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Using a database of 67,715 newly predicted protein structures from 4,463 eukaryotic viral species, we found that 62% of viral proteins are evolutionarily young and lack homologs in the Alphafold database\n                  <jats:sup>2,3<\/jats:sup>\n                  . Among the 38% of more ancient viral proteins, many have non-viral structural homologs that revealed surprising similarities between human pathogens and their eukaryotic hosts. Structural comparisons suggested putative functions for &gt;25% of unannotated viral proteins, including those with roles in the evasion of innate immunity. In particular, RNA ligase T- (ligT) like phosphodiesterases were found to resemble phage-encoded proteins that hydrolyze the host immune-activating cyclic dinucleotides 3\u20193\u2019 and 2\u20193\u2019 cyclic G-A monophosphate (cGAMP). 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