ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2014, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (8): 1375-1380.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2014.08.025

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Structure Prediction and Localization of ORF125 from Orf Virus on Transfected Cells

KONG Han-jin1,2,ZHANG Ke-shan2*,LIU Yong-jie2,SHANG You-jun2,LIU Xiang-tao2,WU Bin1*   

  1. (1.State Key Laboratory of Agriculture Microbiology,College of Veterinary Medicine,Huazhong Agricultural University,Wuhan 430070,China;2.State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology,National Foot and-Mouth Disease Reference Laboratory,Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute,Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences,Lanzhou 730046,China)
  • Received:2013-12-19 Online:2014-08-23 Published:2014-08-23

Abstract:

The current study was undertaken to forecast the secondary structure and find out the localization of transfected cells of ORF125 from orf virus (ORFV).ORF125 gene was acquired by PCR and cloned into pEGFP-N1 eukaryotic expression vector directionally.The recombinant expression plasmid was identified by restriction enzyme digestion analysis,sequencing and named pEGFP-ORF125.Then the phylogenetic analysis of the gene was made by DNAStar and MEGA4.0.Also the secondary structure of ORF125 was predicted and compared with cellular Bcl-2 proteins by Expert Protein Analysis System (EXPASY).The recombinant plasmid was transfect into goat skin fibroblasts (GSFs),subcellular localization of ORF125 was examined with laser con-focal microscopy after DAPI staining.The results of sequencing alignment showed that the homology of China Luoyang 2013 shared 97.1%-98.1% with other ORFV isolates and 84.1%(GQ329669)and 85.6%(GQ329670)with another two Pseudocowpox isolates from different regions at nucleotides level respectively.The sequence identity of ORF125 and cellular Bcl-2 proteins is low,but the secondary and tertiary structures are conserved.Laser con-focal microscopy results showed that ORF125 distributed dispersively in the cytoplasm of GSFs.This study helped to further understanding the function of ORF125.Results verified the ORFV ORF125 gene is conserved and have similar function with Bcl-2 protein,in addition,the ORF125 gene could be expressed successfully in GSFs,and the ORF125 protein localizes in the cytoplasm.

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