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Las ribonucleótido reductasas recapitulan patrones biogeográficos dentro del virioplancton según la biogeoquímica

Amelia O Harrison, Ryan M Moore, Barbra D Ferrell

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology

|February 23, 2026

Resumen

Los virus marinos desempeñan un papel clave en el ciclo de los nutrientes. Este estudio revela que muchos virus codifican enzimas de ribonucleótido reductasa (RNR), lo que influye en la síntesis de ADN y las poblaciones virales a nivel mundial.

Área de la Ciencia:

Microbiología marina
Ecología viral
Biogeoquímica

Sus antecedentes:

Los virus marinos líticos son cruciales para el ciclo de nutrientes y el control del huésped.
La replicación del genoma viral es vital para la aptitud viral.
Los desoxirribonucleótidos (dNTP) son esenciales para la síntesis de ADN, siendo la ribonucleótido reductasa (RNR) la enzima clave.

Objetivo del estudio:

Investigar la distribución y diversidad del virioplancton que codifica RNR en el océano global.
Comprender las implicaciones funcionales de los genes RNR virales en los ecosistemas marinos.

Principales métodos:

Análisis metagenómico de comunidades de virioplancton.
Análisis filogenético de genes RNR.
Correlación de la distribución de RNR con factores ambientales.

Principales resultados:

Los virioplancton que codifican RNR se distribuyen a nivel mundial, reflejando los patrones totales del virioplancton.
La RNR monomérica de Clase II (NrdJm) fue el tipo más común (∼66%), utilizando ribonucleótidos de trifosfato.
La distribución de la RNR de Clase I se correlacionó con la disponibilidad de cofactores de hierro y manganeso.
Se observó una alta diversidad de RNR virales, incluyendo clados filogenéticos novedosos.
Las poblaciones virales que codifican RNR (∼10% del total) mostraron fidelidad con las características biogeográficas oceánicas.

Conclusiones:

Las RNR virales son componentes significativos de los ecosistemas marinos, impactando los pools de dNTP.
La prevalencia de la enzima NrdJm sugiere un papel específico en las estrategias de replicación viral.
La diversidad de RNR virales resalta su adaptación evolutiva e importancia ecológica.

Palabras clave:

virus marinos ribonucleótido reductasa ciclo de nutrientes biogeoquímica oceánica ecología viral

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