. E11-6. Our near-atomic structure reveals an unusual sevenfold symmetrical virus tail consisting of the tailspike, nozzle, and adaptor proteins. The spindle-shaped capsid shell is formed by seven left-handed helical strands, constructed of the hydrophobic major capsid protein, emanating from the highly glycosylated tail assembly. Sliding between adjacent strands is responsible for the variation of a virion in size. Ultrathin sections of the SSV19-infected cells show that SSV19 virions adsorb to the host cell membrane through the tail after penetrating the S-layer. The tailspike harbors a putative endo-mannanase domain, which shares structural similarity to a Bacteroides thetaiotaomicro endo-mannanase. Molecules of glycerol dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraether lipid were observed in hydrophobic clefts between the tail and the capsid shell. The nozzle protein resembles the stem and clip domains of the portals of herpesviruses and bacteriophages, implying an evolutionary relationship among the archaeal, bacterial, and eukaryotic viruses.
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Villalta A, Schmitt A, Estrozi LF, Quemin ERJ, Alempic JM, Lartigue A, Pražák V, Belmudes L, Vasishtan D, Colmant AMG, Honoré FA, Couté Y, Grünewald K, Abergel C. The giant mimivirus 1.2 Mb genome is elegantly organized into a 30-nm diameter helical protein shield. eLife 2022; 11:e77607. [PMID: 35900198 PMCID: PMC9512402 DOI: 10.7554/elife.77607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Mimivirus is the prototype of the Mimiviridae family of giant dsDNA viruses. Little is known about the organization of the 1.2 Mb genome inside the membrane-limited nucleoid filling the ~0.5 µm icosahedral capsids. Cryo-electron microscopy, cryo-electron tomography, and proteomics revealed that it is encased into a ~30-nm diameter helical protein shell surprisingly composed of two GMC-type oxidoreductases, which also form the glycosylated fibrils decorating the capsid. The genome is arranged in 5- or 6-start left-handed super-helices, with each DNA-strand lining the central channel. This luminal channel of the nucleoprotein fiber is wide enough to accommodate oxidative stress proteins and RNA polymerase subunits identified by proteomics. Such elegant supramolecular organization would represent a remarkable evolutionary strategy for packaging and protecting the genome, in a state ready for immediate transcription upon unwinding in the host cytoplasm. The parsimonious use of the same protein in two unrelated substructures of the virion is unexpected for a giant virus with thousand genes at its disposal.
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- Alejandro Villalta
- Aix–Marseille University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Information Génomique & Structurale, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7256 (Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée, FR3479, IM2B)MarseilleFrance
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- Aix–Marseille University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Information Génomique & Structurale, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7256 (Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée, FR3479, IM2B)MarseilleFrance
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS)GrenobleFrance
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- Centre for Structural Systems Biology, Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology (HPI), University of HamburgHamburgGermany
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- Aix–Marseille University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Information Génomique & Structurale, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7256 (Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée, FR3479, IM2B)MarseilleFrance
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- Aix–Marseille University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Information Génomique & Structurale, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7256 (Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée, FR3479, IM2B)MarseilleFrance
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- Centre for Structural Systems Biology, Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology (HPI), University of HamburgHamburgGermany
- Division of Structural Biology, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of OxfordOxfordUnited Kingdom
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, INSERM, IRIG, BGEGrenobleFrance
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- Centre for Structural Systems Biology, Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology (HPI), University of HamburgHamburgGermany
- Division of Structural Biology, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of OxfordOxfordUnited Kingdom
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- Aix–Marseille University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Information Génomique & Structurale, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7256 (Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée, FR3479, IM2B)MarseilleFrance
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- Aix–Marseille University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Information Génomique & Structurale, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7256 (Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée, FR3479, IM2B)MarseilleFrance
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, INSERM, IRIG, BGEGrenobleFrance
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- Centre for Structural Systems Biology, Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology (HPI), University of HamburgHamburgGermany
- Division of Structural Biology, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of OxfordOxfordUnited Kingdom
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- Aix–Marseille University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Information Génomique & Structurale, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7256 (Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée, FR3479, IM2B)MarseilleFrance
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Spindle-shaped archaeal viruses evolved from rod-shaped ancestors to package a larger genome. Cell 2022; 185:1297-1307.e11. [PMID: 35325592 PMCID: PMC9018610 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2021] [Revised: 01/23/2022] [Accepted: 02/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Spindle- or lemon-shaped viruses infect archaea in diverse environments. Due to the highly pleomorphic nature of these virions, which can be found with cylindrical tails emanating from the spindle-shaped body, structural studies of these capsids have been challenging. We have determined the atomic structure of the capsid of Sulfolobus monocaudavirus 1, a virus that infects hosts living in nearly boiling acid. A highly hydrophobic protein, likely integrated into the host membrane before the virions assemble, forms 7 strands that slide past each other in both the tails and the spindle body. We observe the discrete steps that occur as the tail tubes expand, and these are due to highly conserved quasiequivalent interactions with neighboring subunits maintained despite significant diameter changes. Our results show how helical assemblies can vary their diameters, becoming nearly spherical to package a larger genome and suggest how all spindle-shaped viruses have evolved from archaeal rod-like viruses.
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Zanotti G, Grinzato A. Structure of filamentous viruses. Curr Opin Virol 2021; 51:25-33. [PMID: 34592708 DOI: 10.1016/j.coviro.2021.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2021] [Revised: 07/21/2021] [Accepted: 09/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Despite filamentous viruses represent an important portion of the universe of viruses, their 3D structures available are quite limited, particularly if compared to the large number of structures of icosahedral viruses present in the Protein Data Bank. As a matter of fact, flexible filamentous viruses cannot be grown as single crystals and past structural studies have mostly been limited to X-ray fiber diffraction or to the determination of the structure of isolated viral proteins. Only very recently, several structures of filamentous viruses have become available, owing to the recent development of cryo-electron microscopy. This technique has given a strong impulse to the field and has allowed the building of reliable molecular models of entire viruses, in some cases at a nearly atomic resolution level. In this paper we briefly describe the architecture of filamentous viruses that infect bacteria, archaea, plants and humans. It is easy to foresee that more new structures of filamentous viruses will become available soon and they will allow a better understanding of the rules underlying the structural organization of these organisms so relevant for the life on our planet.
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- Giuseppe Zanotti
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, Via Ugo Bassi 58/B, Padua, 35131, Italy.
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, Via Ugo Bassi 58/B, Padua, 35131, Italy.
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Adnaviria: a New Realm for Archaeal Filamentous Viruses with Linear A-Form Double-Stranded DNA Genomes. J Virol 2021; 95:e0067321. [PMID: 34011550 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00673-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) has recently adopted a comprehensive, hierarchical system of virus taxa. The highest ranks in this hierarchy are realms, each of which is considered monophyletic but apparently originated independently of other realms. Here, we announce the creation of a new realm, Adnaviria, which unifies archaeal filamentous viruses with linear A-form double-stranded DNA genomes and characteristic major capsid proteins unrelated to those encoded by other known viruses.
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Baquero DP, Liu Y, Wang F, Egelman EH, Prangishvili D, Krupovic M. Structure and assembly of archaeal viruses. Adv Virus Res 2020; 108:127-164. [PMID: 33837715 DOI: 10.1016/bs.aivir.2020.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Viruses of archaea represent one of the most enigmatic parts of the virosphere. Most of the characterized archaeal viruses infect extremophilic hosts and display remarkable diversity of virion morphotypes, many of which have never been observed among bacteriophages or viruses of eukaryotes. However, recent environmental studies have shown that archaeal viruses are widespread also in moderate ecosystems, where they play an important ecological role by influencing the turnover of microbial communities, with a global impact on the carbon and nitrogen cycles. In this review, we summarize recent advances in understanding the molecular details of virion organization and assembly of archaeal viruses. We start by briefly introducing the 20 officially recognized families of archaeal viruses and then outline the similarities and differences of archaeal virus assembly with the morphogenesis pathways used by bacterial and eukaryotic viruses, and discuss the evolutionary implications of these observations. Generally, the assembly of the icosahedral archaeal viruses closely follows the mechanisms employed by evolutionarily related bacterial and eukaryotic viruses with the HK97 fold and double jelly-roll major capsid proteins, emphasizing the overall conservation of these pathways over billions of years of evolution. By contrast, archaea-specific viruses employ unique virion assembly mechanisms. We also highlight some of the molecular adaptations underlying the stability of archaeal viruses in extreme environments. Despite considerable progress during the past few years, the archaeal virosphere continues to represent one of the least studied parts of the global virome, with many molecular features awaiting to be discovered and characterized.
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- Diana P Baquero
- Archaeal Virology Unit, Department of Microbiology, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France; Sorbonne Université, Collège Doctoral, Paris, France
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- Archaeal Virology Unit, Department of Microbiology, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States
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- Archaeal Virology Unit, Department of Microbiology, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France; Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Archaeal Virology Unit, Department of Microbiology, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
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Serov N, Darmoroz D, Lokteva A, Chernyshov I, Koshel E, Vinogradov V. One-pot synthesis of template-free hollow anisotropic CaCO 3 structures: towards inorganic shape-mimicking drug delivery systems. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:11969-11972. [PMID: 33033816 DOI: 10.1039/d0cc05502f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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A major obstacle in the introduction of nanoformulated drugs has been the fact that the shape of the drug delivery systems (DDSs) - the most important parameter driven by the nature of viruses and bacteria - remains almost out-of-scope in artificial systems. Here we propose a potential solution for this problem by developing a template-free approach for the formulation of hollow bacteria-like CaCO3-based pH-sensitive DDSs with controllable anisotropy and click-release behavior.
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- Nikita Serov
- International Institute "Solution Chemistry of Advanced Materials and Technologies" (SCAMT), 9, Lomonosova str., Saint-Petersburg, 191002, Russian Federation.
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Structures of filamentous viruses infecting hyperthermophilic archaea explain DNA stabilization in extreme environments. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:19643-19652. [PMID: 32759221 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2011125117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Living organisms expend metabolic energy to repair and maintain their genomes, while viruses protect their genetic material by completely passive means. We have used cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) to solve the atomic structures of two filamentous double-stranded DNA viruses that infect archaeal hosts living in nearly boiling acid: Saccharolobus solfataricus rod-shaped virus 1 (SSRV1), at 2.8-Å resolution, and Sulfolobus islandicus filamentous virus (SIFV), at 4.0-Å resolution. The SIFV nucleocapsid is formed by a heterodimer of two homologous proteins and is membrane enveloped, while SSRV1 has a nucleocapsid formed by a homodimer and is not enveloped. In both, the capsid proteins wrap around the DNA and maintain it in an A-form. We suggest that the A-form is due to both a nonspecific desolvation of the DNA by the protein, and a specific coordination of the DNA phosphate groups by positively charged residues. We extend these observations by comparisons with four other archaeal filamentous viruses whose structures we have previously determined, and show that all 10 capsid proteins (from four heterodimers and two homodimers) have obvious structural homology while sequence similarity can be nonexistent. This arises from most capsid residues not being under any strong selective pressure. The inability to detect homology at the sequence level arises from the sampling of viruses in this part of the biosphere being extremely sparse. Comparative structural and genomic analyses suggest that nonenveloped archaeal viruses have evolved from enveloped viruses by shedding the membrane, indicating that this trait may be relatively easily lost during virus evolution.
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Wang F, Baquero DP, Su Z, Osinski T, Prangishvili D, Egelman EH, Krupovic M. Structure of a filamentous virus uncovers familial ties within the archaeal virosphere. Virus Evol 2020; 6:veaa023. [PMID: 32368353 PMCID: PMC7189273 DOI: 10.1093/ve/veaa023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Viruses infecting hyperthermophilic archaea represent one of the most enigmatic parts of the global virome, with viruses from different families showing no genomic relatedness to each other or to viruses of bacteria and eukaryotes. Tristromaviruses, which build enveloped filamentous virions and infect hyperthermophilic neutrophiles of the order Thermoproteales, represent one such enigmatic virus families. They do not share genes with viruses from other families and have been believed to represent an evolutionarily independent virus lineage. A cryo-electron microscopic reconstruction of the tristromavirus Pyrobaculum filamentous virus 2 at 3.4 Å resolution shows that the virion is constructed from two paralogous major capsid proteins (MCP) which transform the linear dsDNA genome of the virus into A-form by tightly wrapping around it. Unexpectedly, the two MCP are homologous to the capsid proteins of other filamentous archaeal viruses, uncovering a deep evolutionary relationship within the archaeal virosphere.
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- Fengbin Wang
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia, PO Box 800733, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Archaeal Virology Unit, Department of Microbiology, Institut Pasteur, 25 Rue du Dr Roux, Paris 75015, France.,Sorbonne Universités, Collège Doctoral, 7 Quai Saint-Bernard, Paris 75005, France
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia, PO Box 800733, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia, PO Box 800733, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Archaeal Virology Unit, Department of Microbiology, Institut Pasteur, 25 Rue du Dr Roux, Paris 75015, France.,Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, 1 Chavchavadze Avenue, Tbilisi 0179, Georgia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia, PO Box 800733, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Archaeal Virology Unit, Department of Microbiology, Institut Pasteur, 25 Rue du Dr Roux, Paris 75015, France
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New virus isolates from Italian hydrothermal environments underscore the biogeographic pattern in archaeal virus communities. ISME JOURNAL 2020; 14:1821-1833. [PMID: 32322010 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-020-0653-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2019] [Revised: 03/28/2020] [Accepted: 03/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Viruses of hyperthermophilic archaea represent one of the least understood parts of the virosphere, showing little genomic and morphological similarity to viruses of bacteria or eukaryotes. Here, we investigated virus diversity in the active sulfurous fields of the Campi Flegrei volcano in Pozzuoli, Italy. Virus-like particles displaying eight different morphotypes, including lemon-shaped, droplet-shaped and bottle-shaped virions, were observed and five new archaeal viruses proposed to belong to families Rudiviridae, Globuloviridae and Tristromaviridae were isolated and characterized. Two of these viruses infect neutrophilic hyperthermophiles of the genus Pyrobaculum, whereas the remaining three have rod-shaped virions typical of the family Rudiviridae and infect acidophilic hyperthermophiles belonging to three different genera of the order Sulfolobales, namely, Saccharolobus, Acidianus, and Metallosphaera. Notably, Metallosphaera rod-shaped virus 1 is the first rudivirus isolated on Metallosphaera species. Phylogenomic analysis of the newly isolated and previously sequenced rudiviruses revealed a clear biogeographic pattern, with all Italian rudiviruses forming a monophyletic clade, suggesting geographical structuring of virus communities in extreme geothermal environments. Analysis of the CRISPR spacers suggests that isolated rudiviruses have experienced recent host switching across the genus boundary, potentially to escape the targeting by CRISPR-Cas immunity systems. Finally, we propose a revised classification of the Rudiviridae family, with the establishment of six new genera. Collectively, our results further show that high-temperature continental hydrothermal systems harbor a highly diverse virome and shed light on the evolution of archaeal viruses.
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Viruses are ubiquitous parasites of cellular life and the most abundant biological entities on Earth. It is widely accepted that viruses are polyphyletic, but a consensus scenario for their ultimate origin is still lacking. Traditionally, three scenarios for the origin of viruses have been considered: descent from primordial, precellular genetic elements, reductive evolution from cellular ancestors and escape of genes from cellular hosts, achieving partial replicative autonomy and becoming parasitic genetic elements. These classical scenarios give different timelines for the origin(s) of viruses and do not explain the provenance of the two key functional modules that are responsible, respectively, for viral genome replication and virion morphogenesis. Here, we outline a 'chimeric' scenario under which different types of primordial, selfish replicons gave rise to viruses by recruiting host proteins for virion formation. We also propose that new groups of viruses have repeatedly emerged at all stages of the evolution of life, often through the displacement of ancestral structural and genome replication genes.
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Principles for enhancing virus capsid capacity and stability from a thermophilic virus capsid structure. Nat Commun 2019; 10:4471. [PMID: 31578335 PMCID: PMC6775164 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12341-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2019] [Accepted: 08/31/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The capsids of double-stranded DNA viruses protect the viral genome from the harsh extracellular environment, while maintaining stability against the high internal pressure of packaged DNA. To elucidate how capsids maintain stability in an extreme environment, we use cryoelectron microscopy to determine the capsid structure of thermostable phage P74-26 to 2.8-Å resolution. We find P74-26 capsids exhibit an overall architecture very similar to those of other tailed bacteriophages, allowing us to directly compare structures to derive the structural basis for enhanced stability. Our structure reveals lasso-like interactions that appear to function like catch bonds. This architecture allows the capsid to expand during genome packaging, yet maintain structural stability. The P74-26 capsid has T = 7 geometry despite being twice as large as mesophilic homologs. Capsid capacity is increased with a larger, flatter major capsid protein. Given these results, we predict decreased icosahedral complexity (i.e. T ≤ 7) leads to a more stable capsid assembly. Viral capsids need to protect the genome against harsh environmental conditions and cope with high internal pressure from the packaged genome. Here, the authors determine the structure of the thermostable phage P74-26 capsid at 2.8-Å resolution and identify features underlying enhanced capsid capacity and structural stability.
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Survey of high-resolution archaeal virus structures. Curr Opin Virol 2019; 36:74-83. [PMID: 31238245 DOI: 10.1016/j.coviro.2019.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2019] [Revised: 04/30/2019] [Accepted: 05/09/2019] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Archaeal viruses exhibit diverse morphologies whose structures are just beginning to be explored at high-resolution. In this review, we update recent findings on archaeal structural proteins and virion architectures and place them in the biological context in which these viruses replicate. We conclude that many of the unusual structural features and dynamics of archaeal viruses aid their replication and survival in the chemically harsh environments, in which they replicate. Furthermore, we should expect to find more novel features from examining the high-resolution structures of additional archaeal viruses.
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The search for extraterrestrial life, recently fueled by the discovery of exoplanets, requires defined biosignatures. Current biomarkers include those of extremophilic organisms, typically archaea. Yet these cellular organisms are highly complex, which makes it unlikely that similar life forms evolved on other planets. Earlier forms of life on Earth may serve as better models for extraterrestrial life. On modern Earth, the simplest and most abundant biological entities are viroids and viruses that exert many properties of life, such as the abilities to replicate and undergo Darwinian evolution. Viroids have virus-like features, and are related to ribozymes, consisting solely of non-coding RNA, and may serve as more universal models for early life than do cellular life forms. Among the various proposed concepts, such as “proteins-first” or “metabolism-first”, we think that “viruses-first” can be specified to “viroids-first” as the most likely scenario for the emergence of life on Earth, and possibly elsewhere. With this article we intend to inspire the integration of virus research and the biosignatures of viroids and viruses into the search for extraterrestrial life.
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Wang F, Cvirkaite-Krupovic V, Kreutzberger MAB, Su Z, de Oliveira GAP, Osinski T, Sherman N, DiMaio F, Wall JS, Prangishvili D, Krupovic M, Egelman EH. An extensively glycosylated archaeal pilus survives extreme conditions. Nat Microbiol 2019; 4:1401-1410. [PMID: 31110358 PMCID: PMC6656605 DOI: 10.1038/s41564-019-0458-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2018] [Accepted: 04/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Pili on the surface of Sulfolobus islandicus are used for many functions, and serve as receptors for certain archaeal viruses. The cells grow optimally at pH 3 and ~80 °C, exposing these extracellular appendages to a very harsh environment. The pili, when removed from cells, resist digestion by trypsin or pepsin, and survive boiling in sodium dodecyl sulfate or 5 M guanidine hydrochloride. We used electron cryo-microscopy to determine the structure of these filaments at 4.1 Å resolution. An atomic model was built by combining the electron density map with bioinformatics without previous knowledge of the pilin sequence-an approach that should prove useful for assemblies where all of the components are not known. The atomic structure of the pilus was unusual, with almost one-third of the residues being either threonine or serine, and with many hydrophobic surface residues. While the map showed extra density consistent with glycosylation for only three residues, mass measurements suggested extensive glycosylation. We propose that this extensive glycosylation renders these filaments soluble and provides the remarkable structural stability. We also show that the overall fold of the archaeal pilin is remarkably similar to that of archaeal flagellin, establishing common evolutionary origins.
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- Fengbin Wang
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Unité de Biologie Moléculaire du Gène chez les Extrêmophiles, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Unité de Biologie Moléculaire du Gène chez les Extrêmophiles, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
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Structural conservation in a membrane-enveloped filamentous virus infecting a hyperthermophilic acidophile. Nat Commun 2018; 9:3360. [PMID: 30135568 PMCID: PMC6105669 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05684-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2018] [Accepted: 07/20/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Different forms of viruses that infect archaea inhabiting extreme environments continue to be discovered at a surprising rate, suggesting that the current sampling of these viruses is sparse. We describe here Sulfolobus filamentous virus 1 (SFV1), a membrane-enveloped virus infecting Sulfolobus shibatae. The virus encodes two major coat proteins which display no apparent sequence similarity with each other or with any other proteins in databases. We have used cryo-electron microscopy at 3.7 Å resolution to show that these two proteins form a nearly symmetrical heterodimer, which wraps around A-form DNA, similar to what has been shown for SIRV2 and AFV1, two other archaeal filamentous viruses. The thin (∼ 20 Å) membrane of SFV1 is mainly archaeol, a lipid species that accounts for only 1% of the host lipids. Our results show how relatively conserved structural features can be maintained across evolution by both proteins and lipids that have diverged considerably. Only a few archaeal filamentous viruses have been structurally characterized. Here the authors describe the membrane-enveloped Sulfolobus filamentous virus 1 that infects Sulfolobus shibatae and present its 3.7 Å resolution cryo-EM structure, which reveals that major coat proteins are structurally conserved among archaeal filamentous viruses.
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Stass R, Ilca SL, Huiskonen JT. Beyond structures of highly symmetric purified viral capsids by cryo-EM. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2018; 52:25-31. [PMID: 30096461 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2018.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2018] [Revised: 07/24/2018] [Accepted: 07/24/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Cryogenic transmission electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is widely used to determine high-resolution structures of symmetric virus capsids. The method holds promise for extending studies beyond purified capsids and their symmetric protein shells. The non-symmetric genome component has been addressed in dsRNA cypoviruses and ssRNA bacteriophages Qβ and MS2. The structure of human herpes simplex virus type 1 capsids has been determined within intact virions to resolve capsid-tegument interactions. Electron tomography under cryogenic conditions (cryo-ET), has allowed resolving an early membrane fusion intermediate of Rift Valley fever virus. Antibody-affinity based sample grids allow capturing of virions directly from cell cultures or even clinical samples. These and other emerging methods will support studies to address viral entry, assembly and neutralization processes at increasingly high resolutions and native conditions.
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- Robert Stass
- Division of Structural Biology, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Roosevelt Drive, University of Oxford, OX3 7BN Oxford, UK
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- Division of Structural Biology, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Roosevelt Drive, University of Oxford, OX3 7BN Oxford, UK
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- Division of Structural Biology, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Roosevelt Drive, University of Oxford, OX3 7BN Oxford, UK; Helsinki Institute of Life Science HiLIFE and Molecular and Integrative Biosciences Research Program, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Viikinkaari 1, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
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Goodman DA, Stedman KM. Comparative genetic and genomic analysis of the novel fusellovirus Sulfolobus spindle-shaped virus 10. Virus Evol 2018; 4:vey022. [PMID: 30094064 PMCID: PMC6080066 DOI: 10.1093/ve/vey022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Viruses that infect thermophilic Archaea are unique in both their structure and genetic makeup. The lemon-shaped fuselloviruses—which infect members of the order Sulfolobales, growing optimally at 80 °C and pH 3—are some of the most ubiquitous and best studied viruses of the thermoacidophilic Archaea. Nonetheless, much remains to be learned about these viruses. In order to investigate fusellovirus evolution, we have isolated and characterized a novel fusellovirus, Sulfolobus spindle-shaped virus 10 (formerly SSV-L1). Comparative genomic analyses highlight significant similarity with both SSV8 and SSV9, as well as conservation of promoter elements within the Fuselloviridae. SSV10 encodes five ORFs with no homology within or outside of the Fuselloviridae, as well as a putatively functional Cas4-like ORF, which may play a role in evading CRISPR-mediated host defenses. Moreover, we demonstrate the ability of SSV10 to withstand mutation in a fashion consistent with mutagenesis in SSV1.
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- David A Goodman
- Biology Department, Center for Life in Extreme Environments, Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Biology Department, Center for Life in Extreme Environments, Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA
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Archaeal Viruses from High-Temperature Environments. Genes (Basel) 2018; 9:genes9030128. [PMID: 29495485 PMCID: PMC5867849 DOI: 10.3390/genes9030128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2018] [Revised: 02/19/2018] [Accepted: 02/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Archaeal viruses are some of the most enigmatic viruses known, due to the small number that have been characterized to date. The number of known archaeal viruses lags behind known bacteriophages by over an order of magnitude. Despite this, the high levels of genetic and morphological diversity that archaeal viruses display has attracted researchers for over 45 years. Extreme natural environments, such as acidic hot springs, are almost exclusively populated by Archaea and their viruses, making these attractive environments for the discovery and characterization of new viruses. The archaeal viruses from these environments have provided insights into archaeal biology, gene function, and viral evolution. This review focuses on advances from over four decades of archaeal virology, with a particular focus on archaeal viruses from high temperature environments, the existing challenges in understanding archaeal virus gene function, and approaches being taken to overcome these limitations.
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Krupovic M, Cvirkaite-Krupovic V, Iranzo J, Prangishvili D, Koonin EV. Viruses of archaea: Structural, functional, environmental and evolutionary genomics. Virus Res 2017; 244:181-193. [PMID: 29175107 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2017.11.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2017] [Revised: 11/20/2017] [Accepted: 11/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Viruses of archaea represent one of the most enigmatic parts of the virosphere. Most of the characterized archaeal viruses infect extremophilic hosts and display remarkable diversity of virion morphotypes, many of which have never been observed among viruses of bacteria or eukaryotes. The uniqueness of the virion morphologies is matched by the distinctiveness of the genomes of these viruses, with ∼75% of genes encoding unique proteins, refractory to functional annotation based on sequence analyses. In this review, we summarize the state-of-the-art knowledge on various aspects of archaeal virus genomics. First, we outline how structural and functional genomics efforts provided valuable insights into the functions of viral proteins and revealed intricate details of the archaeal virus-host interactions. We then highlight recent metagenomics studies, which provided a glimpse at the diversity of uncultivated viruses associated with the ubiquitous archaea in the oceans, including Thaumarchaeota, Marine Group II Euryarchaeota, and others. These findings, combined with the recent discovery that archaeal viruses mediate a rapid turnover of thaumarchaea in the deep sea ecosystems, illuminate the prominent role of these viruses in the biosphere. Finally, we discuss the origins and evolution of archaeal viruses and emphasize the evolutionary relationships between viruses and non-viral mobile genetic elements. Further exploration of the archaeal virus diversity as well as functional studies on diverse virus-host systems are bound to uncover novel, unexpected facets of the archaeal virome.
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- Mart Krupovic
- Department of Microbiology, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Dr. Roux, Paris 75015, Paris, France.
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Dr. Roux, Paris 75015, Paris, France
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, USA
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