Publication: Binary toxin subunits of lysinibacillus sphaericus are monomeric and form heterodimers after in vitro activation
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2016-06-01
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19326203
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Mahidol University
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PLoS ONE. Vol.11, No.6 (2016)
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Wahyu Surya, Sivadatch Chooduang, Yeu Khai Choong, Jaume Torres, Panadda Boonserm Binary toxin subunits of lysinibacillus sphaericus are monomeric and form heterodimers after in vitro activation. PLoS ONE. Vol.11, No.6 (2016). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0158356 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/41447
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Binary toxin subunits of lysinibacillus sphaericus are monomeric and form heterodimers after in vitro activation
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© 2016 Surya et al. The binary toxin from Lysinibacillus sphaericus has been successfully used for controlling mosquito-transmitted diseases. An activation step shortens both subunits BinA and BinB before their interaction with membranes and internalization in midgut cells, but the precise role of this activation step is unknown. Herein, we show conclusively using three orthogonal biophysical techniques that protoxin subunits form only monomers in aqueous solution. However, in vitro activated toxins readily form heterodimers. This oligomeric state did not change after incubation of these heterodimers with detergent. These results are consistent with the evidence that maximal toxicity in mosquito larvae is achieved when the two subunits, BinA and BinB, are in a 1:1 molar ratio, and directly link proteolytic activation to heterodimerization. Formation of a heterodimer must thus be necessary for subsequent steps, e.g., interaction with membranes, or with a suitable receptor in susceptible mosquito species. Lastly, despite existing similarities between BinB C-terminal domain with domains 3 and 4 of pore-forming aerolysin, no aerolysin-like SDS-resistant heptameric oligomers were observed when the activated Bin subunits were incubated in the presence of detergents or lipidic membranes.