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http://hdl.handle.net/1843/42376| Type: | Artigo de Periódico |
| Title: | Leader gene of corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis may be useful in vaccines against caseous lymphadenitis of goats: a bioinformatics approach |
| Authors: | Eliane Macedosobrinho Santos Anna Christina de Almeida Hércules Otacílio Santos Alexsander Rodrigues Cangussu Deborah Aires Almeida Kattyanne Souza Costa |
| Abstract: | We conducted an in silico analysis to search for important genes in the pathogenesis of Caseous Lymphadenitis (CL), with prospects for use in formulating effective vaccines against this disease. For this, we performed a survey of proteins expressed by Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis, using protein sequences collected from the NCBI GenPept database and the keywords “caseous lymphadenitis” and “Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis” and “goats”. A network was developed using the STRING 10 database, with a confidence score of 0.900. For every gene interaction identified, we summed the interaction score of each gene, generating a combined association score to obtain a single score named weighted number of links (WNL). Genes with the highest WNL were named “leader genes”. Ontological analysis was extracted from the STRING database through Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) database. A search in the GenPept database revealed 2,124 proteins. By using and plotting with STRING 10, we then developed an in silico network model comprised of 1,243 genes/proteins interconnecting through 3,330 interactions. The highest WNL values were identified in the rplB gene, which was named the leader gene. Our ontological analysis shows that this protein acts effectively mainly on Metabolic pathways and Biosynthesis of secondary metabolites. In conclusion, the in silico analyses showed that rplB has good potential for vaccine development. However, functional assays are needed to make sure that this protein can potentially induce both humoral and cellular immune responses against C. pseudotuberculosis in goats. |
| Subject: | Bacterias gram-positivas Ontologias (Recuperação da informação) Simulação (Computadores) Linfadenite caseosa em caprino |
| language: | eng |
| metadata.dc.publisher.country: | Brasil |
| Publisher: | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais |
| Publisher Initials: | UFMG |
| metadata.dc.publisher.department: | ICA - INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS AGRÁRIAS |
| Rights: | Acesso Aberto |
| metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | http://doi.org/10.1292/jvms.16-0581 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1843/42376 |
| Issue Date: | 2018 |
| metadata.dc.url.externa: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29937460/ |
| metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Journal of Veterinary Medical Science |
| Appears in Collections: | Artigo de Periódico |
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