Lateral Gene Transfer of Anion-Conducting Channelrhodopsins between Green Algae and Giant Viruses

Andrey Rozenberg; Johannes Oppermann; Jonas Wietek; Rodrigo Gaston Fernandez Lahore; Ruth Anne Sandaa; Gunnar Bratbak; Peter Hegemann; Oded Béjà

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.09.056

Lateral Gene Transfer of Anion-Conducting Channelrhodopsins between Green Algae and Giant Viruses

Andrey Rozenberg, Johannes Oppermann, Jonas Wietek, Rodrigo Gaston Fernandez Lahore, Ruth Anne Sandaa, Gunnar Bratbak, Peter Hegemann, Oded Béjà

Biology

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Channelrhodopsins (ChRs) are light-gated ion channels. Using metagenomics and electrophysiology, Rozenberg, Oppermann, et al. describe a new family of anion-conducting ChRs encoded by giant viruses and acquired from their unicellular green algal hosts. These previously unknown ChRs are likely involved in behavioral responses to light.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4910-4920.e5
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	30
Issue number	24
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.09.056
State	Published - 21 Dec 2020

Keywords

Mimiviridae
channelrhodopsins
giant viruses
green algae
lateral gene transfer
metagenomics
ocean
optogenetics
prasinophytes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology
General Neuroscience
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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Lateral Gene Transfer of Anion-Conducting Channelrhodopsins between Green Algae and Giant Viruses

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