Preparation of a new monoclonal antibody against nucleocapsid protein of swine acute diarrhea syndrome coronavirus and identification of its linear antigenic epitope.
International journal of biological macromolecules(2023)
Abstract
Swine acute diarrhea syndrome coronavirus (SADS-CoV), which causes severe diarrhea in newborn piglets, was first identified in Southern China in 2017. Since the Nucleocapsid (N) protein in SADS-CoV is highly conserved and plays a key role in virus replication, it is often used as a target protein in scientific research. In this study, the N protein of SADS-CoV was successfully expressed, and a new monoclonal antibody (mAb), 5G12, against the protein was generated successfully. The mAb 5G12 can be used to detect SADS-CoV strains by indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) and western blotting. The mAb 5G12 epitope was located to amino acids 11 EQAESRGRK 19 by evaluating the antibody for reactivity with a series of truncated N protein segments. The biological information analysis showed that the antigenic epitope had a high antigenic index and conservation. This study will help further understand the protein structure and function of SADS-CoV and in the establishment of specific SADS-CoV detection methods.
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Key words
Antigenic epitope,Monoclonal antibody,Swine acute diarrhea syndrome coronavirus (SADS-CoV)
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