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Chinese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Pediatrics(Electronic Edition) ›› 2017, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (06): 658 -662. doi: 10.3877/cma.j.issn.1673-5250.2017.06.007

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Original Article

Bioinformatics characteristics of B cell epitopes of UL140 gene of human cytomegalovirus clinical low-passage virus strain D2

Haihao Su1, Bo Wang1,(), Mengjie Guo1, Qiqi Tan1, Jingjing Hu1, Yuanbin Wu1, Cuifang Yan2   

  1. 1. Department of Pediatric Respiration, Guangdong Provincial Maternal and Child Health Institute, Guangzhou 511442, Guangdong Province, China
    2. Department of Neuro-rehabilitation, Guangzhou Women and Children′s Medical Center, Guangzhou 510180, Guangdong Province, China
  • Received:2017-07-25 Revised:2017-11-05 Published:2017-12-01
  • Corresponding author: Bo Wang
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Objective

To investigate the bioinformatics characteristics of B cell epitopes of UL140 gene of human cytomegalovirus(HCMV) clinical low-passage virus strain D2 (to call for short as HCMV D2) isolated from infected neonates in Guangdong Provincial Maternal and Child Health Institute.

Methods

The HCMV D2 isolated from 10 fresh urine samples of 10 neonates with HCMV positive from Neonatology department in Guangdong Provincial Maternal and Child Health Institute were selected as research materials. Applied bioinformatics methods, including analyzed the gene transmembrane structure by Hidden Markov Model (TMHMM); predicted gene hydrophilicity, surface accessibility, polarity, flexibility and antigenicity of UL140 gene through ExPASy online sequence analysis platform; the Garnier-Osguthorpe-Robson (GOR), hierarchical neutral network (HNN) and sawmill owners and plywood manufacturers association (SOPMA) were used to predict the secondary structure of UL140 gene. Aggregate analyzed the results above, and calculated the antigen index (AI) of the amino acid residues translated by UL140 gene, then summarized bioinformatics of B cell epitopes of UL140 gene.

Results

HCMV D2 UL140 gene contains 191 amino acid residues, the relative molecular mass was 21.5×103 and the isoelectric point was 5.12. The bioinformatics characteristics of B cell epitopes of UL140 gene were as follows. ①TMHMM predicted UL140 gene has a transmembrane protein amino acid sequence, and the 26-48 amino acid residues was a transmembrane region, 1-25 amino acid residues was extracellular region. ②ExPASy online sequence analysis platform for paramete prediction of UL140 gene showed that the hydrophilicity was located at 14-22, 66-72, 76-95, 113-125, 136-148, 155-160, 167-176 amino acid regions; the surface accessibility was located at 5-22, 50-60, 64-96, 132-160, 167-187 amino acid regions; the polarity was located at 5-22, 45-98, 103-128, 132-187 amino acid regions; the flexibility was located at 16-26, 75-100, 104-113, 136-160 amino acid regions; the antigenicity was located at 9-18, 53-58, 82-88, 115-124, 136-146, 164-187 amino acid regions. ③The secondary structure prediction of UL140 gene showed that the random coil and β-turn were mainly located at 1-8, 13-25, 79-95, 103-113, 153-159 amino acid regions. ④According to calculation of amino acid residues AI, regions of 5-10, 14-22 amino acid were much more higher.

Conclusions

The B cell epitopes of HCMV D2 UL140 gene may located at 5-10 and 14-22 amino acid regions or nearby.

图1 HCMV D2 UL140基因跨膜结构的TMHMM预测结果照片图
图2 ExPASy在线序列分析平台对HCMV D2 UL140基因B细胞表位相关特征区域的预测结果照片图(图2A~2E分别为UL140基因氨基酸残基亲水性、表面可及性、极性、柔韧性及抗原性区域的预测结果)
图3 3种方案对HCMV D2 UL140基因二级结构预测结果
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