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Positive selection analysis of Cyt proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis: A conservative trend driven by negative (purifying) selection.
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Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology [Toxicon] 2024 Aug 28; Vol. 247, pp. 107853. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jul 06. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Bacillus thuringiensis is a Gram-positive entomopathogenic bacterium that produces different pesticidal proteins: vegetative insecticidal proteins (Vpb1/Vpa2, Vip3, and Vpb4) during vegetative growth, which are secreted to the culture medium, and δ-endotoxins (Cry and Cyt) during sporulation, which accumulate into parasporal crystals. Cyt proteins are the smaller subset of δ-endotoxins targeting Diptera species. While Cry and Vip3 proteins undergo positive selection, our analysis suggests that Cyt proteins evolve following a conservative trend driven negative (purifying) selection.<br />Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: Leopoldo Palma reports financial support was provided by University of Valencia. Leopoldo Palma reports a relationship with University of Valencia that includes: employment. If there are other authors, they declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.<br /> (Copyright © 2024 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1879-3150
- Volume :
- 247
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 38972359
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2024.107853