FtsZ蛋白同源性分析在乳酸菌系统学研究中的应用

Partial sequence homology of FtsZ in phylogenetics analysis of lactic acid bacteria

FtsZ是一种广泛存在于细菌和古菌中的结构保守的蛋白质,在细胞分裂的过程中起关键的作用。通过PCR扩增FtsZ基因的一段800bp的核苷酸,构建了干酪乳杆菌-片球菌及相关乳酸菌的FtsZ蛋白系统发育树。将此系统树和16SrDNA系统树比较发现二者的拓扑结构非常相似。在两个基因系统树中,片球菌与乳杆菌的种均显示了较近的亲缘关系,而与其它球状的乳酸菌,如链球菌和肠球菌的亲缘关系较远。研究还表明FtsZ蛋白序列的分辨率高于16SrDNA,更适用于乳酸菌种间的系统分类研究。

FtsZ is a structurally conserved protein, which is universal among the prokaryotes. It plays a key role in prokaryote cell division. A partial fragment of the fisZ gene about 800bp in length was amplified and sequenced and a partial FtsZ protein phylogenetic tree for the lactic acid bacteria was constructed. By comparing the FtsZ phylogenetic tree with the 16S rDNA tree, it was shown that the two trees were similar in topology. Both trees revealed that Pediococcus spp. were closely related with L. casei group of Lactobacillus spp., but less related with other lactic acid cocci such as Enterococcus and Streptococcus. The results also showed that the discriminative power of FtsZ was higher than that of 16S rDNA for either inter-species or inter-genus and could be a very useful tool in species identification of lactic acid bacteria.