title: Are chlorella viruses a rich source of ion channel genes?
abstract: Plaque-forming dsDNA (>330 kb) viruses that infect certain unicellular, eukaryotic chlorella-like green algae contain approximately 375 protein-encoding genes. These proteins include a 94 amino acid K+ channel protein, called Kcv, as well as two putative ligand-gated ion channels. The viruses also encode other proteins that could be involved in the assembly and/or function of ion channels, including protein kinases and a phosphatase, polyamine biosynthetic enzymes and histamine decarboxylase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68583-0722, USA.
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moroni
authors.forename: Sabrina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gazzarrini
authors.forename: James L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Van Etten
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002262:Carboxy-Lyases / Q000737:chemistry; D002708:Chlorella / Q000821:virology; D011088:DNA Ligases / Q000235:genetics; D016679:Genome, Viral; D006632:Histamine / Q000737:chemistry; D015640:Ion Channel Gating; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000235:genetics*; D008024:Ligands; D008957:Models, Genetic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017862:Phycodnaviridae / Q000235:genetics*; D011073:Polyamines / Q000737:chemistry; D011188:Potassium / Q000737:chemistry; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000737:chemistry; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014764:Viral Proteins
chemical_list: D007473:Ion Channels; C405463:Kcv potassium channel, Chlorella virus; D008024:Ligands; D011073:Polyamines; D015221:Potassium Channels; D014764:Viral Proteins; D006632:Histamine; D011494:Protein Kinases; D002262:Carboxy-Lyases; C110456:Chlorella virus DNA ligase; D011088:DNA Ligases; D011188:Potassium