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Effects on larvicidal activity of single proline substitutions in alpha3 or alpha4 of the Bacillus thuringiensis Cry4B toxin.
Biochemistry and molecular biology international - 1 Apr 1998
Uawithya P, Tuntitippawan T, Katzenmeier G, Panyim S, Angsuthanasombat C
Abstract excerpt
The possible role of alpha-helices 3 and 4 in toxicity of the dipteran-active Bacillus thuringiensis Cry4B delta-endotoxin was investigated by employing proline substitutions via site-directed mutagenesis. Similar to the wild-type Cry4B, the mutant toxins were over-expressed in Escherichia coli as cytoplasmic inclusions and were structurally stable upon solubilization and trypsin activation. The substitution of...
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