Construction by site-directed mutagenesis of a 39-kilodalton mosquitocidal protein similar to the larva-processed toxin of Bacillus sphaericus 2362.
AUTOR(ES)
Broadwell, A H
RESUMO
After ingestion of the parasporal crystals of Bacillus sphaericus, mosquito larvae process the 42-kilodalton (kDa) toxin to a protein of 39 kDa, which has an increased toxicity (A. H. Broadwell and P. Baumann, Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 53:1333-1337, 1987). A similar activation is performed by trypsin and chymotrypsin. Using site-directed mutagenesis, we have constructed derivatives of the 42-kDa toxin with a deletion of 10 amino acids at the N terminus and deletions of 7, 17, or 20 amino acids at the C terminus. Toxicity for mosquito larvae was retained upon deletion of 7 or 17 amino acids but was lost upon deletion of 20 amino acids. Evidence is presented indicating that the protein containing deletions of 10 amino acids at the N terminus and 17 amino acids at the C terminus (corresponding to potential chymotrypsin cleavage sites) is similar to the 39-kDa protein produced in mosquito larvae or by digestion with chymotrypsin. Digestion with trypsin appears to generate a protein lacking 16 or 19 amino acids from the N terminus and 7 amino acids from the C terminus. As is the case with the recombinant-made 42-kDa protein, toxicity of its derivatives is dependent on the presence of a 51-kDa protein which is a component of the parasporal crystal of B. sphaericus 2362.
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