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. 1968 Jan;106(2):445-54.
doi: 10.1042/bj1060445.

Purification of a protein from Bacillus thuringiensis toxic to larvae of lepidoptera

Purification of a protein from Bacillus thuringiensis toxic to larvae of lepidoptera

K E Cooksey. Biochem J. 1968 Jan.

Abstract

The protein toxin of the parasporal body or crystal of Bacillus thuringiensis (Mattés isolate) has been purified severalfold by a combination of Sephadex G-200 gel filtration and ammonium sulphate precipitation. It has been shown that the use of highly alkaline conditions for dissolution of the crystals does not lead to serious artifacts. The crystal toxin has been shown to be quantitatively related to the crystal antigen. It is possible that there is a second distinct toxin present in the crystal and this too can be detected by its antigenic reaction. Purified toxic protein has been hydrolysed in vitro by regurgitated Pieris brassicae gut enzymes, chymotrypsin, trypsin and subtilisin. In each case the digest contained a product that was still antigenic, had mol.wt. about 40000 and was toxic to P. brassicae larvae. Smaller toxic molecules (mol.wt. approx. 10000) that did not react as antigens were also produced by proteolysis. It is possible that these smaller molecules were hydrolytic products of the larger digestion product.

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