Journal of Integrative Agriculture ›› 2019, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (5): 1064-1071.DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(18)61933-1

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  • 收稿日期:2018-02-02 出版日期:2019-05-01 发布日期:2019-04-29

Alanine-substituted mutant on Gly373 and Asn375 of Cry1Ai-h-loop 2 causes reduction in both toxicity and binding against Helicoverpa armigera

LIU Yu-xiao, ZHOU Zi-shan, LIANG Ge-mei, SONG Fu-ping, ZHANG Jie   

  1. State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, P.R.China
  • Received:2018-02-02 Online:2019-05-01 Published:2019-04-29
  • Contact: Correspondence ZHANG Jie, Tel: +86-10-62816520, E-mail: zhangjie05@caas.cn
  • About author:LIU Yu-xiao, E-mail: yuxiaol92@163.com;
  • Supported by:
    This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (2017YFD0200400) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31272115).

Abstract:

Cry1Ai-h-loop 2 is a mutant of Cry1Ai constructed by exchanging loop 2 from Cry1Ah protein and shows insecticidal activity against Helicoverpa armigera.  The toxicity of Cry1Ai-h-loop 2, in contrast to the very low toxicity of Cry1Ai, is closely associated with the eleven residues in the loop 2 region.  To characterize the key sites of loop 2 in Cry1Ai-h-loop 2, alanine-substituted mutants were generated.  The toxicity of these mutants against H. armigera indicated that dual-mutant on Gly373 and Asn375 caused a significant decrease in toxic activity.  ELISA binding and competition binding assays demonstrated that the reduction of toxicity in the mutant of interest was correlated with decreased binding affinity.

Key words: Bacillus thuringiensis ,  Cry1Ai ,  Domain II-loop2 ,  Helicoverpa armigera ,  binding affinity