Types | DnaRegion
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Roles | Coding
CDS
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Sequences | BBa_K932002_sequence (Version 1)
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Description
Silicatein-alpha is a derived from a sea sponge that nucleates aqueous silicon dioxide into a patterned inorganic matrix on its exterior. OmpA is an osmo-regulated protein from E. coli that displays on the outer membrane. This fusion construct tags the silicatein alpha to the extracellular portion of the OmpA protein.
Notes
The portion of silicatein-alpha was truncated to include only the active domain, and tethered to the extracellular portion of the ompA protein to induce silica binding on the outer surface of the cell.
Source
OmpA is from E. coli K-12
Silicatein-alpha truncated sequence is from Tethya aurantia.