›› 2018, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (6): 1645-1652.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2018.06.028

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Cloning, Prediction of Epitopes and Bioinformatic Analysis of GP Gene in Parabronema skrjabini

ZHAO Xueliang1, WANG Mengya2, SUN Ke1, FENG Chenchen1, WANG Wenlong1   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment Technology in Animal Disease, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Veterinary Medicine, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010018, China;
    2. College of Animal Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010018, China
  • Received:2017-12-29 Online:2018-06-20 Published:2018-06-15

Abstract:

This study was aimed to clone and carry out bioinformatics analysis on the sequence of glycoprotein (GP) gene of Parabronema skrjabini.RNA was extracted from Parabronema skrjabini and cDNA was obtained by reverse transcription.A pair of specific primers was designed to amplify the coding region of GP gene.The target gene was linked into cloning vector pMD19-T to be sequenced.The antigen epitopes,physical and chemical properties,signal peptide and transmembrane domain of GP gene encoding protein were predicted according to the bioinformatics analysis.The bioinformatic analysis results showed that GP gene contained a 1 149 bp open reading fram (ORF),which encoding a hydrophobic protein 382 amino acids with a predicted theoretical molecular weight of 40.15 ku and the isoelectric point (pI) of 4.37.Amino acid sequence analysis showed that the GP protein was hydrophobin and unstable whose formula was C1760H2878N458O590S1760,the grand average of hydropathicity (GRAVY) was 0.032,and the coefficient of instability was 42.43.The protein was absence of signal peptide cleavage sites and the phosporylation site located in serine,threonine and tyrsine residue.The secondary structure of GP was mainly composed of alpha-helix and random curl,consistent with the results of tertiary structure prediction.Antigen epitopes prediction showed that GP protein might have six B-cell epitopes and eight T-cell epitopes.The GP antigen had promise as a candidate for immune diagnostics and a vaccine against Parabronema skrjabini.The GP gene of Parabronema skrjabini was cloned successfully and the structure and antigen epitopes of its coding protein were predicted by bioinformation software.This research would provide the theoretical basis for establishment of iELISA diagnostic method and development of DNA vaccine.

Key words: Parabronema skrjabini; GP gene; antigen epitopes; bioinformatics

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