In Vitro Dissolution and Proteolytic Activation of $\delta$-endotoxin and Antigenic Expression Pattern of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp, sotto

Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. sotto의 내독소 결정체 용해 과정 및 활성기작과 항원 발현 양상

  • 남기범 (건국대학교 이과대학 생물학과) ;
  • 조재민 (건국대학교 이과대학 생물학과) ;
  • 홍순복 (건국대학교 이과대학 생물학과) ;
  • 이형환 (건국대학교 이과대학 생물학과) ;
  • 조명환 (건국대학교 이과대학 생물학과)
  • Published : 1995.12.01

Abstract

The solubilization and proteolytic process of $\delta $-endotoxin was analvsed to compare the biochemical property of the toxin isolated from B. thuringiensis subsp. sotto. The purified crystals were dissolved in 50 mM carbonate buffer containing 10 mM dithiothreitol at pH 10 for various times. The electrophoretic pattern showed that a rapid disappearance of 138 kDa protein band. This disappearance of protein with high molecular weight was accompanied by the appearance of new protein fragment with 104 kDa, 60 kDa, and 25 kDa. For proteolvtic processing, the soluble crystals were digested with trypsin for various times. The soluble crystal protein of 104 kDa was completely disappeared. However, the protein fragment of 60 kDa and 25 kDa still remained after complete proteolysis. The comparative immunoblot analysis showed that the antiserum against intact crystals showed strong immunoreactivity to the homologous inclusion protein of 138 kDa, 104 kDa, and 25 kDa, and to the intact spores of 221 kDa and 138 kDa, but not to the vegetative cell homogenate. The sera against crystals and spores had no immunoreactivity to the vegetative cell homogenate.

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