Are chlorella viruses a rich source of ion channel genes?
Open Access
- 18 September 2003
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 552 (1), 2-6
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0014-5793(03)00775-0
Abstract
Plaque‐forming dsDNA (>330 kb) viruses that infect certain unicellular, eukaryotic chlorella‐like green algae contain ∼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.Keywords
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