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Insecticidal toxin complex proteins from Xenorhabdus nematophilus: structure and pore formation.


ABSTRACT: Toxin complexes from Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus spp. bacteria represent novel insecticidal proteins. We purified a native toxin complex (toxin complex 1) from Xenorhabdus nematophilus. The toxin complex is composed of three different proteins, XptA2, XptB1, and XptC1, representing products from class A, B, and C toxin complex genes, respectively. We showed that recombinant XptA2 and co-produced recombinant XptB1 and XptC1 bind together with a 4:1:1 stoichiometry. XptA2 forms a tetramer of ?1,120 kDa that bound to solubilized insect brush border membranes and induced pore formation in black lipid membranes. Co-expressed XptB1 and XptC1 form a tight 1:1 binary complex where XptC1 is C-terminally truncated, resulting in a 77-kDa protein. The ?30-kDa C-terminally cleaved portion of XptC1 apparently only loosely associates with this binary complex. XptA2 had only modest oral toxicity against lepidopteran insects but as a complex with co-produced XptB1 and XptC1 had high levels of insecticidal activity. Addition of co-expressed class B (TcdB2) and class C (TccC3) proteins from Photorhabdus luminescens to the Xenorhabdus XptA2 protein resulted in formation of a hybrid toxin complex protein with the same 4:1:1 stoichiometry as the native Xenorhabdus toxin complex 1. This hybrid toxin complex, like the native toxin complex, was highly active against insects.

SUBMITTER: Sheets JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3123041 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Insecticidal toxin complex proteins from Xenorhabdus nematophilus: structure and pore formation.

Sheets Joel J JJ   Hey Tim D TD   Fencil Kristin J KJ   Burton Stephanie L SL   Ni Weiting W   Lang Alexander E AE   Benz Roland R   Aktories Klaus K  

The Journal of biological chemistry 20110428 26


Toxin complexes from Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus spp. bacteria represent novel insecticidal proteins. We purified a native toxin complex (toxin complex 1) from Xenorhabdus nematophilus. The toxin complex is composed of three different proteins, XptA2, XptB1, and XptC1, representing products from class A, B, and C toxin complex genes, respectively. We showed that recombinant XptA2 and co-produced recombinant XptB1 and XptC1 bind together with a 4:1:1 stoichiometry. XptA2 forms a tetramer of ∼1,1  ...[more]

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