Lynamicin B is a Potential Pesticide by Acting as a Lepidoptera-Exclusive Chitinase Inhibitor

Insect group h chitinase is a promising target for designing non-target safe pesticides in that it is exclusively distributed in lepidopteran insects, over 80% of which are agricultural pests. In this work, lynamicin B was discovered to be an inhibitor of OfChi-h, the group h chitinase from the lepidopteran pest Ostrinia furnacalis. Lynamicin B was revealed to competitively inhibit OfChi-h with a Ki value of 8.76 μM and does not significantly inhibit other chitinases. The co-crystal structure of lynamicin B and OfChi-h revealed that the dichloroindolyl group of lynamicin B occupies an unexplored pocket below subsites +1 and +2 of the substrate-binding cleft, which is vital for its selectivity. Feeding experiments demonstrated that lynamicin B exhibited high insecticidal activities against other lepidopteran pests Mythimna separata and Spodoptera frugiperda besides O. furnacalis. Moreover, lynamicin B did not affect Trichogramma ostriniae, a natural enemy of O. furnacalis. This study provides a natural-derived potent pesticide for the control of lepidopteran pests, leaving its natural enemy unaffected.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:69

Enthalten in:

Journal of agricultural and food chemistry - 69(2021), 47 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 14086-14091

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lu, Qiong [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Liping [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Lin [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Yong [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Tian [VerfasserIn]
Song, Yongxiang [VerfasserIn]
Ju, Jianhua [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Qing [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Chitinase
Chitinases
EC 3.2.1.14
Indole Alkaloids
Inhibitor
Insecticide
Insecticides
Integrated pest management
Journal Article
Natural enemy

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Date Completed 03.12.2021

Date Revised 31.05.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acs.jafc.1c05385

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM333350448