N-acetylgalactosamine on the putative insect receptor aminopeptidase N is recognised by a site on the domain III lectin-like fold of a Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal toxin

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 287, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1011-1022

  Burton, Sarah L ^a   Ellar, David J ^a   Li, Jade ^b   Derbyshire, Dean J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aminopeptidase N; Bacillus thuringiensis toxin; Carbohydrate binding; Cry1ac domain III; Site directed mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; CARBOHYDRATE; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRUSH BORDER; CELLULOMONAS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; LEPIDOPTERA; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTOR BINDING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

EID: 0033574601     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2649     Document Type: Article

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