| DOI | Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0005-2736(02)00605-3 |
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| Author | Search for: Peyronnet, Olivier; Search for: Nieman, Brian; Search for: Généreux, Fracis; Search for: Vachon, Vincent; Search for: Laprade, Raynald; Search for: Schwartz, Jean-Louis1 |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada. NRC Biotechnology Research Institute
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| Format | Text, Article |
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| Subject | environmental; Cry1C δ-endotoxin; Planar lipid bilayer; Ion channel; Polyethylene glycol; Pore size; Bacillus thuringiensis |
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| Abstract | Pore formation constitutes a key step in the mode of action of Bacillus thuringiensis δ-endotoxins and various activated Cry toxins have been shown to form ionic channels in receptor-free planar lipid bilayers at high concentrations. Multiple conductance levels have been observed with several toxins, suggesting that the channels result from the multimeric assembly of a variable number of toxin molecules. To test this possibility, the size of the channels formed by Cry1C was estimated with the non-electrolyte exclusion technique and polyethylene glycols of various molecular weights. In symmetrical 300 mM KCl solutions, Cry1C induced channel activity with 15 distinct conductance levels ranging from 21 to 246 pS and distributed in two main conductance populations. Both the smallest and largest conductance levels and the mean conductance values of both populations were systematically reduced in the presence of polyethylene glycols with hydrated radii of up to 1.05 nm, indicating that these solutes can penetrate the pores formed by the toxin. Larger polyethylene glycols had little effect on the conductance levels, indicating that they were excluded from the pores. Our results indicate that Cry1C forms clusters composed of a variable number of channels having a similar pore radius of between 1.0 and 1.3 nm and gating synchronously. |
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| Publication date | 2002-12-01 |
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| Language | English |
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| NRC number | 45890 |
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| NPARC number | 3539754 |
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| Record identifier | 23285506-abd1-4653-a762-39bc351aa029 |
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| Record created | 2009-03-01 |
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| Record modified | 2020-03-30 |
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