Functional Complementation of Nontoxic Mutant Binary Toxins of Bacillus sphaericus 1593M Generated by Site-Directed Mutagenesis
AUTOR(ES)
Shanmugavelu, M.
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
Alanine residues were substituted by site-directed mutagenesis at selected sites of the N- and C-terminal regions of the binary toxin (51- and 42-kDa peptides) of B. sphaericus 1593M, and the mutant toxins were cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. Bioassays with mosquito larvae, using binary toxins derived from individual mutants, showed that the substitution of alanine at some sites in both the 51-kDa and the 42-kDa peptides resulted in a total loss of activity. Surprisingly, after mixing two nontoxic derivatives of the same peptide, i.e., one mutated at the N-terminal end and the other mutated at the C-terminal end of either the 51-kDa or the 42-kDa peptide, the toxicity was restored. This result indicates that the altered binary toxins can functionally complement each other by forming oligomers.
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