Identification, cloning and sequence analysis of the Bacillus sphaericus 1593 41.9 kD larvicidal toxin gene.

Abstract:

:A number of strains of the widespread aerobic soil bacterium, Bacillus sphaericus, possess crystalline inclusions of a toxin lethal to a variety of insect (larvae) which are vectors of major tropical diseases. Partial amino acid sequence data from one strain, B. sphaericus 2362 have permitted us to design oligonucleotide probes for identifying the toxin gene in the closely related B. sphaericus 1593. The gene was found to be contained within an EcoRI-HindIII fragment and was cloned in its entirety in the bacterial plasmid pUC12. The DNA sequence was determined together with the upstream and downstream controlling elements, and a sequence of 370 amino acids was deduced for the toxin protein. This is the first reported sequence of a B. sphaericus toxin gene and will facilitate further work in characterizing the genes from other strains of different virulence and host range. The data do not support the suggestion that the toxin is derived by proteolysis of a protoxin precursor.

journal_name

Mol Microbiol

journal_title

Molecular microbiology

authors

Hindley J,Berry C

doi

10.1111/j.1365-2958.1987.tb00511.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1987-09-01 00:00:00

pages

187-94

issue

2

eissn

0950-382X

issn

1365-2958

journal_volume

1

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