BMB Reports
- Volume 34 Issue 2
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- Pages.130-133
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- 2001
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- 1976-670X(eISSN)
Prediction of Lytic Segments from Bacillus thuringiensis var israelensis 130 kDa and 72 kDa Proteins
- Suvarchala Devi, V. (Biology and Biotechnology Division Indian Institute of Chemical Technology) ;
- Jamil, Kaiser (Biology and Biotechnology Division Indian Institute of Chemical Technology)
- Received : 2000.09.20
- Accepted : 2000.12.15
- Published : 2001.03.31
Abstract
The amino acid sequences of 130 kDa and 72 kDa proteins responsible for the larvicidal activity of Bacillus thuringiensis var israelensis (Bti) were analyzed by hydrophobic moment plots. A search for highly amphiphilic
Keywords
- Amphiphilicity;
- Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti);
- Helices;
- Hydrophobic moment;
- Lytic segments