TY - JOUR
T1 - A high homology exists in N-terminal amino acid sequences of δ-endotoxins between lepidoptera-specific and Coleoptera-specific Bacillus thuringiensis strains
AU - Wasano, N.
AU - Saitoh, H.
AU - Ohba, M.
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - The 130 kDa parasporal inclusion proteins of the Lepidoptera-specific Bacillus thuringiensis reference strains for four H serovars were examined for sequences of 14 N-terminal amino acids. The four sequences fell into a single category, MNRNNQNEYEVIDA, and were dissimilar to any of the established sequences for Lepidoptera- and/or Diptera-killing crystal proteins. They were highly related to the reported sequence of the 130 kDa protein of the strain Buibui (serovar japonensis), which is specific for scarabaeid coleopterans.
AB - The 130 kDa parasporal inclusion proteins of the Lepidoptera-specific Bacillus thuringiensis reference strains for four H serovars were examined for sequences of 14 N-terminal amino acids. The four sequences fell into a single category, MNRNNQNEYEVIDA, and were dissimilar to any of the established sequences for Lepidoptera- and/or Diptera-killing crystal proteins. They were highly related to the reported sequence of the 130 kDa protein of the strain Buibui (serovar japonensis), which is specific for scarabaeid coleopterans.
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U2 - 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1997.00056.x
DO - 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1997.00056.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 9203397
AN - SCOPUS:0030944783
VL - 24
SP - 438
EP - 440
JO - Letters in Applied Microbiology
JF - Letters in Applied Microbiology
SN - 0266-8254
IS - 6
ER -