›› 2013, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (9): 46-51.

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Cloning and Prokaryotic Expression of Kidney Lysozyme Gene in Lezhi Black Goat

HU Yu-fei1,2, JIANG Ming-feng1,2, ZHANG Peng1,2, LUO Fan1,2, ZHU Lian-lian1,2, WANG Yong1   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province for Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Animal Genetic Resource Reservation and Exploitation, Chengdu 610041, China;
    2. College of Life Science and Technology, Southwest University for Nationalities, Chengdu 610041, China
  • Received:2013-02-18 Online:2013-09-20 Published:2013-09-18

Abstract: The kidney lysozyme (LZLyK) gene from Lezhi Black goat was cloned, expressed and its activity was detected in this experiment. With the comparative genomics, the LZLyK gene was cloned successfully obtaining a 444 bp long cDNA which coded 147 amino acids. The phylogenetic analysis showed that the LZLyK gene shared the highest homology up to 96.9% with the sheep's lysozyme NO.2(M32498.1) in amino acids. After being transformed into E.coli BL21 (DE3), the recombinant plasmids pET-LZLyK were expressed in a prokaryotic expression system. The SDS-PAGE analysis revealed that the LZLyK protein had molecular mass of 16 and 30 ku respectively, which were consistent with the prediction. The activity of the protein mentioned above was determined by the way of nephelometry, and consequently it turned out to be 15 U/mL which indicated that the protein of LZLyK possessed a certain antibacterial activity. It was found that the content of lysozyme was more in stomach than other tissues through RF-PCR.

Key words: Lezhi Black goat; lysozyme gene; clone; prokaryotic expression

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