title: Cloning, sequencing, and expression of the Bombyx mori receptor for Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal CryIA(a) toxin.
abstract: Bacillus thuringiensis strains produce insect-specific Bt toxins. Bt CryIA(a) toxin binds to a 175-kDa glycoprotein (BtR175) on the microvillus membranes of columnar cells in the Bombyx mori midgut and causes lysis of the cells. BtR175 was purified, and its cDNA was cloned. The cDNA encodes a newly identified 193.3-kDa preproprotein form of BtR175 that includes nine extracellular cadherin repeats, a 23.5-kDa membrane-proximal domain, a membrane-spanning region, and a 13.6-kDa cytoplasmic domain. Spodoptera frugiperda cells transfected with a recombinant baculovirus DNA carrying the cDNA produced a 175-kDa protein that reacted with anti-BtR antibodies and the Bt CryIA(a) toxin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Biochemistry, Faculty of Applied Biological Science, Hiroshima University, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagamatsu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Toda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koike
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyoshi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shigematsu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kogure
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001413:Bacillus thuringiensis / Q000378:metabolism*; D000083722:Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D001483:Base Sequence; D012831:Bombyx / Q000378:metabolism*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins; D019476:Insect Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism*; D018411:Spodoptera / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000083722:Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; C400621:BtR175 protein, Bacillus thuringiensis; C095416:Cry toxin receptors; D004731:Endotoxins; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins; D019476:Insect Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; C030956:insecticidal crystal protein, Bacillus Thuringiensis; D004247:DNA