Proteomics analysis of the chaperonin from intracellular bacterial symbiont

深海蛤蚌细胞内的硫氧化共生细菌存在于鳃上皮细胞内，其基因组通过与宿主的细胞内关联而减少。突变有可能在基因中积累。在本研究中，我们检测了包括伴侣蛋白在内的分子伴侣基因在okutanii共生体中的表达，以及伴侣蛋白是否具有突变缓冲作用。

Intracellular sulfur-oxidizing symbiotic bacteria in deep-sea Calyptogena clams are harbored within their gill epithelial cells, and its genomes have been reduced through intracellular association with the hosts. It is possible that the mutations accumulate in the genes. In this study, we examined the expression of molecular chaperone genes including the chaperonin in the symbiont of C. okutanii, and whether the chaperonin functions as buffer of mutation.