The invention discloses application of an MmpE
gene in regulating and controlling
virulence of
mycobacterium bovis, the
nucleotide sequence of the MmpE
gene is shown as SEQ ID NO.1, the
amino acid sequence of encoded
protein is shown as SEQ ID NO.2, the
protein encoded by the MmpE
gene is nuclear regulatory
protein and is positioned in a host
cell nucleus, and the MmpE gene can be used for regulating and controlling the
virulence of
mycobacterium bovis. The MmpE protein can inhibit the
inflammation level of a host and enhance the survival and
colonization functions of the
mycobacterium bovis in host cells after entering the
nucleus, the MmpE protein plays a nuclear localization function by depending on two nuclear localization
signal sequences (NLS), the two NLSs are respectively located at the 20th-22th site and the 460th-462th site of the
amino acid sequence shown as SEQ ID NO.2, and then the MmpE gene or the two NLSs thereof is modified, so that the activity of the MmpE protein in the host cells is improved, and the activity of the MmpE protein in the host cells is improved. And obtaining the
mycobacterium bovis attenuated strain. The invention finds an important target capable of inhibiting
mycobacterium bovis infection, and has important application value in preparation of novel
mycobacterium bovis vaccines and drugs.