{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Kukovetz K"],"funding":["European Research Council","National Science Foundation"],"pagination":["E1107"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7650704"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["12(10)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Potassium ion (K<sup>+</sup>) channels have been observed in diverse viruses that infect eukaryotic marine and freshwater algae. However, experimental evidence for functional K<sup>+</sup> channels among these alga-infecting viruses has thus far been restricted to members of the family <i>Phycodnaviridae,</i> which are large, double-stranded DNA viruses within the phylum <i>Nucleocytoviricota</i>. Recent sequencing projects revealed that alga-infecting members of <i>Mimiviridae</i>, another family within this phylum, may also contain genes encoding K<sup>+</sup> channels. Here we examine the structural features and the functional properties of putative K<sup>+</sup> channels from four cultivated members of <i>Mimiviridae</i>. While all four proteins contain variations of the conserved sele"],"journal":["Viruses"],"pubmed_title":["A Functional K<sup>+</sup> Channel from Tetraselmis Virus 1, a Member of the <i>Mimiviridae</i>."],"pmcid":["PMC7650704"],"funding_grant_id":["1736030","695078 noMAGIC"],"pubmed_authors":["Greiner T","Kukovetz K","Burk U","Steward GF","Saponaro A","Van Etten JL","Thiel G","Rauh O","Hertel B","Schvarcz CR","Moroni A","Manthey M"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"A Functional K<sup>+</sup> Channel from Tetraselmis Virus 1, a Member of the <i>Mimiviridae</i>.","description":"Potassium ion (K<sup>+</sup>) channels have been observed in diverse viruses that infect eukaryotic marine and freshwater algae. However, experimental evidence for functional K<sup>+</sup> channels among these alga-infecting viruses has thus far been restricted to members of the family <i>Phycodnaviridae,</i> which are large, double-stranded DNA viruses within the phylum <i>Nucleocytoviricota</i>. Recent sequencing projects revealed that alga-infecting members of <i>Mimiviridae</i>, another family within this phylum, may also contain genes encoding K<sup>+</sup> channels. Here we examine the structural features and the functional properties of putative K<sup>+</sup> channels from four cultivated members of <i>Mimiviridae</i>. While all four proteins contain variations of the conserved sele","dates":{"release":"2020-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2020 Sep","modification":"2026-04-07T18:58:09.427Z","creation":"2020-11-19T13:40:25Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC7650704","cross_references":{"pubmed":["33003637"],"doi":["10.3390/v12101107"]}}