Promoter (luxR & HSL regulated -- lux pL)
The lux cassette of V. fischeri contains a left and a right promoter. The left promoter gives weak constitutive expression of downstream genes.This expression is down-regulated by the action of the Lux repressor, LuxR. Two molecules of LuxR protein form a complex with two molecules the signalling compound homoserine lactone (HSL). This complex binds to a palindromic site on the promoter, increasing the rate of transcription from Pr, repressing transcription from Pl
This promoter is based on the Vibrio fischeri quorum sensing gene promoters. Two genes LuxI and LuxR and transcribed in opposite directions as shown below. The original sequence from which the parts <bb_part>BBa_R0062</bb_part> and <bb_part>BBa_R0063</bb_part> were derived is shown in the picture below.Includes most of Lux reulatory region, including the LuxR binding site which activates the right promoter. A putative LuxR autorepression binding site is also identified adjacent to the -10 site of the right promoter. This 2nd site has 55% identity with the first site. Putative inverted repeats (of size 18-27 bp) also exist between these two sites (not marked above), which may represent binding sites for other regulatory proteins. <img src="<bb_file>Image01.gif</bb_file>" width="614" height="362"> Unspecified.
Vinay S Mahajan, Voichita D. Marinescu, Brian Chow, Alexander D Wissner-Gross and Peter Carr
This part was generated in the form of a forward & a reverse primer. After annealing these primers EcoRI & PstI compatible cohesive ends at the 5' & 3' ends of the dsDNA were generated. Next, the dsDNA was subcloned in a pSB1A2 open plasmid (digested with EcoRI & PstI) You can follow the construction process by following the links available in the Paris iGEM 2007 wiki: http://parts.mit.edu/igem07/index.php/Paris "freezer" section plasmids table. A links sends you to the corresponding notebook date when the ligation reaction was performed
lox66 is a site specific recombination cassette. It belongs to the loxP family frequently used in genetics, particularily in mouse genetics. lox site recombination is catalysed by a Site specific recombinase, Cre. lox sequences are composed of an 8 bp Core sequence surrounded by two Arms. The particularity of lox66 is that it has an altered sequence at the end of it's left arm compared to loxP. This sequence variation reduces affinity of the Cre recombinase for the arm. As a consequence, after a recombination between a lox66 and a lox71 (altered right arm sequence), one of the two resulting generated lox sites has very low recombination potential as it inherited both mutated arms. Use of lox66 & lox71 sites is potentially interresting when the recombination reaction must be "irreversible".
No modidification was made on the lox66 sequence
AiiA protein generator TERM+ RBS+(B0032)
Susanna Zucca, Tommaso Goggia, Paolo Magni
RBS.3 (medium) -- derivative of BBa_0030
Weak1 RBS based on Ron Weiss thesis. Strength is considered relative to <bb_part>BBa_B0030</bb_part>, <bb_part>BBa_B0031</bb_part>, <bb_part>BBa_B0033</bb_part>.
Varies from -6 to +1 region from original sequence to accomodate BioBricks suffix ("RBS-2" in figure 4-14 of thesis). Contact info for this part: Brian Chow
Vinay S Mahajan, Voichita D. Marinescu, Brian Chow, Alexander D Wissner-Gross and Peter Carr IAP, 2003.
Double terminator consisting of BBa_B0010 and BBa_B0012
autoinducer inactivation enzyme from Bacillus; hydrolyzes acetyl homoserine lactone
<genbank>AF196486</genbank> from Bacillus sp. 240B1 putative metallohydrolase (aiiA) gene. Dong,Y.H., Xu,J.L., Li,X.Z. and Zhang,L.H.: AiiA, an enzyme that inactivates the acylhomoserine lactone quorum-sensing signal and attenuates the virulence of Erwinia carotovora, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 97 (7), 3526-3531 (2000).
Coding region for the autoinducer inactivation enzyme A (aiiA) LVA tagged. The gene was originally isolated from Bacillus sp. 240B1 and it encodes an enzyme that catalyzes the degradation of N-acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs)--quorum sensing autoinducers.
References (unparsed) here: Dong,Y.H., Xu,J.L., Li,X.Z. and Zhang,L.H.: AiiA, an enzyme that inactivates the acylhomoserine lactone quorum-sensing signal and attenuates the virulence of Erwinia carotovora, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 97 (7), 3526-3531 (2000). http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/97/7/3526 Lee SJ, Park SY, Lee JJ, Yum DY, Koo BT, Lee JK.: Genes encoding the N-acyl homoserine lactone-degrading enzyme are widespread in many subspecies of Bacillus thuringiensis, Appl Environ Microbiol 2002 Aug;68(8):3919-24. http://aem.asm.org/cgi/content/full/68/8/3919?view=full&pmid=12147491 References (unparsed) here: Dong,Y.H., Xu,J.L., Li,X.Z. and Zhang,L.H.: AiiA, an enzyme that inactivates the acylhomoserine lactone quorum-sensing signal and attenuates the virulence of Erwinia carotovora, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 97 (7), 3526-3531 (2000). http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/97/7/3526 Lee SJ, Park SY, Lee JJ, Yum DY, Koo BT, Lee JK.: Genes encoding the N-acyl homoserine lactone-degrading enzyme are widespread in many subspecies of Bacillus thuringiensis, Appl Environ Microbiol 2002 Aug;68(8):3919-24. http://aem.asm.org/cgi/content/full/68/8/3919?view=full&pmid=12147491 BBa_C0060 insert contains open reading frame (nucleotides 49-801) of the GeneBank sequence AF196486 followed by the LVA tag and two double stop codons inserted in the BioBrick prefix and suffix flanking regions. The original stop codon was TAG and in the present sequence it was substituted by TAATAA.
Vinay S Mahajan, Brian Chow, Peter Carr, Voichita D. Marinescu and Alexander D. Wissner-Gross
Derived from the TE terminator of T7 bacteriophage between Genes 1.3 and 1.4 <genbank>V01146</genbank>.
Transcription terminator for the E.coli RNA polymerase.
Suggested by Sri Kosuri and Drew Endy as a high efficiency terminator. The 5' end cutoff was placed immediately after the TAA stop codon and the 3' end cutoff was placed just prior to the RBS of Gene 1.4 (before AAGGAG). Use anywhere transcription should be stopped when the gene of interest is upstream of this terminator.
Transcriptional terminator consisting of a 64 bp stem-loop.
Conversion of the iGEM parts registry to SBOL2.1