title: Novel Vip3-related protein from Bacillus thuringiensis.
abstract: A novel vip3-related gene was identified in Bacillus thuringiensis. This novel gene is 2,406 bp long and codes for a 91-kDa protein (801 amino acids). This novel protein exhibits between 61 and 62% similarity with Vip3A proteins and is designated Vip3Ba1. Vip3Ba1 has several specific features. Differences between Vip3Ba1 and the Vip3A proteins are spread throughout the sequence but are more frequent in the C-terminal part from amino acid 456 onward. The regions containing the two proteolytic processing sites, which are highly conserved among the Vip3A toxins, are markedly different in Vip3Ba1. The pattern DCCEE (Asp Cys Cys Glu Glu) is repeated four times between position 463 and 483 in Vip3Ba1, generating the sequence 463-DCCEEDCCEEDCCEEDCCEE-483. This sequence, which is rich in negatively charged amino acids, also contains 73% of the cysteines present in Vip3Ba1. This repeated sequence is not present in Vip3A proteins. The Vip3Ba1protein was produced in Escherichia coli and tested against Ostrinia nubilalis and Plutella xylostella, and it generated significant growth delays but had no larvicidal effect, indicating that its host range might be different than that of Vip3A proteins.
authors.affiliation: Cirad, TA 30/D, Campus International de Baillarguet, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
authors.forename: Cécile
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rang
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gil
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Neisner
authors.forename: Jeroen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Van Rie
authors.forename: Roger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Frutos
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001413:Bacillus thuringiensis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000633:toxicity; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D007915:Lepidoptera / Q000254:growth & development / Q000382:microbiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010572:Pest Control, Biological; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C447139:Vip3A protein, Bacillus thuringiensis