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J Bacteriol. 1992 January; 174(2): 549-557

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Molecular characterization of two novel crystal protein genes from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. thompsoni.

K L Brown and H R Whiteley

Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.

ABSTRACT

Two genes encoding the predominant polypeptides of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. thompsoni cuboidal crystals were cloned in Escherichia coli and sequenced. The polypeptides have electrophoretic mobilities of 40 and 34 kDa, with the deduced amino acid sequences predicting molecular masses of 35,384 and 37,505 Da, respectively. No statistically significant similarities were detected between the 40- or 34-kDa crystal protein and any other characterized B. thuringiensis crystal protein, nor were they detected between the 40- and 34-kDa crystal proteins. A 100-MDa plasmid carries both crystal protein genes, which appear to be part of an operon, with the 40-kDa gene 64 nucleotides upstream of the 34-kDa gene. Both crystal proteins are synthesized in approximately the same amounts. Even though small compared with other crystal proteins, the 34-kDa crystal protein has insecticidal activity against lepidopteran larvae (Manduca sexta). The 40-kDa polypeptide appears to have no insecticidal activity, but it could have a role in crystal structure.

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J Bacteriol. 1992 January; 174(2): 549-557

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