Cloning and Bioinformatics Analysis of cobQ Gene from Vibrio alginolyticus Strain HY9901
刊名 Asian Agricultural Research
作者 Chao HUANG, Zhihang CHEN, Weijie ZHANG, Xiaoxin WEN, Jiajie MA, Peng ZHOU, Yingying JIANG, Huanying PANG
作者单位 Fisheries College,Guangdong Ocean University; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Disease Control and Healthy Culture &Key Laboratory of Control for Diseases of Aquatic Economic Animals of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes
DOI 10.19601/j.cnki.issn1943-9903.2025.04.005
年份 2025
刊期 4
页码 19-23
关键词 Vibrio alginolyticus, Gene cloning, cobQ gene, Bioinformatics analysis
摘要 [Objectives] To analyze the function of cobQ gene from Vibrio alginolyticus strain HY9901, and to provide a reference for exploring the possible mechanism of cobQ gene from V. alginolyticus. [Methods] A pair of primers were designed based on the sequence of the V. alginolyticus cobQ gene and used to amplify the full-length gene by PCR. [Results] The PCR amplification results indicated that the cobQ gene has a full length of 780 bp, encoding 259 amino acid residues. The deduced amino acid sequence predicts a molecular weight of approximately 28.83 kD and an isoelectric point of 9.21. Sequence analysis revealed no N-terminal signal peptide cleavage site, suggesting the absence of both a signal peptide and transmembrane regions in this protein. The amino acid sequence contains 2 N-terminal myristoylation sites, 1 N-glycosylation site, 1 glycosaminoglycan attachment site, 4 microbody C-terminal targeting signal sites, 3 casein kinase II phosphorylation sites, and 4 protein kinase C phosphorylation sites. Subcellular localization prediction showed that the CobQ protein is primarily localized in the cytoplasm (65.2% probability). Homology analysis demonstrated that the amino acid sequence of the cobQ gene from V. alginolyticus shares up to 99% homology with other Vibrio species, clustering within the same subclade as Vibrio parahaemolyticus, indicating close phylogenetic relationships. Secondary structure prediction revealed proportions of α-helices, random coils, and extended strands as 44.40%, 36.68%, and 18.92%, respectively. The tertiary structure model exhibited 87.62% similarity to the template A0A165XBE1.1. [Conclusions] In this study, the V. alginolyticus cobq gene was successfully cloned and its sequence was analyzed by bioinformatics. It is expected to lay a foundation for the subsequent study of the regulatory mechanism of its protein on the virulence of V. alginolyticus.