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Transfer of photosynthesis genes to and from Prochlorococcus viruses
被引:378
作者:
Lindell, D
Sullivan, MB
Johnson, ZI
Tolonen, AC
Rohwer, F
Chisholm, SW
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[1] MIT, Dept Civil & Environm Engn, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[2] MIT, Dept Biol, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[3] MIT, Woods Hole Oceanog Inst, Program Biol Oceanog, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[4] MIT, Cambridge, MA USA
[5] San Diego State Univ, Dept Biol, San Diego, CA 92182 USA
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10.1073/pnas.0401526101
中图分类号:
O [数理科学和化学];
P [天文学、地球科学];
Q [生物科学];
N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号:
07 ;
0710 ;
09 ;
摘要:
Comparative genomics gives us a new window into phage-host interactions and their evolutionary implications. Here we report the presence of genes central to oxygenic photosynthesis in the genomes of three phages from two viral families (Myoviridae and Podoviridae) that infect the marine cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus. The genes that encode the photosystem II core reaction center protein D1 (psbA), and a high-light-inducible protein (HLIP) (hli) are present in all three genomes. Both myoviruses contain additional hli gene types, and one of them encodes the second photosystem II core reaction center protein D2 (psbD), whereas the other encodes the photosynthetic electron transport proteins plastocyanin (petE) and ferredoxin (petF). These uninterrupted, full-length genes are conserved in their amino acid sequence, suggesting that they encode functional proteins that may help maintain photosynthetic activity during infection. Phylogenetic analyses show that phage D1, D2, and HLIP proteins cluster with those from Prochlorococcus, indicating that they are of cyanobacterial origin. Their distribution among several Prochlorococcus clades further suggests that the genes encoding these proteins were transferred from host to phage multiple times. Phage HLIPs cluster with multicopy types found exclusively in Prochlorocococus, suggesting that phage may be mediating the expansion of the hli gene family by transferring these genes back to their hosts after a period of evolution in the phage. These gene transfers are likely to play a role in the fitness landscape of hosts and phages in the surface oceans.
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页码:11013 / 11018
页数:6
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