RESEARCH ARTICLE

Bioinformatic analysis of embryo development related small heat shock protein Hsp26 in Artemia species

  • Jiaqing WANG 1 ,
  • Lin HOU , 2 ,
  • Zhenfeng HE 3 ,
  • Daizong Li 4 ,
  • Lijuan JIANG 2
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  • 1. Science and Technology College, Shenyang Agricultural University, Fushun 113122, China
  • 2. College of Life Sciences, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China
  • 3. State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
  • 4. College of Ocean, Agriculture University of Hebei, Qinhuangdao 066003, China

Received date: 11 Oct 2011

Accepted date: 27 Oct 2011

Published date: 01 Aug 2012

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2014 Higher Education Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

Abstract

Artemia embryos can endure extreme temperature, long-term anoxia, desiccation and other wide variety of stressful conditions. How the embryos survive these stresses is a very interesting and unsolved subject. To solve this question we analyzed the nucleotide and deduced protein sequence for Hsp26, a molecular chaperone specific to Artemia embryo development. cDNAs of Hsp26 were sequenced from eight Artemia species and deduced Hsp26 amino acid sequences were analyzed. Computer-assisted analysis indicated that the 5′-untranslated region and all the 3 introns contain many putative cis-acting elements for Hsp26 gene expression during development, including heat shock elements (HSEs), Dfd, dl, CF2-II, Hb and AP-1 binding sites. Secondary structure of the Hsp26 3′-untranslated terminator contains the basic structure basis for transcriptional termination. Hsp26 shares sequence similarity with sHSPs (small heat shock protein) from other organisms. The physico-chemical properties of the deduced protein, such as theoretical molecular weight, protein extinction coefficient, isoelectric point and antigenic sites were also obtained. One seven-peptide nuclear localization signals (NLS) “PFRRRMM” was found, which suggested that the Hsp26 protein was hypothesized to be located inside the nucleus. The numbers of phosphorylation sites of serine, threonine and tyrosine and kinase specific phosphorylation sites are also located in Hsp26 protein sequence. These studies will help us achieve a better understanding of Hsp26 and broad implications for sHSPs function in crustacean embryo development.

Cite this article

Jiaqing WANG , Lin HOU , Zhenfeng HE , Daizong Li , Lijuan JIANG . Bioinformatic analysis of embryo development related small heat shock protein Hsp26 in Artemia species[J]. Frontiers in Biology, 2012 , 7(4) : 350 -358 . DOI: 10.1007/s11515-012-1190-6

Acknowledgments

The authors thank the Prof. George Donnald Keneth for the critical reading of this manuscript. This research was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) project (No. 30271035, 31071876).
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