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Alanine substitution mutations in the Cry1Ac domain III region, from amino acid residues 503 to 525, were constructed to study the functional role of domain III in the toxicity and receptor binding of the protein to Lymantria dispar, Manduca sexta, and Heliothis virescens. Five sets of alanine block mutants were generated at the residues (503)SS(504), (506)NNI(508), (509)QNR(511), (522)ST(523), and (524)ST(525). Single alanine substitutions were made at the residues (509)Q, (510)N, (511)R, and (513)Y. All mutant proteins produced stable toxic fragments as judged by trypsin digestion, midgut enzyme digestion, and circular dichroism spectrum analysis. The mutations, (503)SS(504)-AA, (506)NNI(508)-AAA, (522)ST(523)-AA, (524)ST(525)-AA, and (510)N-A affected neither the protein's toxicity nor its binding to brush border membrane vesicles (BBMV) prepared from these insects. Toward L. dispar and M. sexta, the (509)QNR(511)-AAA, (509)Q-A, (511)R-A, and (513)Y-A mutant toxins showed 4- to 10-fold reductions in binding affinities to BBMV, with 2- to 3-fold reductions in toxicity. Toward H. virescens, the (509)QNR(511)-AAA, (509)Q-A, (511)R-A, and (513)Y-mutant toxins showed 8- to 22-fold reductions in binding affinities, but only (509)QNR(511)-AAA and (511)R-A mutant toxins reduced toxicity by approximately three to four times. In the present study, greater loss in binding affinity relative to toxicity has been observed. These data suggest that the residues (509)Q, (511)R, and (513)Y in domain III might be only involved in initial binding to the receptor and that the initial binding step becomes rate limiting only when it is reduced more than fivefold.

Identification of Residues in Domain III of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac Toxin That Affect Binding and Toxicity