Table 1 Nomenclature for representative insecticidal proteins and their encoding genes from Bacillus thuringiensis
Old nomenclaturea | New nomenclatureb | Insect spectrum | Number of amino acids | Mass(kDa) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gene | Protein | Gene | Protein | |||
cryIA(a) | CryIA(a) | cryIAa | CyIAa | Lepidoptera | 1176 | 133.2 |
cryIA(b) | CryIA(b) | cryIAb | CryIAb | Lepidoptera | 1155 | 131.0 |
cryIA(c) | CryIA(c) | cryIAc | CryIAc | Lepidoptera | 1178 | 133.3 |
cryIB | CryIB | cryIBa | CryIBa | Lepidoptera | 1207 | 138.0 |
cryIC | CryIC | cryICa | CryICa | Lepidoptera | 1189 | 134.8 |
cryID | CryID | cryIDa | CryIDa | Lepidoptera | 1165 | 132.5 |
cryIIA | CryIIA | cry2Aa | Cry2Aa | Lepidoptera /Diptera | 633 | 70.9 |
cryIIB | CryIIB | cry2Ab | Cry2Ab | Lepidoptera | 633 | 70.8 |
cryIIIA | CryIIIA | cry3Aa | Cry3Aa | Coleoptera | 644 | 73.1 |
cryIIIB | CryIIIB | cry3Ba | Cry3Ba | Coleoptera | 649 | 74.2 |
cryIVA | CryIVA | cry4Aa | Cry4Aa | Diptera | 1180 | 134.4 |
cryIVB | CryIVB | cry4Ba | Cry4Ba | Diptera | 1136 | 127.8 |
cryIVC | CryIVC | cry10Aa | Cry10Aa | Diptera | 675 | 77.8 |
cryIVD | CryIVD | cryIIAa | Cry11Aa | Diptera | 643 | 72.4 |
Jeg80 | Jeg80 | cryIIBa | Cry11Ba | Diptera | Â | 80 |
cytA | CytA | cyt1Aa | CytIAa | Diptera /others | 248 | 27.4 |
cytB | CytB | cyt2Aa | Cyt2Aa | Diptera | Â | Â |