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'{{taxobox | virus_group = i | familia = ''[[Mimiviridae]]'' | genus = '''''Tupanvirus''''' | species = }} {{Distinguish|Tupavirus}} '''Tupanvirus''' is the name of two [[Giant virus|giant viruses]], Tupanvirus deep ocean and Tupanvirus soda lake. They are named after [[Tupã (mythology)|Tupã]] (Tupan), a [[Guaraní people|Guaraní]] thunder god, and the places they were found. Unique to these viruses is they can incorporate (or [[Translation (biology)|translate]]) all 20 standard amino acids.<ref name='Sci mag'>{{cite web|url=https://www.sciencenews.org/article/these-giant-viruses-have-more-protein-making-gear-any-known-virus?tgt=nr|title=These giant viruses have more protein-making gear than any known virus|first=Dan|last=Garisto|date=27 February 2018|publisher=}}</ref><ref name='Nature Comm'>{{cite journal| url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-03168-1|title=Tailed giant Tupanvirus possesses the most complete translational apparatus of the known virosphere| first1=Jônatas| last1=Abrahão|first2=Lorena|last2=Silva|first3=Ludmila Santos|last3=Silva|first4=Jacques Yaacoub Bou| last4=Khalil| first5=Rodrigo| last5=Rodrigues|first6=Thalita|last6=Arantes|first7=Felipe|last7=Assis|first8=Paulo|last8=Boratto|first9=Miguel|last9=Andrade|first10=Erna Geessien|last10=Kroon|first11=Bergmann|last11=Ribeiro|first12=Ivan|last12=Bergier|first13=Herve|last13=Seligmann|first14=Eric|last14=Ghigo|first15=Philippe|last15=Colson|first16=Anthony|last16=Levasseur|first17=Guido|last17=Kroemer|first18=Didier|last18=Raoult|first19=Bernard La|last19=Scola|date=27 February 2018|publisher=| journal=Nature Communications| volume=9|issue=1|doi=10.1038/s41467-018-03168-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal| url=http://science.sciencemag.org/content/356/6333/82|title=Giant viruses with an expanded complement of translation system components| first1=Frederik|last1=Schulz|first2=Natalya|last2=Yutin|first3=Natalia N.|last3=Ivanova|first4=Davi R.|last4=Ortega|first5=Tae Kwon|last5=Lee|first6=Julia|last6=Vierheilig|first7=Holger|last7=Daims|first8=Matthias|last8=Horn|first9=Michael|last9=Wagner|first10=Grant J.|last10=Jensen|first11=Nikos C.|last11=Kyrpides|first12=Eugene V.|last12=Koonin|first13=Tanja|last13=Woyke| date=7 April 2017| publisher=| journal=Science| volume=356|issue=6333|pages=82–85| via=science.sciencemag.org| doi=10.1126/science.aal4657|pmid=28386012}}</ref> Tupanvirus measure up to 1.2 μm in complete virion length, with a [[capsid]] similar to that of amoebal mimiviruses in size (~450 nm) and structure. However, the Tupanvirus virion presents a large cylindrical tail (~550 nm × 450 nm diameter) attached to the base of the capsid.<ref name='Nature Comm'/> Some particles can reach up to 2.3 μm because of the variation in tail size. The genome contains roughly 1.5 million [[base pair]]s of double-stranded [[DNA]],<ref name='Sci mag'/> coding for 1276–1425 predicted proteins. Many genes that encode for processes found in cellular organisms are found in Tupanvirus genome. <ref name='Nature Comm'/> They are able to infect [[protist]]s and [[amoeba]]s, but pose no threat to humans.<ref name='Sci mag'/> As a giant virus, Tupanvirus present the largest translational apparatus within the known virosphere. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Portal|Viruses}} {{Baltimore classification}} [[Category:Nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses]] {{virus-stub}}'