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ArticlePloS one2017

Molecular cloning, bioinformatics analysis, and expression of small heat shock protein beta-1 from Camelus dromedarius, Arabian camel.

Manee M Manee, Sultan N Alharbi, Abdulmalek T Algarni, Waleed M Alghamdi, Musaad A Altammami, Mohammad N Alkhrayef, Basel M Alnafjan

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Article in PloS one, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Manee M ManeeNational Center for Genomic Technology, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Sultan N AlharbiCenter of Excellence for Genomics (CEG), King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-5232-3165
Abdulmalek T AlgarniNational Center for Genomic Technology, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Waleed M AlghamdiInstitute of Innovation and Industrial Development, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Musaad A AltammamiNational Center for Biotechnology, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammad N AlkhrayefNational Center for Stem Cell Technology, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Basel M AlnafjanNational Center for Stem Cell Technology, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology · SA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Small heat shock protein beta-1 (HSPB-1) plays an essential role in the protection of cells against environmental stress.Elucidation of its molecular, structural, and biological characteristics in a naturally wild-type model is essential. Although the sequence information of the HSPB-1 gene is available for many mammalian species, the HSPB-1 gene of Arabian camel (Arabian camel HSPB-1) has not yet been structurally characterized. We cloned and functionally characterized a full-length of Arabian camel HSPB-1 cDNA. It is 791 bp long, with a 5'-untranslated region (UTR) of 34 bp, a 3'-UTR of 151 bp with a poly(A) tail, and an open reading frame (ORF) of 606 bp encoding a protein of 201 amino acids (accession number: MF278354). The tissue-specific expression analysis of Arabian camel HSPB-1 mRNA was examined using quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR); which suggested that Arabian camel HSPB-1 mRNA was constitutionally expressed in all examined tissues of Arabian camel, with the predominately level in the esophagus tissue. Peptide mass fingerprint-mass spectrometry (PMF-MS) analysis of the purified Arabian camel HSPB-1 protein confirmed the identity of this protein. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the HSPB-1 protein of Arabian camel is grouped together with those of Bactrian camel and Alpaca. Comparing the modelled 3D structure of Arabian camel HSPB-1 protein with the available protein 3D structure of HSPB-1 from human confirmed the presence of α-crystallin domain, and high similarities were noted between the two structures by using super secondary structure prediction.

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Computational Biology5' Untranslated RegionsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsCamelusChromatography, LiquidCloning, MolecularDNA, ComplementaryGene ExpressionHeat-Shock ProteinsModels, MolecularPhylogenyProtein Structure, SecondaryReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, MessengerSequence Homology, Amino Acid5' Untranslated RegionsDNA, ComplementaryHeat-Shock ProteinsRNA, Messenger

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PMID29287083
PMCPMC5747437
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