TABLE 3.

Additional putative functions of 12 of the WSSV structural proteins

Protein	WSSV ORF	Domain and signature scan result
		Entry name	Database/accession no.	Inferred function
VP664	WSSV419	Krr1 family	InterPro/IPR007851	40S ribosome biogenesis
VP180a	WSSV052	S-Adenosylmethionine synthetase, C-terminal domain	Pfam/PF02773	ATP binding
VP136A	WSSV326	3-Octaprenyl-4-hydroxybenzoate carboxy-lyase	InterPro/IPR002830	Ubiquinone biosynthesis
VP73b	WSSV275	Long hematopoietin receptor, gp130 family 2	InterPro/IPR003529	Signaling
VP60B	WSSV474	Adenoviral fiber protein (knob domain)	InterPro/IPR000978	Virus-specific attachment
VP53B	WSSV171	Ligand-gated ion channel	InterPro/IPR001320	Glutamate-gated ion channel activity
VP51A	WSSV294	Eggshell protein	InterPro/IPR002952	Structural component
VP38B	WSSV449	Restriction endonuclease FokI, recognition domain	InterPro/IPR004234	DNA binding
VP36B	WSSV309	Photosystem II reaction center protein psbp	InterPro/IPR002683	Photoactivation
VP35	WSSV019	Calx-beta domain	InterPro/IPR003644	Domain found in Na/Ca exchangers
VP22	WSSV359	Transcription factor TFIID	InterPro/IPR000814	Transcription
VP13A	WSSV339	Photosystem II reaction center M protein (PsbM)	InterPro/IPR007826	Photoactivation

^aVP180 is also a putative collagen-like protein (20).

^bVP73 was also previously identified by Huang et al. (14) as a putative class I cytokine receptor.