Key residues of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry2Ab for oligomerization and pore-formation activity

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As a pore-forming toxin, activation, oligomerization and pore-formation were both required for the mode of action of Cry toxins. Previous results revealed that the helices α4-α5 of Domain I were involved in the oligomerization of Cry2Ab, however, the key residues for Cry2Ab aggregation remained ambiguous. In present studies, we built 20 Cry2Ab alanine mutants site-directed in the helices α4-α5 of Domain I and demonstrated that mutants N151A, T152A, F157A, L183A, L185A and I188A could reduce the assembly of the 250 kDa oligomers, suggesting that these mutation residues might be essential for Cry2Ab oligomerization. As expected, all of these variants showed lower insecticidal activity against P. xylostella. Furthermore, we found that the pore-forming activities of these mutants also decreased when compared to wild-type Cry2Ab. Taken together, our data identified key residues for Cry2Ab oligomerization and emphasized that oligomerization was closely related to the insecticidal activity and pore-forming activity of Cry2Ab.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

AMB Express - 11(2021), 1 vom: 31. Juli, Seite 112

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Pan, Zhi-Zhen [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Lian [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Bo [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Qing-Xi [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Yu-Jing [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cry2Ab
Insecticidal activity
Journal Article
Oligomerization
Pore-forming activity

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Date Revised 03.08.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s13568-021-01270-0

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM328761990