Use of phage display to select novel cystatins specific for Acanthoscelides obtectus cysteine proteinases.
Biochim Biophys Acta
; 1651(1-2): 146-52, 2003 Sep 23.
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ABSTRACT
Cysteine proteinases from larvae of the common bean weevil, Acanthoscelides obtectus (Coleoptera Bruchidae), were isolated by ion exchange affinity chromatography on a CM-Cellulose column and used to select mutant cystatins from a library made with the filamentous M13 phage display system. The library contained variant cystatins derived from the nematode Onchocerca volvulus cystatin through mutagenesis of loop 1, which contains the QVVAG motif that is involved in binding to proteinases. After three rounds of selection, the activity of variant cystatins against papain and cysteine proteinases from A. obtectus was assayed by ELISA. Two different variant cystatins (presenting amino acids DVVSA and NTSSA at positions 65-69) bound to A. obtectus cysteine proteinases more tightly than to papain. In contrast, the wild type had similar affinity for A. obtectus proteinases and for papain. These two selected variants cystatins have greater specificity towards A. obtectus cysteine proteinases than the original sequence and could represent good candidate genes for the production of transgenic plants resistant to this insect pest.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Besouros
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Cisteína Endopeptidases
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Cistatinas
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Inibidores de Cisteína Proteinase
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2003
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