[Bioinformatic analysis of Vibrio parahaemolyticus thermolabile hemolysin gene]

Abstract

Objective: To carry out bioinformatic analysis of Vibrio parahaemolyticus thermolabile hemolysin gene (tlh) obtained by PCR amplification.

Methods: The tlh gene amplified by PCR was cloned into the vector pET32a(+) and sequenced, followed by analysis of the biological information by with presenting the sequences to the websites of bioinformatics on the Internet.

Results and conclusions: The sequenced tlh gene (named tlh14-90) was entered into GenBank with the accession number of AY289609. Tlh14-90 has a length of 1 257 bp with both start and stop codons, having 99% homology with the tlh gene of WP1. Tlh14-90 is predicted to encode a protein containing 418 amino acids (named TLH14-90, with the molecular formula of C(2131)H(3184)N(548)O(649)S(16), molecular weight of 47 392.9, and the theoretical PI of 4.92). This protein consists of 4 Cys and the contents of Ala, Leu and Asn are 11.0%, 7.4% and 7.2%, respectively, having a hydrophobic parameter of -34 calculated using kappa-D method. Predicted as a alpha/protein for its secondary structure, TLH14-90 has not been identified for its tertiary structure.