Table 1

A selected list of mimivirus genes with closely related sequences in the GOS data.

Mimivirus ORF
Annotation
Number of "mimivirus-like" sequences in the GOS data

NCLDV class I core genes


MIMI_L206 *
Helicase III/VV D5-type ATPase (C-term)
139
MIMI_L207 *
Helicase III/VV D5-type ATPase (N-term)
90
MIMI_R322
DNA polymerase (B family)
185
MIMI_R350
putative transcription termination factor, VV D6R helicase
90
MIMI_L396
VV A18 helicase
138
MIMI_R400
S/T protein kinase
32
MIMI_L425
Major capsid protein
7
MIMI_L437
VV A32 virion packaging ATPase
71
MIMI_R450
A1L transcription factor
28
MIMI_R596
Thiol oxidoreductase E10R
7
NCLDV class II core genes


MIMI_R339
TFII-like transcription factor
3
MIMI_R493
Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen
45
NCLDV class III core genes


MIMI_L244
Rpb2
1
MIMI_L364
SW1/SNF2 helicase (MSV224)
54
MIMI_R382
mRNA Capping Enzyme
189
MIMI_R429
PBCV1-A494R-like, 9 paralogs
145
MIMI_R480
Topoisomerase II
1
MIMI_R501
Rpb1
14
Translation


MIMI_L496
Translation initiation factor 4E, (mRNA cap binding)
11
MIMI_R624
GTP binding elongation factor eF-Tu
3
DNA repair


MIMI_L315
Hydrolysis of DNA containing ring-opened N7 methylguanine
58
MIMI_L359
DNA mismatch repair ATPase MutS
44
MIMI_R406
Alkylated DNA repair
3
MIMI_L687
Endonuclease for the repair of UV-irradiated DNA
2
MIMI_R693
Methylated-DNA-protein-cysteine methyltransferase
9
Other genes with more than 100 matches


MIMI_L250
putative transcription initiation factor IIB
143
MIMI_L251
Lon domain protease
110
MIMI_R303
NAD-dependent DNA ligase
163
MIMI_R325
Metal-dependent hydrolase (Chilo iridescent virus 136R)
136
MIMI_R354
Lambda-type exonuclease
147
MIMI_R355
Unknown
150
MIMI_L375
Unknown
130
MIMI_L377
putative NTPase I
133
MIMI_R409
Unknown
155
MIMI_L434
Unknown
103
MIMI_R453
TATA-box binding protein (TBP)
131
MIMI_L454
Unknown
119
MIMI_R555
putative DNA repair protein
249
MIMI_R563
Contains helicase conserved C-terminal domain (PFAM)
118

* Two ORFs (L206, L207) have been recently merged into a single ORF after the re-sequencing of the genomic region (SWISS-PROT: Q5UQ22, Stéphane Audic, personal communication).

Monier et al. Virology Journal 2008 5:12   doi:10.1186/1743-422X-5-12