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Increased toxicity of modified mosquitocidal binary toxins of Bacillus sphaericus expressed in Escherichia coli

Increased toxicity of modified mosquitocidal binary toxins of Bacillus sphaericus expressed in... The binary mosquitocidal genes of 51-kDa and 42-kDa proteins isolated from Bacillus sphaericus 1593 have been expressed at moderate levels in Escherichia coli employing the pQE expression system. The expressed proteins are readily visible in Coomassie-blue-stained protein gels. The recombinant E. coli cells expressing toxic proteins were toxic towards Culex larvae. During the assembly of crystals in B. sphaericus, the 42-kDa toxin is first cleaved at the N-terminal end by a specific B. sphaericus protease. To express the toxins in E. coli the B.sphaericus specific protease-recognition site was deleted at the N-terminal end of the 42-kDa toxin, thereby mimicking the structure of the toxin as present in the crystal. This modification resulted in a twofold increase in the toxicity of the E. coli cells expressing the modified 42-kDa toxin as a constituent of the binary toxin. Our results demonstrate the utility of this modification for heterologous expression of the binary toxin genes from B. sphaericus. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Springer Journals

Increased toxicity of modified mosquitocidal binary toxins of Bacillus sphaericus expressed in Escherichia coli

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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 1998 by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Subject
Life Sciences; Microbiology; Microbial Genetics and Genomics; Biotechnology
ISSN
0175-7598
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1432-0614
DOI
10.1007/s002530051153
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Abstract

The binary mosquitocidal genes of 51-kDa and 42-kDa proteins isolated from Bacillus sphaericus 1593 have been expressed at moderate levels in Escherichia coli employing the pQE expression system. The expressed proteins are readily visible in Coomassie-blue-stained protein gels. The recombinant E. coli cells expressing toxic proteins were toxic towards Culex larvae. During the assembly of crystals in B. sphaericus, the 42-kDa toxin is first cleaved at the N-terminal end by a specific B. sphaericus protease. To express the toxins in E. coli the B.sphaericus specific protease-recognition site was deleted at the N-terminal end of the 42-kDa toxin, thereby mimicking the structure of the toxin as present in the crystal. This modification resulted in a twofold increase in the toxicity of the E. coli cells expressing the modified 42-kDa toxin as a constituent of the binary toxin. Our results demonstrate the utility of this modification for heterologous expression of the binary toxin genes from B. sphaericus.

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Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology – Springer Journals

Published: Feb 26, 1998

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