title: A brown algal virus genome contains a "RING" zinc finger motif.
abstract: The brown filamentous alga Feldmannia sp. contains a large icosahedral dsDNA virus, FsV, of which there are multiple variants. A 4.5-kb SstI-HindIII fragment (SH4.5) that is conserved among all genome variants was sequenced. Three open reading frames (ORF-1, -2, and -3, containing 555, 2022, and 411 bp, respectively) were shown to be transcriptionally active by ribonuclease protection assay. A "RING" zinc finger motif and a nucleotide binding site motif were identified in ORF-2.
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97331-2902, USA.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Krueger
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Ivey
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Henry
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Meints
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D016679:Genome, Viral; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D000459:Phaeophyceae / Q000821:virology*; D017862:Phycodnaviridae / Q000235:genetics*; D016335:Zinc Fingers
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral