A strategy to enhance the insecticidal potency of Vip3Aa by introducing additional cleavage sites to increase its proteolytic activation efficiency

Microbially derived, protein-based biopesticides have become a vital element in pest management strategies. Vip3 family proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis have distinct characteristics from known insecticidal Cry toxins and show efficient insecticidal activity against several detrimental lepidopte...

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Main Authors: Kun Jiang, Zhe Chen, Yiting Shi, Yuanrong Zang, Chengbin Shang, Xi Huang, Jiahe Zang, Zhudong Bai, Xuyao Jiao, Jun Cai, Xiang Gao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-12-01
Series:Engineering Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667370323000152