Engineering toxins

The determination of the receptor-binding region of Cry toxins produced byBacillus thuringiensisis expected to facilitate an improvement in their insecticidal ability through protein engineering. We analyzed the region on Cry1Aa molecules involved in interactions with the cadherin-like protein receptor BtR175 using cysteine-substituted mutant toxins and several syn-thetic peptides corresponding to the loops in domain 2.

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‘Engineering Toxins for 21st Century Therapies’ (9–10 September 2010) was part of the Royal Society International Seminar series held at the Kavli International Centre, UK. Participants were assembled from a range of disciplines (academic, industry, regulatory, public health) to discuss the future potential of toxin-based therapies.

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