title: Expression of a modified Dutch elm disease toxin in Escherichia coli.
abstract: The fungal toxin associated with Dutch elm disease, cerato-ulmin, has been produced in the bacterium Escherichia coli by the assembly of oligonucleotides according to the unpublished amino acid sequence of the toxin. This toxin was produced at approximately 80 micrograms/L of cell culture as a fusion to glutathione S-transferase. We synthesized the toxin as a fusion protein to improve purification and stability. Recombinant cerato-ulmin was analyzed by immunoblot analysis and then separated from its fusion partner by thrombin. We incorporated this molecule into an appropriate medium to test the activity of the toxin on the growth of American elm callus cultures.
authors: Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824-1311.
authors: M G
authors: MG
authors: Bolyard
authors: M B
authors: MB
authors: Sticklen
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D046508:Culture Techniques; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004926:Escherichia coli; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009183:Mycotoxins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000633:toxicity; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000633:toxicity; D014197:Trees / Q000187:drug effects / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D009183:Mycotoxins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C079060:CU protein, Ophiostoma ulmi; D005982:Glutathione Transferase