Types | DnaRegion
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Roles | Composite
engineered_region
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Description
This part contains 3 genes, each of which codes for an enzyme in the carotenoid synthesis pathway:
CrtB-Phytoene synthase
CrtI-Phytoene desaturase
CrtY-Lycopene cyclase
(CrtB) (CrtI) (CrtY)
The conversion process is GGPP->Phytoene->Lycopene->B-carotene
Order:
1) Constitutive promoter BBa_J23100
2) CrtY
3) RBS BBa_B0034
4) CrtI
5) RBS BBa_J23100
6) CrtB
7) Terminator B0015
Notes
Contact biomagik@mit.edu for specific questions.
Source
Each gene is taken from a different bacterial organism:
CrtB-R capsulatus
CrtI-S solfataricus
CrtY-C pelagibacter
Our sequence has been codon optimized for the Lactobacillus acidophilus strain NCFM.
The promoter, RBS and terminator were taken from the parts.mit.edu website.