Cloning and heterologous expression of an insecticidal delta-endotoxin gene from Bacillus thuringiensis var. aizawai ICI toxic to both lepidoptera and diptera
Cloning and heterologous expression of an insecticidal delta-endotoxin gene from Bacillus thuringiensis var. aizawai ICI toxic to both lepidoptera and diptera
Bacillus thuringiensis var. aizawai ICI synthesises an insecticidal protein δ-endotoxin (130-135 kDa) that is toxic to both lepidopteran and dipteran larvae, and cross-reacts immunologically with certain monospecific lepidopteran toxins. A 166-kb plasmid from this bacterium was found to hybridise with an intragenic probe derived from the cloned B. thuringiensis var. sotto lepidopteran-specific δ-endotoxin gene. A strongly hybridising 5.2-kb Sst I fragment from var. aizawai plasmid DNA was cloned in pUC18. After subcloning of this DNA in Escherichia coli, recombinants were obtained that synthesised large amounts of a 130-135-kDa protein. The protein was deposited in the cytoplasm as microscopically visible inclusion bodies and lysates of these cells were found to be toxic to both lepidopteran and dipteran larvae by comparison with controls. The structural basis for the dual specificity of this var. aizawai toxin is now amenable to further study.
Escherichia coli, gene probe, P1 toxins, plasmid vector, Recombinant DNA
285-290
Haider, M. Z.
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Ward, E. S.
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Ellar, D. J.
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1987
Haider, M. Z.
9b563a47-c78b-4a8a-b987-e0dc14a19c80
Ward, E. S.
b31c0877-8abe-485f-b800-244a9d3cd6cc
Ellar, D. J.
afb465a4-5ccc-4ac8-8dc1-38789156951d
Haider, M. Z., Ward, E. S. and Ellar, D. J.
(1987)
Cloning and heterologous expression of an insecticidal delta-endotoxin gene from Bacillus thuringiensis var. aizawai ICI toxic to both lepidoptera and diptera.
Gene, 52 (2-3), .
(doi:10.1016/0378-1119(87)90055-2).
Abstract
Bacillus thuringiensis var. aizawai ICI synthesises an insecticidal protein δ-endotoxin (130-135 kDa) that is toxic to both lepidopteran and dipteran larvae, and cross-reacts immunologically with certain monospecific lepidopteran toxins. A 166-kb plasmid from this bacterium was found to hybridise with an intragenic probe derived from the cloned B. thuringiensis var. sotto lepidopteran-specific δ-endotoxin gene. A strongly hybridising 5.2-kb Sst I fragment from var. aizawai plasmid DNA was cloned in pUC18. After subcloning of this DNA in Escherichia coli, recombinants were obtained that synthesised large amounts of a 130-135-kDa protein. The protein was deposited in the cytoplasm as microscopically visible inclusion bodies and lysates of these cells were found to be toxic to both lepidopteran and dipteran larvae by comparison with controls. The structural basis for the dual specificity of this var. aizawai toxin is now amenable to further study.
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Accepted/In Press date: 19 December 1986
Published date: 1987
Keywords:
Escherichia coli, gene probe, P1 toxins, plasmid vector, Recombinant DNA
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/425248
ISSN: 0378-1119
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M. Z. Haider
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D. J. Ellar
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