Bioinformatic identification and analysis of Schistosoma japonicum adenine phosphoribosyltransferase / 南方医科大学学报

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To identify adenine phosphoribosyltransferases in Schistosoma japonicum and analyze their structural features.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Based on the accessible transcriptome and proteomic data, the S. japonicum adenine phosphoribosyl transferases were identified using bioinformatics approaches including bi-directional homology comparison, domain search and phylogenetic analysis. Homology modeling was also performed to describe the structural features of the proteins.</p><p><b>RESULTS AND CONCLUSION</b>Two homologue sequences of adenine phosphoribosyltransferase were obtained from S. japonicum, and the EST abundance, physico-chemical properties and three-dimensional structures of them were also acquired.</p>