The 42- and 51-kilodalton mosquitocidal proteins of Bacillus sphaericus 2362: construction of recombinants with enhanced expression and in vivo studies of processing and toxicity.
AUTOR(ES)
Broadwell, A H
RESUMO
After site-directed mutagenesis, the genes coding for the 42- and 51-kilodalton (kDa) mosquitocidal proteins of Bacillus sphaericus 2362 were placed under the regulation of the aprE (subtilisin) promoter of the Bacillus subtilis vector pUE (a derivative of pUB18). The levels of expression of the gene products in B. subtilis DB104 and B. sphaericus 718 were assessed by bioassays with larvae of Culex pipiens and by Western immunoblots. The results indicated that a higher amount of protein was produced in B. subtilis DB104. Electron microscopic examination of B. subtilis DB104 and B. sphaericus 718 containing the 42- and 51-kDa proteins indicated that amorphous inclusions accumulated in the former species and that crystals identical in appearance to that found in B. sphaericus 2362 were produced in the latter. Strains producing only the 42- or the 51-kDa protein were not toxic to larvae of C. pipiens. A mixture of both strains, a single strain producing both proteins, or a fusion of the 51- and the 42-kDa proteins was toxic. The amount of B. subtilis DB104 containing the 42- and the 51-kDa proteins necessary to kill 50% of the larvae of C. pipiens was 5.6 ng (dry weight) of cells per ml. This value was significantly lower than that for B. sphaericus 2362 (14 ng [dry weight] per ml). Larvae consuming purified amorphous inclusions containing the 42-kDa protein degraded this protein this protein to primarily 39- and 24-kDa peptides, whereas inclusions with the 51-kDa protein were primarily degraded to a protein of 44 kDa. Past studies involving purified proteins from B. sphaericus 2362 indicate an associate of toxicity with the 39-kDa peptide. The results presented here suggest that the 44-kDa degradation product of the 51-kDa protein may also be required for toxicity.
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