Exploring the Hypothetical Proteins in Rizhophages and Their Role in Influencing Rhizobium Species in Soil

The Rhizophages are the viruses that infect the Rhizobium spp. present in soil and ischolar_main nodule of nitrogen fixing bacteria. The genome sequencing of some Rhizophages highlights the presence of various gene sequences for hypothetical proteins which are still unclassified. We analyzed complete genome of 3 Rhizophages for hypothetical proteins for our studies. This attempt is made to predict the structure and function of these hypothetical proteins by the application of computational methods. The probable function prediction of the hypothetical protein was done by using bioinformatics web tools like CDD-BLAST, INTERPROSCAN, PFAM and COGs by searching orthologous conserved domains in the hypothetical sequences. While tertiary structures were constructed using PS2 Server (Protein Structure Prediction server). The 105 uncharacterized proteins were functionally classified and structures were predicted for 39 hypothetical protein. This information of hypothetical proteins can be used for the understanding of structural, functional and evolutionary development of Rhizophages and Rhizobium spp.