Cry类和Vip3Aa类Bt杀虫蛋白对亚洲玉米螟的毒力和增效作用

筛选对靶标害虫高效的Bt杀虫蛋白、评价蛋白组合对靶标害虫的杀虫作用,对于转基因抗虫新品种的研发具有重要的指导意义。本文采用人工饲料混合法评价了Cry1Ab、Cry1Fa、Cry1Ca、Cry1Ba、Cry2Aa、Vip3Aa11、Vip3Aa20、Vip3Aa19共8种Bt杀虫蛋白对亚洲玉米螟的毒力;同时评估了Cry1Ab/Vip3Aa19、Cry1Fa/Vip3Aa19混合蛋白对亚洲玉米螟的杀虫作用,筛选出毒力最佳的组合比例。结果表明：Cry1Ab、Cry1Fa、Cry2Aa对亚洲玉米螟的LC₅₀在0.24～0.72μg/g之间,其中Cry1Ab的毒力最强,显著高于Cry1Fa和Cry2Aa蛋白,Cry1Fa与Cry2Aa毒力无显著性差异。Cry1Ca、Cry1Ba、Vip3Aa11、Vip3Aa20、Vip3Aa19对亚洲玉米螟的LC₅₀均大于50μg/g。当Cry1Ab/Vip3Aa19、Cry1Fa/Vip3Aa19混合比例为1∶1时,增效作用最强,增效因子分别为3.18和1.58。本研究结果为多价转基因玉米的研发提供了重要依据。     

Cry2Ab杀虫蛋白对小地老虎幼虫致死效果及体内酶活性的影响

为治理小地老虎的危害,研究了Bt杀虫蛋白对小地老虎幼虫的控制作用.室内生物测定结果表明,Cry2Ab杀虫蛋白对小地老虎初孵幼虫的致死效果高于Cry1Ac杀虫蛋白.取食含有Cry2Ab杀虫蛋白人工饲料的小地老虎幼虫体内的中肠总蛋白酶和类胰凝乳蛋白酶活性高于对照,当人工饲料中Cry2Ab杀虫蛋白含量达到12μg/g时,小地老虎幼虫中肠氨肽酶活性显著升高;而取食含有Cry1Ac杀虫蛋白人工饲料的小地老虎幼虫中肠蛋白酶活性无显著变化.此外,小地老虎幼虫取食含有Cry2Ab杀虫蛋白的人工饲料后,体内谷胱甘肽-S-转移酶活性显著升高,而取食合有Cry1Ac杀虫蛋白的人工饲料后其变化不明显.     

四种Bt蛋白对六种重要鳞翅目害虫的杀虫活性评价

筛选对靶标害虫高效、低毒的Bt蛋白对未来开发新型Bt生物杀虫剂、转基因抗虫植物新品种等具有重要意义。我们在室内测定了Cry2Ab4、Cry2Ah1、Cry1Ca7及Vip3Aa11四种Bt蛋白对棉铃虫、甜菜夜蛾、斜纹夜蛾、黏虫、玉米螟、二化螟的杀虫效果。结果表明,Cry2Ab4杀虫谱广、对六种鳞翅目的重要害虫都具有很高的杀虫效果,尤其是对棉铃虫、甜菜夜蛾、斜纹夜蛾和玉米螟的毒力效果显著;Cry2Ah1对斜纹夜蛾、甜菜夜蛾具有很好的致死作用,对棉铃虫、玉米螟和二化螟也具有较好的杀虫效果,但对黏虫只有明显的体重抑制作用、致死效果不明显;Cry1Ca7对甜菜夜蛾和斜纹夜蛾有明显的防治效果,其次对棉铃虫、二化螟也有较好的杀虫作用,但对玉米螟毒力效果较差,对黏虫没有毒力作用;Vip3Aa11对甜菜夜蛾和斜纹夜蛾的防治效果好,对玉米螟、棉铃虫和二化螟有较好的防治效果,但对黏虫没有毒力作用。     

棉铃虫APN基因家族系统进化与功能分析

氨肽酶N（APN）是锌金属蛋白酶M1家族的成员,鳞翅目昆虫中肠刷状缘膜囊泡（brush border membrane vesicles,BBMV）细胞膜上的APN不仅在蛋白消化吸收过程中起着重要的作用,而且是Bt的重要受体蛋白。本研究通过PCR技术克隆得到7条棉铃虫APN基因全长序列,HaAPN1～7（Genbank登录号为MT002819～MT002825）。经生物信息学分析,HaAPN1～7全长为2592～3099 bp,编码863～1032个氨基酸,分子量为110～115 kDa,等电点为4.7～6.4,N端信号肽为15～20 aa。系统进化分析结果表明,HaAPN1～7分属于Class 1～7类别。RT-qPCR结果表明,在敏感棉铃虫5龄幼虫中肠中APN2的表达量最高,APN7的表达量最低;Cry1Ac抗性品系棉铃虫中各类APN的表达趋势与敏感品系一致。取食Cry1Ac、Cry2Ab和Vip3Aa蛋白后棉铃虫中肠APN活性显著降低,取食Cry1Ac和Vip3Aa蛋白后中肠液和BBMV中APN活性都显著降低,而取食Cry2Ab蛋白后只有BBMV上APN活性显著降低;棉铃虫对Cry1Ac、Cry2Ab和Vip3Aa产生耐受性后,中肠液和BBMV中APN活性也都发生显著变化。因此,不同类别的棉铃虫APN在Bt的杀虫机制中可能起到不同的作用,APN活性变化可能与Bt蛋白的降解及抗性演化相关。     

国产Bt-Cry1Ab和Bt-(Cry1Ab+Vip3Aa)玉米对草地贪夜蛾的抗性测定

草地贪夜蛾Spodoptera frugiperda(J. E. Smith)是世界性重大农业害虫。种植转基因Bt作物是主要的防治手段之一。我们利用室内生物测定方法评价了国产Bt-Cry1Ab玉米(转化体C0030.3.5)和Bt-(Cry1Ab+Vip3Aa)玉米(转化体DBN3601和DBN3608)对草地贪夜蛾1～4龄幼虫的毒力。结果显示,供试两种转基因玉米共6个品种皆可高效表达目标杀虫蛋白并对草地贪夜蛾具有很强的毒杀作用,对1龄幼虫的致死率达到59%～100%,存活幼虫的生长发育亦受到显著抑制。表明国内研发的Bt-Cry1Ab玉米和Bt-(Cry1Ab+Vip3Aa)玉米对草地贪夜蛾具有良好的控制效果,其中Bt-(Cry1Ab+Vip3Aa)玉米的防治效果显著优于Bt-Cry1Ab玉米,两种转基因玉米皆具有较好的商业化应用前景。     

入侵云南草地贪夜蛾种群对5种常用Bt蛋白的敏感性评价

草地贪夜蛾Spodoptera frugiperda(J. E. Smith)是原分布于美洲大陆热带和亚热带地区的一种重要玉米害虫。在当地,种植抗虫转基因玉米是防控草地贪夜蛾危害的主要手段。该虫于2019年1月入侵我国云南省,为明确入侵我国云南的草地贪夜蛾种群对常用Bt蛋白的敏感性水平,本文通过饲料表面涂抹法测定了瑞丽草地贪夜蛾幼虫对Cry1Ab、Cry1Ac、Cry1F、Cry2Ab以及Vip3A等5种Bt蛋白的敏感性。结果表明:几种常用Bt蛋白对瑞丽草地贪夜蛾致死作用顺序为Vip3ACry1AbCry1FCry2AbCry1Ac,对草地贪夜蛾抑制生长发育的顺序为Cry1AbCry1FVip3ACry1AcCry2Ab。此外,与美国相对敏感种群比较,云南瑞丽草地贪夜蛾种群对Cry1Ab、Cry1Ac、Cry1F、Cry2Ab和Vip3A的敏感性指标在0.28～3.76之间,表明该入侵种群对此5种Bt蛋白均未产生抗性。此研究可为将来建立以转Bt基因玉米作为防控草地贪夜蛾的技术体系提供依据。     

斜纹夜蛾取食Cry1Ca蛋白后中肠组织病理变化

Cry1Ca对斜纹夜蛾、甜菜夜蛾等多种鳞翅目害虫具有很高的杀虫活性，它在转多种Bt蛋白基因策略中，可用于扩大杀虫谱，并可用于当前Bt蛋白的抗性治理，是极具潜力蛋白之一。为明确Cry1Ca对斜纹夜蛾的作用机制，我们利用透射电镜观察了幼虫取食Cry1Ca后中肠组织的病理变化。结果表明斜纹夜蛾取食含Cry1Ca蛋白的饲料2 h后中肠组织开始表现明显的病理变化，且随取食时间的增加病变越来越严重。具体表现为：中肠细胞微绒毛肿胀、扭曲、断裂和脱落；细胞核拉长或畸形、核膜模糊、染色质不均匀或聚集；线粒体变形、空泡化和内脊模糊不清；内质网杂乱无章、肿胀变形和数量变少。研究结果可为更好地利用Cry1Ca防治斜纹夜蛾提供理论依据。     

二化螟Cry1Ac汰选品系对不同Bt蛋白的敏感性

为明确靶标害虫对Bt蛋白的抗性及对不同类型Bt蛋白的交互抗性,采用生物测定法进行了二化螟Chilo suppressalis(Walker)敏感品系和Cry1Ac汰选品系在Cry1Ac毒饲料上的时间-死亡率反应、对不同Bt杀虫蛋白的敏感性及不同Bt蛋白复配组合对二化螟毒力效果的研究。结果表明,二化螟Cry1Ac汰选品系已对36.67μg/mL(LC_(50))的Cry1Ac杀虫蛋白产生了一定的适应性,但对308.69μg/mL(LC90)的Cry1Ac蛋白反应仍较敏感。Cry1Ac敏感品系和汰选品系对Cry1Ab蛋白的LC_(50)分别为1.40μg/mL和3.86μg/mL,二者差异显著,但对Cry1Ca(1.63μg/mL和1.73μg/mL)或Cry2Aa(127.48μg/mL和144.50μg/mL)的LC_(50)差异不显著,即Cry1Ac汰选品系与Cry1Ab存在明显的交互抗性,但与Cry1Ca和Cry2Aa不存在交互抗性。在不同Bt蛋白复配组合中(1∶1复配),Cry1Ab+Cry1Ca、Cry1Ab+Cry2Aa和Cry1Ca+Cry2Aa增效作用最为显著。表明抗虫基因cry1Ca和cry2Aa可作为双价转基因抗虫水稻研发的候选基因。     

转Cry1Ac/1Ab基因棉花对棉铃虫的控制效果及对甜菜夜蛾和斜纹夜蛾生长发育的影响

为评估转Cry1Ac/1Ab基因棉花对棉铃虫Helicoverpa armigera的抗性及对非靶标害虫甜菜夜蛾Spodoptera exigua和斜纹夜蛾S.litura生长发育的影响,采用室内生测法测定其对棉铃虫的抗性及对甜菜夜蛾和斜纹夜蛾不同龄期幼虫存活率、营养代谢及中肠酶活性的影响。结果表明,转Cry1Ac/1Ab基因棉花对棉铃虫第2代幼虫的抗性程度最高,幼虫校正死亡率达91.33%,但对甜菜夜蛾和斜纹夜蛾的抗性程度较低,幼虫校正死亡率分别为15.33%和13.33%。甜菜夜蛾和斜纹夜蛾各龄期幼虫取食转Cry1Ac/1Ab基因棉花后,其存活率与取食常规棉花对照无显著差异;甜菜夜蛾对转Cry1Ac/1Ab基因棉花叶片的相对取食量、近似消化率分别为16.68和93.12%,均高于取食常规棉花对照的10.72和92.00%,但差异不显著,而斜纹夜蛾取食转Cry1Ac/1Ab基因棉花后的各项营养指标均低于取食常规棉花对照,差异也不显著。取食转Cry1Ac/1Ab基因棉花后,甜菜夜蛾的过氧化物酶活性为0.02 U/mg prot,显著低于取食常规棉花的0.05 U/mg prot;斜纹夜蛾的酸性磷酸酶活性为0.15 U/mg prot,高于取食常规棉花的0.10 U/mg prot,但差异不显著,其它中肠酶活性均低于对照,亦无显著差异。     

亚洲玉米螟和黏虫幼虫取食Cry1F蛋白后的中肠组织病理变化

为了明确Cry1F杀虫蛋白对亚洲玉米螟和黏虫两种重要玉米害虫的作用机制，本文通过透射电镜观察了亚洲玉米螟和黏虫4龄幼虫取食含Cry1F蛋白人工饲料后的中肠组织病理变化，并与其取食含Cry1Ab蛋白人工饲料后的组织病理变化进行了比较。亚洲玉米螟和黏虫4龄幼虫取食Cry1F蛋白48 h后中肠杯状细胞发生了明显的病变，主要表现为：细胞微绒毛肿胀、脱落；细胞核变形，质膜和核膜界限不清晰；染色质发生固缩、贴近核膜；线粒体拉伸变形数量减少，严重的发生空泡化；内质网肿胀与断裂、数量减少，与取食含Cry1Ab蛋白人工饲料相比，玉米螟和黏虫中肠组织发生的病变程度相似。本研究可为Cry1F作为转基因玉米重要的杀虫蛋白在未来亚洲玉米螟和黏虫防治中更好地发挥作用提供理论依据。     

Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab, but not Cry1Aa or Cry1Ac, disrupts liposomes

We evaluated the ability of Cry1Aa9, Cry1Ab4, and Cry1Ac1 insecticidal toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis to destroy liposomes. Cry1A toxins are thought to form pores in midgut apical cell membranes (BBMV), thereby disrupting midgut cells. Liposomes containing fluorescent calcein were prepared using phosphatidylcholine (PC) and phosphatidylserine (PS) (PC/PS-Liposomes) or PC alone (PC-Liposomes). Cry1Ab (1.4 μM), but not Cry1Aa or Cry1Ac, disrupted PC/PS-Liposomes and PC-Liposomes. PC/PS-Liposomes containing cholesterol and oligosaccharylceramide from Plutella xylostella midgut were damaged even more extensively by Cry1Ab, but the inclusion of either lipid alone had no effect. The initial velocity of Cry1Ab-mediated liposome disruption increased 17-fold when liposomes were prepared with Triton X-100-soluble proteins from Bombyx mori BBMV and PC (PC/Proteo-Liposomes), and Cry1Aa and Cry1Ac also caused slight disruption. These data suggest that Cry1Ab achieves higher penetration into PC/PS-Liposomes, PC-Liposomes, and PC/Proteo-Liposomes compared with Cry1Aa or Cry1Ac and that Cry1Ab may interact with membrane proteins.     

Prohibitin,an essential protein for Colorado potato beetle larval viability,is relevant to Bacillus thuringiensis Cry3Aa toxicity

Bacillus thuringienesis (Bt) Cry toxins constitute the most extensively used environmentally safe biopesticide and their mode of action relies on the interaction of the toxins with membrane proteins in the midgut of susceptible insects that mediate toxicity and insect specificity. Therefore, identification of Bt Cry toxin interacting proteins in the midgut of target insects and understanding their role in toxicity is of great interest to exploit their insecticidal action. Using ligand blot, we demonstrated that Bt Cry3Aa toxin bound to a 30 kDa protein in Colorado potato beetle (CPB) larval midgut membrane, identified by sequence homology as prohibitin-1 protein. Prohibitins comprise a highly conserved family of proteins implicated in important cellular processes. We obtained the complete CPB prohibitin-1 DNA coding sequence of 828 pb, in silico translated into a 276-amino acid protein. The analysis at the amino acid level showed that the protein contains a prohibitin-homology domain (Band7_prohibitin, cd03401) conserved among prohibitin proteins. A striking feature of the CPB identified prohibitin-1 is the predicted presence of cadherin elements, potential binding sites for Cry toxins described in other Bt susceptible insects. We also showed that CPB prohibitin-1 protein partitioned into both, detergent soluble and insoluble membrane fractions, as well as a prohibitin-2 homologous protein, previously reported to form functional complexes with prohibitin-1 in other organisms. Prohibitin complexes act as membrane scaffolds ensuring the recruitment of membrane proteases to facilitate substrate processing. Accordingly, sequestration of prohibitin-1 by an anti-prohibitin-1 antibody impaired the Cry3Aa toxin inhibition of the proteolytic cleavage of a fluorogenic synthetic substrate of an ADAM-like metalloprotease previously reported to proteolize this toxin. In this work, we also demonstrated that prohibitin-1 RNAi silencing in CPB larvae produced deleterious effects and together with a LD50 Cry3Aa toxin treatment resulted in a highly efficient short term response since 100% larval mortality was achieved just 5 days after toxin challenge. Therefore, the combination of prohibitin RNAi and Cry toxin reveals as an effective strategy to improve crop protection.     

钙粘蛋白氨基酸点突变介导红铃虫对Cry1Ac的抗性

为明确室内筛选的红铃虫Pectinophora gossypiella抗性品系AQ-R对Cry1Ac的抗性机制,采用室内生物测定法明确该品系对Cry1Ac和Cry2Ab的敏感性,通过遗传杂交和基因克隆分析抗性基因的显隐性及突变位点,并进行细胞学试验分析突变蛋白的亚细胞定位。结果显示：红铃虫AQ-R抗性品系对Cry1Ac的抗性倍数为181.67倍,对Cry2Ab没有交互抗性;该品系携带了一种新型的隐性钙粘蛋白抗性等位基因PgCad1,其编码蛋白的钙粘蛋白重复区、前蛋白区和近膜区共发生了17个氨基酸替换。表达野生型PgCad1-s基因的Hi5细胞对Cry1Ac敏感,且钙粘蛋白定位于细胞膜;而表达抗性PgCad1-r基因的Hi5细胞则对Cry1Ac不敏感,且钙粘蛋白错误定位到内质网。表明钙粘蛋白氨基酸点突变能导致其定位错误,从而促成红铃虫AQ-R品系对Cry1Ac产生抗性。     

沉默cadherin基因对小菜蛾敏感性的影响

钙粘蛋白(cadherin)是许多鳞翅目昆虫中苏云金芽孢杆菌(Bt)毒素的受体。利用RNAi技术对小菜蛾中肠cadherin基因进行沉默处理,明确了cadherin基因沉默对小菜蛾对Cry1Ac毒素敏感性的影响。结果表明,注射目标dsRNA后的第1天至第5天,Cry1Ac敏感及抗性小菜蛾品系cadherin的基因表达量均显著减少,尤以第2天的减少量最为明显;Cry1Ac毒力测定结果表明,沉默cadherin基因能在一定程度上提高幼虫的成活率,即可使小菜蛾对Cry1Ac毒素的敏感性降低。研究初步表明,cadherin基因的功能与小菜蛾对Cry1Ac毒素的抗性有关。     

棉铃虫V-ATP酶亚基A基因克隆及表达谱分析

为探索棉铃虫Helicoverpa armigera液泡型ATP酶(vacuolar-type proton ATPase,V-ATP酶)亚基A对棉铃虫生长发育的影响及其在Bt杀虫机制中的作用,采用PCR结合RACE技术克隆了棉铃虫V-ATP酶亚基A基因序列,通过实时荧光定量PCR技术测定了其在棉铃虫不同发育历期和幼虫肠道不同组织中的表达量;并比较了4龄幼虫取食含Cry1Ac蛋白饲料后中肠中该基因表达量的变化。结果显示,棉铃虫V-ATP酶亚基A基因全长2 578 bp(Gen Bank登录号KP090287),开放阅读框1 863 bp,编码621个氨基酸。V-ATP酶亚基A高度保守,不同物种间氨基酸序列同源性大于90%。V-ATP酶亚基A在棉铃虫整个生育期都有表达,在4龄幼虫体内表达量最高,是卵期的3.00倍;在幼虫肠道不同组织中,中肠中表达量最高,是后肠中的2.65倍。4龄棉铃虫幼虫取食含Cry1Ac蛋白的人工饲料后,中肠V-ATP酶亚基A的表达受到抑制,表达量为对照的0.39~0.81倍。表明V-ATP酶亚基A基因可能参与棉铃虫的生长发育和代谢过程,并可能与抵御Cry1Ac的毒杀作用有一定关系。     

棉铃虫ABCA2作为Cry2Ab受体的功能分析

为明确棉铃虫Helicoverpa armigera ATP结合盒转运蛋白家族A蛋白亚家族2（ATP binding cassette transporter subfamily A member 2,ABCA2）在Cry2Ab杀虫机制中的作用,利用酵母双杂交技术研究棉铃虫ABCA2与Cry2Ab的结合特性,并利用RNA干涉（dsRNA和siRNA）降低ABCA2在细胞和幼虫中的表达,结合细胞毒理学试验分析ABCA2的功能。结果表明,棉铃虫ABCA2能与Cry2Ab特异性结合;棉铃虫的ABCA2序列与美洲棉铃虫H.zea相关序列的相似度为92.86%,利用dsRNA干涉美洲棉铃虫中肠细胞ABCA2的表达能显著降低Cry2Ab对中肠细胞的毒力;利用siRNA干涉技术降低ABCA2在棉铃虫幼虫活体中的表达也显著降低了Cry2Ab对幼虫的毒力。表明棉铃虫ABCA2不仅是Cry2Ab的特异性结合蛋白,而且参与Cry2Ab的杀虫过程,是Cry2Ab的一个重要功能受体。     

对大黑鳃金龟甲幼虫高效的苏云金芽胞杆菌筛选及cry基因鉴定

为获得对大黑鳃金龟甲幼虫具有较高杀虫活性的菌株,利用拌土法测定了本实验室分离的500株苏云金芽胞杆菌(Bacillus thuringiensis,Bt)对大黑鳃金龟甲的杀虫活性,建立Bt菌株比较鉴别技术来进行多样性分析,并对菌株的晶体形态及幼虫感染Bt后的中肠组织切片进行观察。结果显示,从500株Bt菌株中筛选到42株对大黑鳃金龟甲幼虫具有不同程度活性的菌株,分属于14个菌株类型;其中有10株校正死亡率大于60%,261-1菌株杀虫活性最高,7 d校正死亡率达100%。从14个菌株类型中各选取1个代表菌株进行基因鉴定,仅P65-1、1126-1、FCD114和78-2菌株分别含有cry8Ma、cry8Ca、cry8Ab、cry8Ga、cry8Ea共5个cry8类新基因,其它10个菌株均不含cry3、cry8、cry18、cry23、cry37、cry43等对鞘翅目害虫有效的杀虫基因。14个菌株中,78-3、127-2和1198-1菌株能产生双锥体型晶体,261-1、FCD114、P65-1、FTL84、78-2和1126-1菌株能产生球形晶体。幼虫感染261-1、1198-1、FCD114、1126-1、QDL40-2菌株后,中肠组织发生明显的病理变化:2 d时肠壁细胞明显出现空洞化,排列疏松,4 d时受到严重破坏并脱离底膜。表明筛选到的Bt菌株具有防治大黑鳃金龟甲幼虫的潜力。     

Cry1Ac的绿色荧光蛋白GFP标记及其在棉铃虫幼虫中肠的定位分布

为了明确Cry1Ac蛋白在棉铃虫体内与中肠组织的相互作用,采用重叠PCR方法将Bt-cry1Ac基因和绿色荧光蛋白GFP基因融合,构建含Cry1Ac毒蛋白和绿色荧光蛋白GFP原核表达载体,并在大肠杆菌大量表达。利用荧光显微镜观察发现,表达Cry1Ac-GFP融合蛋白的大肠杆菌在蓝光激发下发出绿色荧光。将含有融合蛋白的菌液拌入人工饲料饲喂3龄棉铃虫幼虫96h,取棉铃虫幼虫中肠做冰冻切片并在荧光显微镜下观察。结果显示,取食含有Cry1Ac-GFP融合蛋白饲料的棉铃虫幼虫中肠能够发出强烈荧光。比较Cry1Ac杀虫蛋白敏感和抗性棉铃虫幼虫中肠的发光部位,敏感棉铃虫幼虫的中肠围食膜已经消失,肠壁细胞发出强烈的荧光,而抗性棉铃虫的围食膜较健全并发出荧光。     

Midgut juice of Plutellaxylostella highly resistant to Bacillusthuringiensis Cry1Ac contains a three times larger amount of glucosinolate sulfatase which binds to Cry1Ac compared to that of susceptible strain

Midgut juice of Plutellaxylostella strain PXR which is resistant to Cry1Ac was biochemically characterized relative to the susceptible PXS strain. The midgut juice of PXR (PXR-Juice) was shown to process Cry1Ac protoxin to 60 kDa active toxin with the same processing pattern as that of juice from PXS (PXS-Juice) in SDS–PAGE. PXS larvae which were given the Cry1Ac toxin pre-processed with PXR-Juice were killed with the same rate as that with Cry1Ac pre-activated by trypsin. PXR-Juice was found to contain three times larger amount of 66 kDa protein (P66) than PXS-Juice and the N-terminal amino acid sequence of P66 was matched to that of glucosinolate sulfatase in data base search. The protein band of P66 was coincided with the band of p-nitro phenyl sulfatase activity in zymogram. P66 purified to homogeneity in SDS-PAGE bound to Cry1Ac and soybean agglutinin, and K_D for Cry1Ac was estimated to be 718 nM with surface plasmon resonance analysis. Using purified sulfatase, K_m and V_max were estimated and involvement of the enzyme in the PXR resistance was discussed.