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ArticleAMB Express2022

Stability is essential for insecticidal activity of Vip3Aa toxin against Spodoptera exigua.

Bai-Wen Fu, Lian Xu, Mei-Xia Zheng, Qing-Xi Chen, Yan Shi, Yu-Jing Zhu

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Article in AMB Express, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Bai-Wen FuSchool of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China.
Lian XuAgricultural Bio-Resources Research Institute, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou, 350003, China.
Mei-Xia ZhengAgricultural Bio-Resources Research Institute, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou, 350003, China.
Qing-Xi ChenSchool of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China.
Yan ShiSchool of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China. yshi@xmu.edu.cn.
Yu-Jing ZhuAgricultural Bio-Resources Research Institute, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou, 350003, China. zyjingfz@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0045-6708
Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences · CNXiamen University · CN

Funding

Extended Project of National Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences GJYS2019003National Natural Science Foundation of China 31972335
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vegetative insecticidal proteins 3A (Vip3A) were important insecticidal proteins for control of lepidopteran pests. Previous study demonstrated that Vip3Aa and Vip3Ad showed significant difference in insecticidal activities against Spodoptera exigua, while the molecular mechanism remained ambiguous. Here we demonstrated that the difference in insecticidal activities between Vip3Aa and Vip3Ad might be caused by the difference in stability of Vip3Aa and Vip3Ad in S. exigua midgut protease. Vip3Aa was quite stable while Vip3Ad could be further degraded. Molecular dynamics simulation revealed that Vip3Aa was more stable than Vip3Ad, with smaller RMSD and RMSF value. Amino acid sequence alignment indicated that three were three extra prolines (P591, P605 and P779) located on Vip3Aa. We further identified that residue P591 played a crucial role on stability and insecticidal activity of Vip3Aa. Taken together, our study demonstrated that the stability was essential for the insecticidal activity of Vip3A toxins, which might provide new insight into the action mode of Vip3A toxins and contribute to the design Vip3A variants with improved stability and insecticidal activity.

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Insecticidal activityMolecular dynamics simulationProteolysisVip3A

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PMID35834019
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