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Sobhy H, Scola BL, Pagnier I, et al. Identification of giant Mimivirus protein functions using RNA interference. Front Microbiol. 2015;6:345doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00345.
Sobhy, H., Scola, B. L., Pagnier, I., Raoult, D., & Colson, P. (2015). Identification of giant Mimivirus protein functions using RNA interference. Frontiers in microbiology, 6345. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00345
Sobhy, Haitham, et al. "Identification of giant Mimivirus protein functions using RNA interference." Frontiers in microbiology vol. 6 (2015): 345. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00345
Sobhy H, Scola BL, Pagnier I, Raoult D, Colson P. Identification of giant Mimivirus protein functions using RNA interference. Front Microbiol. 2015 Apr 28;6:345. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00345. eCollection 2015. PMID: 25972846; PMCID: PMC4412084.
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Front Microbiol. 2015 Apr 28;6:345. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00345. eCollection 2015.

Identification of giant Mimivirus protein functions using RNA interference.

Frontiers in microbiology

Haitham Sobhy, Bernard La Scola, Isabelle Pagnier, Didier Raoult, Philippe Colson

Affiliations

  1. URMITE UM63 CNRS 7278 IRD 198 INSERM U1095 Faculté de Médecine, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France.
  2. URMITE UM63 CNRS 7278 IRD 198 INSERM U1095 Faculté de Médecine, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France ; IHU Méditerranée Infection, Pôle des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Clinique et Biologique, Fédération de Bactériologie-Hygiène-Virologie, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Timone, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille Marseille, France.

PMID: 25972846 PMCID: PMC4412084 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00345

Abstract

Genomic analysis of giant viruses, such as Mimivirus, has revealed that more than half of the putative genes have no known functions (ORFans). We knocked down Mimivirus genes using short interfering RNA as a proof of concept to determine the functions of giant virus ORFans. As fibers are easy to observe, we targeted a gene encoding a protein absent in a Mimivirus mutant devoid of fibers as well as three genes encoding products identified in a protein concentrate of fibers, including one ORFan and one gene of unknown function. We found that knocking down these four genes was associated with depletion or modification of the fibers. Our strategy of silencing ORFan genes in giant viruses opens a way to identify its complete gene repertoire and may clarify the role of these genes, differentiating between junk DNA and truly used genes. Using this strategy, we were able to annotate four proteins in Mimivirus and 30 homologous proteins in other giant viruses. In addition, we were able to annotate >500 proteins from cellular organisms and 100 from metagenomic databases.

Keywords: Megavirales; Mimivirus; RNA interference; fiber; giant virus; nucleocytoplasmic large DNA virus; short interfering RNA

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