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Published in final edited form as: Trends Biochem Sci. 2020 Sep 6;45(12):1022–1034. doi: 10.1016/j.tibs.2020.08.006

Table 2.

CircRNAs encoded by DNA Viruses and their Functions.

Virus CircRNA Sequencing method Function Ref
EBV circRPMS1 rRNA depletion RNA miRNA sponge for human and [86]
sequencing EBV-encoded miRNAs

circBART_1 RNase R-resistant Unknown [88]
circBART_2 RNA-seq
circBHLF1
circLMP2

circEBNA_W1_C1 RNase R-resistant Function as host miRNA sponge [89, 92]
circEBNA_W2_C2 RNA-seq regulating virus infection, cell cycle,
circEBNA_U and oncogenesis
circRPMS1 multiple variants
circLMP2 multiple variants
circBHLF1
circBGLF1_BHLF1
circBDLF1_BHLF1
circBXLF1_BHLF1
circBILF2_BHLF1
circBHRF1

KSHV circvIRF4 RNase R-resistant Incorporation into viral particles for [88, 94]
circPAN/K7.3 multiple RNA-seq preformed delivery, suggesting a
variants potential function in early infection

Kcirc3 (ORF4, ORF6) RNase R-resistant Located within ORFs of viral lytic [87]
Kcirc29 (K7, PAN) RNA-seq genes, upregulated upon induction
Kcirc38 (ORF21, ORF22) of the lytic cycle, and alter cell
Kcirc54 (ORF34) growth
Kcirc55 (ORF34, 35, 36)
Kcirc57 (ORF34, 35, 36, 37)
Kcirc97 (ORF60, 61, 62)

HPV circE7 Circular RNA circE7 can be translated through [30]
detection from NCBI cap-independent mechanisms,
and TCGA RNA-Seq which is essential for the
data transformed growth of CaSki
cervical carcinoma cells