Framework : Origin and Evolution of Viruses , Plasmids, and Transposons

I Virogenesis/Genesis of Mobile Genetic Elements

Viruses, Plasmids, Transposons, Insertion Sequences, Diversity Generating Retroelements (ref), Retrons (ref), Group II Introns, Group I Introns, IStrons, Integrons, and Transpovirons

retrons, DGRs, CRISPRS, transposons, operons, metagenomes, and archaic viruses

II Mobile Genetic Element Evolution, Content, and Structure

Previous viral classifications have been based on their DNA /RNA types, host cell range, or replicative mechanisms. However new models of grouping recognize architectual, protein structural, and genetic content similarities.

I RNA Ribozymes and Group I Introns arose from the RNA World

II RNA viruses (single stranded and double stranded )and transposition agent developed from the Precellular world and evolved in the cellular world through recombinations

Single Stranded and dsRNA Viruses

 

I. Picorna like Group ( Picornavirata) Includes Bymoviruses, comoviruses, nepoviruses, potyviruses, sobemoviruses and (beet western yellows virus and potato leafroll virus)
a. Picorna Group
b. Nido Group
c. Levi bacteriophages and Group 2 intron group (Leviviridae of bacteria are ancestral to Narnaviridae of Fungi with evidence of gene loss)
d. Astoviruses and Sobemo Group
III. the alpha like group (Rubivirata). Alphaviruses, carlaviruses, furoviruses, hordeiviruses, potexviruses, rubiviruses, tobraviruses, tricornaviruses, tymoviruses, apple chlorotic leaf spot virus, beet yellows virus and hepatitis E virus

IV Nodavirus Group

V Recombinant Viruses - Ourmiaviruses (dsRNA + ssRNA = ssRNA replicon and dsRNA Capsid genes)

Double Stranded RNA Viruses -have relationships with the above positive singe strand RNA viruses. Generally classified as Totiviridae- Monopartite , Partitiviridae- Bipartite and Chrysoviridae - Quadripartite Groups. Closer inspection suggest horizontal gene transfers and combinations of the Monpartite groups into the Bipartite and Quadripartite Families.

Familys Birnaviridae , Chrysoviridae, Cystoviridae, Endornaviridae, Hypoviridae , Megabirnaviridae , Partitiviridae , Picobirnaviridae , Reoviridae - includes Rotavirus , Totiviridae, Unassigned genera ,Endornavirus, Varicosavirus

Negative Strand RNA Viruses Order Mononegoviralis originated in the phytopathogenic ascomycete Fungi (>300 Ma)or transfered from plants to these fungi (< 5Ma)

invertebrates

Order Mononegavirales
Family Bornaviridae - Borna disease virus
Family Filoviridae - includes Ebola virus, Marburg virus
Family Paramyxoviridae - includes Measles virus, Mumps virus, Nipah virus, Hendra virus
Family Rhabdoviridae - includes Rabies virus
Unassigned families:
Family Arenaviridae - includes Lassa virus
Family Bunyaviridae - includes Hantavirus, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
Family Ophioviridae
Family Orthomyxoviridae - includes Influenza viruses
Unassigned genera:
Genus Deltavirus
Genus Emaravirus
Genus Nyavirus includes Nyamanini and Midway viruses
Genus Tenuivirus
Unassigned species:
Orchid fleck virus
Taastrup virus

III Retrons, Group II Introns, transposons, Retroid Viruses, and Plasmids (DNA and RNA)

2. Archaea,

IV DNA viruses, transposons, and plasmids Evolved from Pre-LUCA, Post LUCA, Pre-LECA, and Post-LECA Worlds

  Family origin eco function

External Viral form ssDNA/dsDNA

circular/linear Genome Size Capsid Morphology Host. MCP fold PDB
  Spiraviridae ACV pre-LECA ?pre-LUCA   +/- +/- 24893 nt helical rod A-Cren    
  Nanoviridae relatd to RCRE containing elelements   +/- +/-   icosahedral E-algae/plants jelly roll  
  Gemniviridae ssDNA bacterial plasmid recombinant with +ssRNA Tombusavirus   +/- +/-   icosahedral E-plants jelly roll  
  Circoviridae Nano + Picorno recominant   ambi +/- +/- 1759–1768 nt icosahedral E-mammals jelly roll  
  Parvoviridae releated to RCRE elements   +/- -/+ 4-6K icosahedral E-Vert jelly roll  
  Bacillariodnaviridae     +/- +/-   icosahedral E jelly roll  
  Anneloviridae     +/- +/- - 2-4K icosahedral E jelly roll  
  Bidnaviridae     +/- +/-   icosahedreal E jelly roll  
  Microviridae ?related to circo,parvo, and gemni   +/- +/- 3856-6300 icosahedral B jelly roll  
  Inoviridae ? related to ligamenvirales   +/- +/-   icosahedral B jelly roll  
  Plasmaviridae     +/+ +/-   mem-pleomorphic B-Mollicutes ?  
  Pleolipoviridae     +/+ +/-   mem-pleomorphic A-Eu n/a  
Ligamen virales

Lipothrixviridae

    -/+ -/+   mem-flexible filaments A-Cren 4helix bundle 3FBL, 3FBZ
Rudiviridae     -/+ -/+   non flexible rods A-Cren 4helix bundle 3F2E
  Bicaudaviridae     -/+ +/-   spindle with 2 tails A-Cren alpha helical 3FAJ
Caudo virales

Myoviridae

Peduovirinae

Teequatrovirinae

T4 like

T4

44RR

RB43

RB49

KVP40 like

Spounavirinae

SPO1-like

Twort-like

Bcep781, BcepMu, Felix01, HAP1, BZX1, PB1,phiCD119,

phiKZ

Mu

Cyanophages

some related to DNA transposon/phages ie. Mu   -/+ -/+   icosahedral-ct A-eu, B HK97-like 1YUE
Siphoviridae     -/+ -/+   icosahedral-nct A-eu,B HK97-like 10HG
Podoviridae     -/+ -/+   icosahedral-st B HK97-like 2XYY
Herpes virales Alloherpesviridae     -/+ -/+   icosahedral E-vert HK97-like  
Herpesviridae     -/+ -/+   mem-icosahedral E-vert HK97-like  
Malacoherpesviridae     -/+ -/+   icosahedral E-vert HK97-like  
  Papillomaviridae related to ssDNA viruses with RCRE and SF3 Helicase   -/+ +/-   icosahedral E-vert jelly roll 1DZL
  Polyomaviridae related to ssDNA viruses with RCRE and SF3 Helicase   -/+ +/-   icosahedral E-vert jelly roll 1SVA
NCLDV Asfarviridae evolved from phycodna related ancestor   -/+ -/+   icosahedral

E-pigs E-ticks

2 jelly roll  
Iridoviridae     -/+ ?/+   icosahedral

E-invert and vert

2 jelly roll  

Ascoviridae

evolved from iridoviridae   -/+ +/-   oval E-invert 2 jelly roll  
Mimiviridae     -/+     icosahedral E-amoeba 2 jelly roll 1J5Q
Phycodnaviridae     -/+     icosahedral E-algae 2 jelly roll  
Poxviridae ?evolved from asfar + rudi related ancestors   -/+ -/+   mem-oval E-vert and invert 2 jelly roll  
  Adenoviridae ?evolved from rudi related ancestor   -/+ -/+ 26-45K bp icosahedral E-vert 2 jelly roll 1P30
  Corticoviridae     -/+     icosahedral B 2 jelly roll 2VVF
  Tectiviridae     -/+     icosahedral B 2 jelly roll 1HX6
  STIV     -/+ +/-   icosahedral A-Cren, Eury 2 jelly roll 2BBD
  Nudiviruses ? evolved from ascoviridae   -/+ +/-     E-invert    
  Baculoviridae evolved from nudiviruses   -/+     rod E-invert ?  
  Polydnaviridae endosymbiosis of nudiviruses-baculoviridae and/or Ascoviridae obligate symbionts of parasitic wasps -/+     rod/fusiform E-insects ?  
  Ampullaviridae     -/+ +/-   bottle A-Cren ?  
  Guttaviridae     -/+ +/-   tear droplet A-Cren ?  
  Fuselloviridae     -/+ +/-   spindle/pleomorphic A-Cren ?  
  Globuloviridae     -/+ +/-   mem-spherical A-Cren ?  
  Nimaviridae   symbionts of rotifers -/+ +/- 300K bp ovoid with tail E-shrimp ?  
  Clavaviridae     -/+ +/- 5278 bp bacilliform A-Cren ?  
  Virophages related to DNA transposons   -/+ +/- 18343 bp icosahedral A,B,E    
Table paritally adapted from Double-stranded DNA viruses: 20 families and only five different architectural principles for virion assembly
I propose an alternative paraphyletic model that explains the presence of Nuclear Location Signals in the terminal proteins of Bacteriophage related to NCLDV's .This model is similar to the Yutin-Koonin model but is proposes that the prebacterial and prearchael compartments consisted of a diversity of Eocytes. These Eocytes contained multiple nuclei and were able to differentiate into the archaea, eubacteria, and eukaryocytes in a similar fashion to how bone marrow stem cells differentiate into red bloods cells, platelets, and white blood cells. Byproducts of their diffentiation and Natural Cataclysmic events produced regressed parasitic and symbiotic previral NCLDV life forms for all three cellular domains. Therefore eukaryotic NCLDVs did not developed directly from prokaryotic DNA viruses although there could be some genetic recombination events between the 3 previral DNA life forms prior to or during host infections. Genetic Regression processes occured at the level of Eocyte to DNA virus transformation but subsequent evolutioin in hosts involved cycles of gene additions, recombinations, and gene losses due to natural selective forces.

The Eocytes evolved through gene addition processes. Thus the precursor to the free living viral form had gene addition as its main evolutionary force but the immediate descendants had gene loss.

DNA Transposons are Plasmids/Endogenous Viruses that are able to integrate and propagate in Host Chromosomes. They may become Exogenous Viruses by acquiring Capsid or Nucleoprotein Wrappers. Their origin and propagation may be associated with the origin and expansion of Group II Introns and Insertion Sequences. It is unclear if Insetion Sequences arose before transposons or vice versa.

1refers to potentially complete, autonomous element 2motif in Hermes Tpase 3motif in Drosophila P element Tpase 4RVE integrase-like 5REP-Helicase

Tc1/mariner IS630 TA 1.2–5.0 17–1100 variable 300–550 DD(3041)D/E HTH (cro/paired)
Kolobok               H2CH

hAT

Ac Group

Buster Group

nd 8 bp 2.5–5 10–25 YARNG 600–850 D(68)D(324)E2 ZnF (BED)
P element nd 7/8 bp 3–11 13–150 CANRG 800–900 D(83)D(2)E(13)D3 ZnF (THAP)

Galileo

MuDR/Foldback

IS256 7–10 bp 1.3–7.4 0-sev. Kb variable 450–850 DD(~110)E ZnF (WRKY/GCM1)
CACTA nd 2/3 bp 4.5–15 10–54 CMCWR 500–1,200 Nd nd TNPA (DNA-binding protein)
PiggyBac IS1380 TTAA 2.3–6.3 12–19 CCYT 550–700 DDE? nd
PIF/Harbinger IS5 TWA 2.3–5.5 15–270 GC-rich 350–550 DD(35–37/47–48)E HTH PIF2p (Myb/SANT domain)
Merlin IS1016 8/9 bp 1.4–3.5 21–462 GGNRM 270–330 DD(3638)E nd
Transib nd 5-bp 3–4 9–60 CACWATG 650–700 DD(206–214)E nd

Pogo (Tigger1,2)

MER37

            DD35E  
Banshee IS481 4/15 bp 3.5 41–950 TGT 300–4004 DD(34)E HTH

Helitron (rolling circle)

related to +ssRNA viruses and papilloma/polymova viruses that contain an RCRE

IS91, IS1294, IS801 none 5.5–17 none 5′-TC…CTAR-3′ 1,400–3,0005 HHYY (‘REP motif’) ZnF-like RPA (in Plants)

Polintron/Maverick (dna polym)

related to Virophage-Mavirus

none 5/6 bp 15–25 150–700 simple repeat 350–4504 DD(3335)E ZnF (HHCC) 4–10 DNA virus-like proteins

Mutator

Phantom

IS256?                

Ginger (related to maverick int?)

Ginger 1

Ginger 2

IS3,630,480, 30       gypsy like ltrs     H2CH  
Zisupton                  
Transpovirons

7.5 kb linear and circular.. integrates into virophages and host chromosomes 6 - 8 ORFS

 

Plasmids, Conjugative Plasmids, ICE's , and AICE's

 

References

Recombination in Eukaryotic Single Stranded DNA Viruses

Evidence that a plant virus switched hosts to infect a vertebrate and then recombined with a vertebrate-infecting virus.

New dimensions of the virus world discovered through metagenomics.

Phylogenetic analysis of some large double-stranded RNA replicons from plants suggests they evolved from a defective single-stranded RNA virus.

Expanding networks of RNA virus evolution

International Committe for Classification of Viruses

Biophysical and biochemical properties of an unusual birnavirus pathogenic for rotifers.

Retroids in Archaea: Phylogeny and Lateral Origins

NCLVD phylogenetics

Protein Conservation in Virus Evolution

Microviridae goes temperate: microvirus-related proviruses reside in the genomes of Bacteroidetes. (icosahedral lytic circular ssDNA viruses)

Order to the viral universe.

Related haloarchaeal pleomorphic viruses contain different genome types

What Does Virus Evolution Tell Us about Virus Origins?

The Virology Blog

A novel virus genome discovered in an extreme environment suggests recombination between unrelated groups of RNA and DNA viruses.

Widespread Horizontal Gene Transfer from Double-Stranded RNA Viruses to Eukaryotic Nuclear Genomes

Expanding networks of RNA virus evolution.

Identification of novel positive-strand RNA viruses by metagenomic analysis of archaea-dominated Yellowstone hot springs.

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