Cadherin-like receptor binding facilitates proteolytic cleavage of helix alpha-1 in domain I and oligomer pre-pore formation of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab toxin

FEBS Letters
Isabel GómezMario Soberón

Abstract

Cry toxins form lytic pores in the insect midgut cells. The role of receptor interaction in the process of protoxin activation was analyzed. Incubation of Cry1Ab protoxin with a single chain antibody that mimics the cadherin-like receptor and treatment with Manduca sexta midgut juice or trypsin, resulted in toxin preparations with high pore-forming activity in vitro. This activity correlates with the formation of a 250 kDa oligomer that lacks the helix alpha-1 of domain I. The oligomer, in contrast with the 60 kDa monomer, was capable of membrane insertion as judged by 8-anilino-1-naphthalenesulfonate binding. Cry1Ab protoxin was also activated to a 250 kDa oligomer by incubation with brush border membrane vesicles, presumably by the action of a membrane-associated protease. Finally, a model where receptor binding allows the efficient cleavage of alpha-1 and formation of a pre-pore oligomeric structure that is efficient in pore formation, is presented.

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