| Primary Identifier | IPR043822 | Type | Repeat |
| Short Name | EsV_1_7_cys |
| description | The EsV-1-7 repeat is a cysteine-rich motif of unknown function. The motif was originally identified in the Ectocarpus "immediate upright"protein, which has an EsV-1-7 domain that contains five EsV-1-7 repeats []. The name is derived from the Ectocarpus virus EsV-1 protein EsV-1-7, which possesses six EsV-1-7 repeats. Ectocarpus has a large family of EsV-1-7 domain proteins with between one and 19 copies of the motif (C-X4-C-X16-C-X2-H-X12). In addition to brown algae, EsV-1-7 domain proteins have been found in eustigmatophytes, oomycetes, cryptophytes, two families of green algae (Coccomyxaceae and Selenastraceae) and also in viral genomes, such as Emiliania huxleyi virus PS401 and Pithovirus sibericum. Based on this unusual distribution, it has been proposed that EsV-1-7 domain genes have been exchanged between lineages by horizontal gene transfer during evolution [, ]. |
