Editing Bacillus thuringiensis (section)

==Beta-exotoxins==
Some isolates of ''B. thuringiensis'' produce a class of insecticidal small molecules called beta-[[exotoxin]], the common name for which is thuringiensin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ofmpub.epa.gov/apex/pesticides/f?p=CHEMICALSEARCH:3:0::NO:1,3,31,7,12,25:P3_XCHEMICAL_ID:4063 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130409224957/http://ofmpub.epa.gov/apex/pesticides/f?p=CHEMICALSEARCH:3:0::NO:1,3,31,7,12,25:P3_XCHEMICAL_ID:4063 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-04-09 | title = Thuringiensin | work = EPA pesticide database |publisher=Ofmpub.epa.gov |date=2010-11-17 |access-date=2013-07-09 }}</ref> A consensus document produced by the OECD says: "Beta-exotoxins are known to be toxic to humans and almost all other forms of life and its presence is prohibited in ''B. thuringiensis'' microbial products".<ref>{{cite web|title=Consensus Document on Safety Information on Transgenic Plants Expressing Bacillus Thuringiensis - Derived Insect Control Proteins | author = Environment Directorate |location=Paris|date=26 July 2007|quotation=OECD Environment, Health and Safety Publications, Series on Harmonisation of Regulatory Oversight in Biotechnology No. 42 |url=https://www.oecd.org/science/biotrack/46815888.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118053047/http://www.oecd.org/science/biotrack/46815888.pdf |archive-date=2016-01-18 |url-status=live|publisher=Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) }}</ref> Thuringiensins are [[nucleoside analogue]]s. They inhibit [[RNA polymerase]] activity, a process common to all forms of life, in rats and bacteria alike.<ref>{{cite thesis | vauthors = Yin R |title=Structural basis of transcription inhibition by the nucleoside-analog inhibitor thuringiensin |date=2016 |doi=10.7282/T3S75JHW |url=https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/50492/ |publisher=Rutgers University - Graduate School - New Brunswick }}<!-- DUDE PUT IT ON PDB ALREADY--></ref>