Co-expression of binary and 100 kDa mosquito larvicidal toxins of Bacillus sphaericus in Escherichia coli.

摘要

The binary (51 and 42 kDa) and 100 kDa mosquito larvicidal toxins of B. sphaericus are expressed at different growth stages of Bacillus. The genes encoding the binary toxin were expressed using the T7 expression system of E. coli. In addition, a PCRamplified product containing the coding sequences of the 100 kDa toxin was cloned upstream to the binary toxin genes, and both the toxins were co-expressed in E. coli. Expression studies with these constructs in different E. coli hosts showed that whenthese two toxins were co-expressed, there was no augmentation of toxicity to Culex quinquefasciatus in comparison to the construct expressing the binary toxin alone. This result apparently indicates that there is no synergism between these two toxins.