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ABSTRACT:
Results: A 100-kDa protein with APN activity (APNAnq 100) was isolated from the brush border membrane of Anopheles quadrimaculatus. Native state binding analysis by surface plasmon resonance shows that APNAnq 100 forms tight binding to a mosquitocidal Bt toxin, Cry11Ba, but not to Cry2Aa, Cry4Ba or Cry11Aa.
Conclusion: An aminopeptidase from Anopheles quadrimaculatus mosquitoes is a specific binding protein for Bacillus thuringiensis Cry11Ba.
SUBMITTER: Abdullah MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1533836 | biostudies-literature | 2006 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Abdullah Mohd Amir F MA Valaitis Algimantas P AP Dean Donald H DH
BMC biochemistry 20060522
<h4>Background</h4>Aminopeptidase N (APN) type proteins isolated from several species of lepidopteran insects have been implicated as Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxin-binding proteins (receptors) for Cry toxins. We examined brush border membrane vesicle (BBMV) proteins from the mosquito Anopheles quadrimaculatus to determine if APNs from this organism would bind mosquitocidal Cry toxins that are active to it.<h4>Results</h4>A 100-kDa protein with APN activity (APNAnq 100) was isolated from the ...[more]