Molecular Characterization and Expression Analysis of Chitinase (Fcchi-3) from Chinese Shrimp, Fenneropenaeus Chinensis

Overview

Journal Mol Biol Rep

Specialty Molecular Biology

Date 2009 Jul 31

PMID 19642017

Citations 8

Authors

Jiquan Zhang

Yuying Sun

Fuhua Li

Bingxin Huang

Jianhai Xiang

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Abstract

Complementary DNA (cDNA) and genomic DNA, including flanking regions of the chitinase gene (Fcchi-3) of Fenneropenaeus chinensis, were cloned and sequenced. Fcchi-3 was found to have 92.0 and 91.4% identity at the cDNA level to that of Litopenaeus vannamei and Marsupenaeus japonicus, respectively. The predicted amino acid sequence had an overall similarity with a comparable region of L. vannamei (96.8%) and M. japonicus (93.4%). Based on the cDNA sequence, the genomic structure of the gene was characterized. Sequence analysis revealed that the Fcchi-3 gene was composed of seven exons with 411, 252, 186, 132, 171, 117 and 135 bp and six introns with 232, 196, 121, 90, 159 and 157 bp. Analysis by RT-PCR revealed that Fcchi-3 was a hepatopancreas specific gene. Semi-quantitative RT-PCR analysis revealed that Fcchi-3 transcript was down-regulated significantly in response to the challenge of WSSV at 5 h post-injection and then came back to normal level at 37 h. A fusion protein containing Fcchi-3 was produced and the purified recombinant protein exhibited similar biological function. The result of identification through LC-ESI-MS showed that three peptide fragments (-MAADPVLR-, -ATIDPAYNVPELSK- and -AILAVGGWNEGSPK-) of the recombinant protein were identical to the corresponding sequence of L. vannamei chitinase-3. The recombinant Fcchi-3 could degrade the colloid chitin confirming that the recombinant protein is actually the chitinase.

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