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. 2011 Mar;38(3):2167-78.
doi: 10.1007/s11033-010-0345-2. Epub 2010 Sep 21.

Molecular characterization and expression analysis of elongation factors 1A and 2 from the Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei

Lei Wang  1 , Yuan Liu, Wei-Na Wang, Wei-Jun Mai, Yu Xin, Jun Zhou, Wen-Yin He, An-Li Wang, Ru-Yong Sun
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Molecular characterization and expression analysis of elongation factors 1A and 2 from the Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei

Lei Wang et al. Mol Biol Rep. 2011 Mar.

Abstract

Elongation factors (EF) are abundant cell proteins that play important roles in the metabolism of all multicellular organisms. Here we describe a functional analysis of elongation factor 1-alpha (EF1A) and elongation factor 2 (EF2), from the Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei. Full-length cDNAs of genes corresponding to EF1A and EF2 were obtained that were 1547 and 2729 bp long, with open reading frames encoding 461 and 846 amino acids, respectively. The deduced amino acid sequences of L. vannamei EF1A and EF2 showed high similarity with those from mice, humans, chickens and other shrimps. RT-PCR analysis indicated that mRNA transcripts of EF1A and EF2 are strongly (but differentially) expressed in haemocytes and gill tissue, and at varying levels in other examined tissues, of the shrimps. Levels of both EF1A and EF2 transcripts increased when shrimps were challenged by pH and cadmium stress, but reached maximal levels after different exposure periods. These results indicate that EF1A and EF2 may play distinct, essential roles in the repair of cellular damage induced by pH and cadmium stress.

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