Characterisation of the cry54Ab1 operon of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. sichuansis strain MC28

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Publisher： Taylor & Francis Ltd

ISSN： 1360-0478

Source： Biocontrol Science and Technology, Vol.24, Iss.1, 2014-01, pp. : 80-89

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Abstract

A novel cry gene operon harbouring two open reading frames (ORFs) was discovered in a large plasmid of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) subsp. sichuansis MC28 (pMC189). The first ORF encoded 743 amino acids. It had a deduced molecular mass of 84.5 kDa and 73.2% identity with Cry54Aa1 protein as indicated by amino acid homology. This cry gene was designated as cry54Ab1 by the Bt Toxin Nomenclature Committee. The second ORF encoded 503 amino acids and had a deduced molecular mass of 58.2 kDa. It is here called as orf2. The whole cry54Ab1 operon, cry54Ab1 and orf2 were digested with BamHI/SalI and inserted into a shuttle vector, pSTK. The recombinant plasmids were transferred into an acrystalliferous mutant Bt HD73−. Parasporal inclusions were observed only under expression of the whole cry54Ab1 operon. The bioassay experiments showed that expressed products of the cry54Ab1 and the whole cry54Ab1 operon were all toxic to Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera).

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