›› 2015, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (1): 44-52.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2015.01.007

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Cloning, Prokaryotic Expression and Bioinformatic Analysis of Stomach Lysozyme 1 Gene from Tibetan Sheep

JIANG Wei-hua1,2, ZHU Lian-lian2,3, LIU Yi-li1,2, LIN Zhong-li1,2, JIANG Ming-feng1,2   

  1. 1. Research Institute of Qinghai-tibet Plateau, Chengdu 610041, China;
    2. Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics & Breeding, State Ethnic Affairs Commission and Ministry of Education, Chengdu 610041, China;
    3. College of Life Science and Technology, Southwest University for Nationalities, Chengdu 610041, China
  • Received:2014-07-09 Online:2015-01-20 Published:2015-02-06

Abstract: The experiment was aimed to study the expression of the Tibetan sheep lysozyme (LZM) 1 gene in rumen, omasum, abomasum, trachea, liver and kidney and the evolutionary relationship between LZM1 and other lysozymes, and its antibacterial activity.The LZM1 gene cDNA sequence was cloned by RT-PCR method, the expression of LZM1 gene was detected by qPCR.Amino acids sequence alignment was performed between LZM1 and cattle stomach lysozyme, Tibetan sheep stomach lysozyme 2, human stomach lysozyme, et al.And phylogenetic tree was constructed based on Neighbor-Joining, the cloned gene was inserted into pET-32a vector to construct a prokaryotic expression vector pET-32a-LZM1.Recombinant expression vector was transformed into E.coli BL21 (DE3) followed by IPTG (isopropyl-β-D-thiogalactoside) inducing.Heterologous expressed LZM1 was analyzed by SDS-PAGE.The bacteriolytic activity of recombinant protein was observed by turbidimetry and agarose plate diffusion experiment.The results showed that LZM1 gene was successfully cloned from rumen, omasum, abomasums, trachea, liver and spleen of Tibetan sheep.The LZM1 gene was expressed in rumen, omasum, abomasums, trachea, liver and spleen, and the mRNA level of LZM1 in abomasus was higher than in other tissues.The highest amino acids sequence similarity (96%) was observed between LZM1 and cattle stomach lysozyme (No:NM_001080339.1), the recombinant protein LZM1 was correctly expressed, with the molecular mass of 35 ku.The bacteriolytic activity of recombinant protein was 400 U/mL.The result of the agarose diffusion assay indicated that the recombinant protein possessed a certain antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus.

Key words: Tibetan sheep; lysozyme; clone; prokaryotic expression; sequence analysis

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