Bidirectional transcriptional terminator consisting of a 22 bp stem-loop.
In the naturally-occuring sequence there is a mismatch in the stem of the stem loop. This can be corrected via an A->G mutation (at position 40 -- sequence coordinate/not MFOLD coordinate). The above sequence does not reflect this mutation (but the MFOLD image does). This terminator's location cannot be found using some inverted repeat detectors like PALINDROME because it is too short and contains a mismatch. This one was found with the help of Tom Knight. It lies between two coding regions that point towards eachother.
Derived from luxICDABEG operon terminator of Vibrio fischeri <genbank>AF170104</genbank>.
Protein generator converting TIPS to the protein cI from 434. Used as the input section for Quad Part Inverter Q01520.
tetracycline repressor from transposon Tn10 (+LVA)
June Rhee, Connie Tao, Ty Thomson, Louis Waldman.
Coding region for the TetR protein without the Ribosome Binding Site. Modified with an LVA tail for rapid degradation of the protein and faster fall time for the emission. TetR binds to the pTet regulator (BBa_R0040). aTc (anhydrotetracycline) binds to TetR and inhibits its operation.
References (unparsed) here: Elowitz, M. B. Transport, Assembly, and Dynamics in Systems of Interacting Proteins. Thesis, Princeton Univ., Princeton (1999). Lutz R, Bujard H., Independent and tight regulation of transcriptional units in Escherichia coli via the LacR/O, the TetR/O and AraC/I1-I2 regulatory elements. Nucleic Acids Res. 1997 Mar 15;25(6):1203-10. PMID: 9092630 References (unparsed) here: Elowitz, M. B. Transport, Assembly, and Dynamics in Systems of Interacting Proteins. Thesis, Princeton Univ., Princeton (1999). Lutz R, Bujard H., Independent and tight regulation of transcriptional units in Escherichia coli via the LacR/O, the TetR/O and AraC/I1-I2 regulatory elements. Nucleic Acids Res. 1997 Mar 15;25(6):1203-10. PMID: 9092630 BBa_C0040 TetR Protein is based on the TetR sequence from Elowitz's repressilator. It has been modified to include a rapid degradation LVA tail, and includes the BioBrick standard assembly head and tail restriction sites. The RBS has been removed. The stop codon has been changed from TAA to a double stop codon TAATAA.
Elowitz, M. B. Transport, Assembly, and Dynamics in Systems of Interacting Proteins. Thesis, Princeton Univ., Princeton (1999)
The 434 cI repressor protein coding sequence is a 710 base-pair sequence with the standard RBS-compatible BioBrick prefix and the standard BioBrick suffix sections on its ends. It binds to the 434 regulatory sequence, BBa_R0052. The sequence contains a LVA tag for faster degredation and has no RBS.
References (unparsed) here: Nikolnikov,S., Posfai,G. and Sain,B. The construction of a versatile plasmid vector that allows direct selection of fragments cloned into six unique sites of the cI gene of coliphage 434. Gene 30 (1-3), 261-265 (1984) References (unparsed) here: Nikolnikov,S., Posfai,G. and Sain,B. The construction of a versatile plasmid vector that allows direct selection of fragments cloned into six unique sites of the cI gene of coliphage 434. Gene 30 (1-3), 261-265 (1984)
Promoter, Standard (lambda cI regulated)
Vinay S Mahajan, Brian Chow, Peter Carr, Voichita Marinescu and Alexander D. Wissner-Gross Drew Endy
[Note: This is the same part as R0051 except that the -10 and -35 sites and spacing have been changed to comply with BBa_S0001]. The cI regulated promoter is based on the pR promtoer from bacteriohage lambda. The promoter has two two DNA binding sites for lambda cI repressor <bb_part>BBa_C0051</bb_part>. cI binding results in repression of transcription. The specific sequence used here is based on the cI repressible promoter used in the Elowitz repressilator (and references therein).
In order to address concerns about the promoter transcribing in the reverse direction, we have removed the -35 and -10 signals responsible for the promoter activity in the reverse direction. (More details needed here! DE, 2/24/03) Modified to comply with BBa_S0001: TTGACA-17N-GATACT Incompatible with host expressing cI repressor.
A synthetic oscillatory network of transcriptional regulators , Elowitz M.B. , Leibler S., Nature(403),335-38: 2000
The p22 cII regulatory region sequence is a 97 base-pair sequence with the standard BioBrick prefix and suffix sections on its ends. p22 cII repressor protein, BBa_C0053, binds to it. This segment contains O-R1, O-R2, a fragment of O-R3, the -35 of P-RM, and P-R (-10 and -35 from Tom Knight)
Jay Blumling, Debra Lin, Madeleine Sheldon-dante, Fred Tan, MIT SMUG
Built by Josh as an intermediate in screening plasmid construction.
RBS.3 (medium) -- derivative of BBa_0030
Vinay S Mahajan, Voichita D. Marinescu, Brian Chow, Alexander D Wissner-Gross and Peter Carr IAP, 2003.
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
enhanced cyan fluorescent protein derived from A. victoria GFP
double terminator (B0012-B0011), reversed
Transcriptional terminator consisting of a 64 bp stem-loop.
Lac operator with CFP reporter (without LVA tag) [R/Lc-]
Christopher Batten, Victoria Chou, Kenneth Nesmith
PenP operator from Bacillus Lichenformis. Two operator sites are negatively regulated by PenI (C0074).
This device senses the 3OC6HSL concentration in the media and produces output PoPS according to the transfer function given below. LuxR production is controlled by the lac repressible R0011.
autoinducer inactivation enzyme from Bacillus; hydrolyzes acetyl homoserine lactone
Vinay S Mahajan, Brian Chow, Peter Carr, Voichita D. Marinescu and Alexander D. Wissner-Gross
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.
<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).
Built by Josh as an intermediate in screening plasmid construction
Binding region for LasR protein (positive regulation)
"Analysis of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Elastase (lasB) Regulatory Region". Lynn Rust, Everett Pesci, and Barbara Iglewski
Protein generator converting TIPS to the protein cII from p22. Used as the input section for Quad Part Inverters Q01530.
enhanced yellow fluorescent protein derived from A. victoria GFP
June Rhee, Connie Tao, Ty Thomson, Louis Waldman
Yellow fluorescent protein (EYFP) reporter coding sequence without the Ribosome Binding Site. Modified with an LVA tail for rapid degradation of the protein and faster fall time for the emission. Annotated mutation cause a Q81L mutation that appears to not be near the active site.
BBa_E0032 yellow fluorescent protein is based on BioBrick part BBa_E0031. It has been modified to include a rapid degradation LVA tail, and includes the BioBrick standard assembly head and tail restriction sites. The RBS has been removed. The stop codon has been changed from TAA to a double stop codon TAATAA.
Modified from <bb_part>BBa_E0031</bb_part>
engineered cyan fluorescent protein derived from A. victoria GFP
Stephen Lee, Roshan Kumar, Joe Levine, Ziyan Chu (Polkadorks, IAP 2004)
Positively regulated, OmpR-controlled promoter. This promoter is taken from the upstream region of ompF. Phosphorylated OmpR binds to the three operator sites and activates transcription.
The promoter includes three OmpR binding sites: F1, F2, and F3. The promoter starts at -107 and goes up to the transcriptional start site at +1. A distant fourth binding site, F4, has been deleted. It is involved in negative regulation of ompF (Head, Tardy and Kenney, 1998), so its deletion is intended to make the promoter solely activating. The efficacy of this promoter versus the ompC upstream region (BBa_R0082) or the truncated ompC upstream region (BBa_R0083) is currently unknown.
The second portion of the RFP gene, after the HixC insertion point.
Removed LVA tag from BBa_C0052 via PCR. In pSB1AK3 currently.
unidentified/uncharacterized CinR dependent
Vinay S Mahajan, Voichita D. Marinescu, Brian Chow, Alexander D Wissner-Gross and Peter Carr
In complex with HSL, LuxR binds to the Lux promoter, activating transcription from Pr <bb_part>BBa_R0062</bb_part>, and repressing transcription from Pl <bb_part>BBa_R0063</bb_part>. The lux cassette of V. fischeri contains a left and a right promoter. The right promoter gives weak constitutive expression of downstream genes.This expression is up-regulated by the action of the Lux activator, LuxR complexed to HSL. 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.
2 silent point mutants were introduced in the coding sequence to remove internal XbaI and PstI sites. Mutation sites were chosen to replace codons commonly used in E. coli with codons used at a similar frequency.
V. fischeri <genbank>AF170104</genbank>
Tet operator with CFP reporter (with LVA tag) [R/Tc+]
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.
Promoter, Standard (luxR and HSL regulated -- lux pR)
Vinay S Mahajan, Voichita D. Marinescu, Brian Chow, Alexander D Wissner-Gross and Peter Carr Drew Endy
[Note: This is the same part as R0062 except that the -10 and -35 sites and spacing have been changed to comply with BBa_S0001]. Promoter activated by LuxR in concert with HSL The lux cassette of V. fischeri contains a left and a right promoter. The right promoter gives weak constitutive expression of downstream genes.This expression is up-regulated by the action of the LuxR activator protein complexed with the autoinducer, 3-oxo-hexanoyl-HSL. Two molecules of LuxR protein form a complex with two molecules of the signalling compound homoserine lactone (HSL). This complex binds to a palindromic site on the promoter, increasing the rate of transcription.
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. <img src="<bb_file part=BBa_R0062>Image1.gif</bb_file>" width="614" height="362"> Modified to comply with BBa_S0001: TTGACA-17N-GATACT
Produces LuxR protein which can sense 3OC6HSL in the media and activate transcription from R0062, the right hand Lux promoter
R6K origin of replication requires a pir+ or pir116 strain for replication in the absence of a second origin. In most E. coli strains, this is a silent feature. {pSB1A2-Bca1011}
PCR ca1011F/R on pG80ko (445 bp, EcoRI/SpeI) Sub into pSB1A2-I13522 (EcoRI/SpeI) Product is Bca1011 ---- ca1011F Forward Biobricking of R6K GGACTgaattcgcggccgcttctagagtgattcgcacgggcccatg ca1011R Reverse biobricking of R6K ccgctactagtaGCAGTTCAACCTGTTGATAG
Positively regulated, OmpR-controlled promoter. This promoter is derived from the upstream region of ompC. Phosphorylated OmpR binds to the operator site and activates transcription. This is a truncated version of BBa_R0082.
The promoter deletes the C2 and C3 regions of BBa_R0082 (bases 37-74 in BBa_R0082) and inserts an 8-base linker before the -35 and -10 signal region. The efficacy of this promoter versus the full ompC upstream region (BBa_R0082) or the ompF upstream region (BBa_R0084) is currently unknown. The a at base 41 is mutated to t to avoid XbaI site. Speculation that this was a previous assembly site.
c2 repressor from Salmonella phage P22 (+LVA)
The P22 c2 repressor protein coding sequence is a 720 base-pair sequence with the standard RBS-compatible BioBrick prefix and the standard BioBrick suffix sections on its ends. It binds to the P22 c2 regulatory sequence, BBa_R0053. The sequence contains a LVA tag for faster degredation.
References (unparsed) here: Vander Byl,C. and Kropinski,A.M. Sequence of the genome of Salmonella bacteriophage P22 J. Bacteriol. 182 (22), 6472-6481 (2000) References (unparsed) here: Vander Byl,C. and Kropinski,A.M. Sequence of the genome of Salmonella bacteriophage P22 J. Bacteriol. 182 (22), 6472-6481 (2000)
Vinay S. Mahajan, Brian Chow, Peter Carr
Generic spacer for ensuring a 70 bp distance between the end of the suffix of the BioBrick part containing the double terminator and the prefix of the BioBrick part containing the promoter of the new gene. Please, use the AlignX function of Vector NT to check for homology with the components in your plasmid before using this spacer.
The size of the spacer was choosed to meet the minimum length of a sequence that can be queried using the BLAST search engine. However, subsequences of it can be used to design shorter spacers. The sequence was selected from many more sequences randomly generated using the Random DNA Generator engine; the GC% parameter used as input was 50%. The sequences were selected based on the following constraints listed in their order of importance: the absence of any putative promoter regions, a low degree of homology with the Elowitz plasmid (whose components are widely used in our designs), no homology with other E.coli sequences as shown by BLASTN search results and the presence of a number of TAA stop codons. The second constraint was the most stringent leading to the elimination of most sequences. DE made the following changes to the original sequence in order to add stop codons in the -3 frame and more in the +2 frame (note, not all of these stop codons are UAA. Thus, if used in an organism that inserts an amino acid @ UGA or UAG the obvious will occur): T->A @ 85 T->A @ 42 C->T @ 79 A->T @ 64 A->T @ 31 T->A @ 34 C->A @ 37 Also, note that the above changes further reduce (the already very weak) homology to current NCBI-stored sequences. In the process of selecting the best sequence it appeared that a good alternative sequence for a spacer would be: AGGTTCTGATATGTAACTGTGCCCAATGTCGTTAGTGACGCATACCTCTTAAGAGGCCACTGTCCTAACA. The sequence contains no putative promoters and shows moderate homology with the 5' end of the Ampicillin resistance gene. However a strong promoter sequence starts 12 bp downstream of this sequence, and therefore the sequence presented above was preferred. The sequence is compatible (does not show significant homology) with the components in the Elowitz repressilator plasmid.
Randomly generated and optimized for several parameters (see Design notes).
Medium RBS based on Ron Weiss thesis. Strength considered relative to <bb_part>BBa_B0030</bb_part>, <bb_part>BBa_B0032</bb_part>, <bb_part>BBa_B0033</bb_part>.
Varies from -6 to +1 region from original sequence to accomodate BioBricks suffix ("RBS-1" in figure 4-14 of thesis). No secondary structures are formed in the given RBS region. Users should check for secondary structures induced in the RBS by upstream and downstream elements in the +50 to -50 region, as such structures will greatly affect the strength of the RBS. Contact info for this part: Brian Cho
green fluorescent protein derived from jellyfish Aequeora victoria wild-type GFP (SwissProt: P42212
GFP (mut3b) [note that this part does not have a barcode]
Sequence for pTet inverting regulator driven by the TetR protein.
BBa_R0040 TetR-Regulated Promoter is based on a cI promoter. It has been modified to include two TetR binding sites and the BioBrick standard assembly head and tail restriction sites.
Lutz, R., Bujard, H., Nucleic Acids Research (1997) 25, 1203-1210.
Cyan fluorescent protein (ECFP) reporter coding sequence without the Ribosome Binding Site. Modified with an LVA tail for rapid degradation of the protein and faster fall time for the emission.
BBa_E0022 cyan fluorescent protein is based on BioBrick part BBa_E0021. It has been modified to include a rapid degradation LVA tail, and includes the BioBrick standard assembly head and tail restriction sites. The RBS has been removed. The stop codon has been changed from TAA to a double stop codon TAATAA.
Modified from <bb_part>BBa_E0021</bb_part>.
RBS.4 (weaker) -- derivative of BBa_0030
Weaker RBS based on Ron Weiss thesis. Strengths relative to <bb_part>BBa_B0030</bb_part>, <bb_part>BBa_B0031</bb_part>, <bb_part>BBa_B0032</bb_part>.
Varies from -6 to +1 region from original sequence to accomodate BioBricks suffix ("RBS-3" in figure 4-14 of thesis). No secondary structures are formed in the given RBS region. Users should check for secondary structures induced in the RBS by upstream and downstream elements in the +50 to -50 region, as such structures will greatly affect the strength of the RBS. Contact info for this part: Brian Chow
CinR (BBa_C0077) in complex with O3-C14:1-HSL (from CinI, BBa_C0076) binds to this promoter and activates transcription. This promoter contains the RBS: TGGAGG
The regulatory locus cinRI in Rhizobium leguminosarum conrols a network of quorum-sensing loci Lithgow, JK; Wilkinson, A; Hardman, A; Rodelas, B; Wisniewski-Dye, F; Williams, P; Downie, AJ MOL. MICROBIOLOGY 37(1): 81-97, 2000 Change log: the last 5 bases (gctaa) removed to allow for the correct spacing between the RBS (TGGAGG) and the start of the downstream gene after biobricks splicing.
autoinducer inactivation enzyme aiiA (no LVA)
medium RBS, YFP (-LVA), double terminator
cI repressor from E. coli phage lambda (+LVA)
Vinay S Mahajan, Brian Chow, Peter Carr, Voichita Marinescu and Alexander D. Wissner-Gross
Coding region for the cI repressor based on cI repressor from bacteriophage lambda modified with an LVA tail for rapid degradation of the protein. cI repressor binds to the cI regulator (BBa_R0051).
References (unparsed) here: A synthetic oscillatory network of transcriptional regulators , Elowitz M.B. , Leibler S., Nature(403),335-38: 2000 Octamerization of CI repressor is needed for effective repression of PRM and efficient switching from lysogeny. Ian B. Dodd,1 Alison J. Perkins, Daniel Tsemitsidis, and J. Barry Egan , Genes and Development (Vol 15, No. 22) 3013-3022: 2001 References (unparsed) here: A synthetic oscillatory network of transcriptional regulators , Elowitz M.B. , Leibler S., Nature(403),335-38: 2000 Octamerization of CI repressor is needed for effective repression of PRM and efficient switching from lysogeny. Ian B. Dodd,1 Alison J. Perkins, Daniel Tsemitsidis, and J. Barry Egan , Genes and Development (Vol 15, No. 22) 3013-3022: 2001 BBa_C0051 cI repressor is based on the cI repressor from the Elowitz's repressilator. It has been modified to include a rapid degradation LAA tail, and includes the BioBrick standard assembly head and tail restriction sites. The RBS has been removed. The stop codon has been changed from TAA to a double stop codon TAATAA.
Elowitz, M. B. Transport, Assembly, and Dynamics in Systems of Interacting Proteins. Thesis, Princeton Univ., Princeton (1999).
Promoter (luxR & HSL regulated -- lux pR)
Promoter activated by LuxR in concert with HSL The lux cassette of V. fischeri contains a left and a right promoter. The right promoter gives weak constitutive expression of downstream genes.This expression is up-regulated by the action of the LuxR activator protein complexed with the autoinducer, 3-oxo-hexanoyl-HSL. Two molecules of LuxR protein form a complex with two molecules of the signalling compound homoserine lactone (HSL). This complex binds to a palindromic site on the promoter, increasing the rate of transcription.
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. <img src="<bb_file>Image1.gif</bb_file>" width="614" height="362">
This part accepts POPS to generate EYFP under the medium strength RBS B0032.
The first two nucleotides of the GFP start codon were removed to create this fusion brick.
The GFP fusion brick was derived from the GFP BioBrick, [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_E0040 BBa_E0040].
Chloramphenicol resistance gene including its native promoter and ribosome binding site. Confers resistance to 25 ug/mL chloramphenicol. {pSB1A2-Bca1016}
PCR ca1016F/R on pKD3 (934 bp, EcoRI/SpeI) Sub into pSB1A2-I13522 (EcoRI/SpeI) Products are Bca1015 and Bca1016 ---- ca1016F Forward EcoRI to biobrick CAT of pKD3 gacttgaattcgcggccgcttctagaggaataggaacttcatttaaatg ca1016R Reverse SpeI to biobrick CAT of pKD3 ccgctactagtggcgcgcctacctgtgacgg
Grace Kenney, Daniel Shen, Neelaksh Varshney, Samantha Sutton
Coding region for the LacI protein with an LVA degradation tail and without an RBS. LacI binds to the pLac regulator <bb_part>BBa_R0010</bb_part> and PLlac01 hybrid regulator <bb_part>BBa_R0011</bb_part> and inhibits transcription. IPTG (Isopropylthiogalactoside) binds to LacI and inhibits its operation, therefore promoting transcription. A rapid degredation tail (LVA) has been added to improve the High to Low performance of this part.
References (unparsed) here: Elowitz, M.B., Leibler, S. A synthetic oscillatory network of transcriptional regulators. Nature 403, 335-338 (2000). [ELOW00] References (unparsed) here: Elowitz, M.B., Leibler, S. A synthetic oscillatory network of transcriptional regulators. Nature 403, 335-338 (2000). [ELOW00] Sequence taken from the repressilator of Elowitz and Leibler (2000). The obtained sequence was compared to the wild-type sequence for LacI obtained through a database search. The sequence had been modified from the wild-type in that wild-type GTG start was changed to an ATG start (note, actual ORF in E.coli has several GTG starts it would seem). The LVA tag has been added for quicker degradation. Incompatible with systems containing LacI, lactose, or IPTG.
represillator of Elowitz and Leibler (2000)
Coding region for the HK022 bacteriophage cI protein. cI binds to the HK022 pR regulator (BBa_R0050). It represses transcription of the protein encoded by the sequence 3' to the pR region. This coding sequence does not contain a RBS.
References (unparsed) here: Carlson NG, Little JW. Highly cooperative DNA binding by the coliphage HK022 repressor. J Mol Biol. 1993 Apr 20;230(4):1108-30. PMID: 8487297. Mao C, Little JW. Mutations affecting cooperative DNA binding of phage HK022 CI repressor. J Mol Biol. 1998 May 29;279(1):31-48. PMID: 9636698. References (unparsed) here: Carlson NG, Little JW. Highly cooperative DNA binding by the coliphage HK022 repressor. J Mol Biol. 1993 Apr 20;230(4):1108-30. PMID: 8487297. Mao C, Little JW. Mutations affecting cooperative DNA binding of phage HK022 CI repressor. J Mol Biol. 1998 May 29;279(1):31-48. PMID: 9636698. Derived from <genbank>STHK022N</genbank>. Response from John Little (Arizona) regarding the start of HK022 cI From: <jlittle@email.arizona.edu> Date: Tue Jan 21, 2003 4:39:21 PM US/Eastern To: "Drew Endy" <endy@MIT.EDU> Subject: RE: hk022 cI start (naive question)? Hello Drew and Michael, I seriously doubt that the extra 27 aa are part of CI. It doesn't make sense in terms of the biology, for sure. In any case, the protein we characterized starts where Carlson and Little stated; as I recall, oR3 partially overlaps the start of cI. I have a vague memory of some possibly interesting biology, having to do with multicopy plasmids. I don't recall the findings themselves. Anyway, one possible explanation was that this extra N-terminal addition was made (e.g. from the pRE promoter, or from a message that arose from transcription around the entire plasmid), making a protein with altered functions. We never followed it up. Good luck John -- Original Message -- Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 15:26:26 -0500 Subject: hk022 cI start (naive question)? Cc: elowitm@rockefeller.edu To: jlittle@u.arizona.edu From: Drew Endy <endy@MIT.EDU> Hi John, I'm sitting here with Michael Elowitz and we're working through the sequence for HK022 cI. We noticed that the annotation from NC_002166 includes an "extra" 81 base pairs upstream of what we thought of as the actual start. It looks like this extra DNA extends into the PR regulatory region. We're wondering what's going on here? I'm guessing this is well documented somewhere. Thanks for any pointers/info! Drew It is unknown whether there is cross-talk between this repressor and Lambda cI regulatory region, 434 cI regulatory region and P22 regulatory region.
AraC operator, truncated to include araO1, araI1, araI2, c-amp1, and c-amp2 sites. This operator should *activate* transcription in the presence of AraC; b/c the operator lacks the araO2 site, there should not be araC-mediated repression.
Overlap extension of synthetic oligonucleotides
Promoter (lacI regulated, lambda pL hybrid)
Neelaksh Varshney, Grace Kenney, Daniel Shen, Samantha Sutton
Inverting regulatory region controlled by LacI (<bb_part>BBa_C0010</bb_part>, <bb_part>BBa_C0011</bb_part>, etc.) The PLlac 0-1 promoter is a hybrid regulatory region consisting of the promoter P(L) of phage lambda with the cI binding sites replaced with lacO1. The hybrid design allows for strong promotion that can nevertheless be tightly repressed by LacI, the Lac inhibitor (i.e. repressor) (<bb_part>BBa_C0010</bb_part>) ([LUTZ97]). The activity of the promoter can be regulated over a >600-fold range by IPTG in E.Coli DH5-alpha-Z1 (same paper reference).
hybrid promoter design to create strong promoter that is, at the same time, highly repressible. note that the upstream operator installed in this hybrid is slightly different than the one in the original source (Lutz and Bujard, 1997). the most upstream operator region is slightly truncated in the represillator version, so that both operators in the hybrid are the same sequence. see references for details. also, the sequence has been truncated after the transcriptional start site. LacI binds to this regulator. This part is incompatible with species containing active LacI coding regions. Lactose and IPTG disable the operation of LacI and increase transcription. This part is incompatible with environments containing lactose or lactose analogs.
This part accepts POPS to produce ECFP under the medium RBS B0032
GFP reporter for RHS of library test constructs
This part will be suffixed to a promoter.RBS library. The purpose of the experiment is to make a first pass at a library-based construction step to identify efficiency issues and also to examine maxPOPS/RIPS level.
This part was built by Jen as an intermediate to their nuts and bolts parts.
RhlR can sense N-butyryl-HSL in the media and can activate transcription from R0071. It can be used as part of a receiver device.
Synthesizes 3OC6HSL, which binds to LuxR. The lux cassette of V. fischeri contains a left and a right promoter. The right promoter gives weak constitutive expression of downstream genes.This expression is up-regulated by the action of the Lux repressor, LuxR. Two molecules of LuxR protein form a complex with two molecules the signalling compound HSL. This complex binds to a palindromic site on the promoter, increasing the rate of transcription.
An LVA tail (sequence: AANDENYALVA) was added to increase protein degradation. .
RBS (Elowitz 1999) -- defines RBS efficiency
Varies from -6 to +1 region from original sequence to accomodate BioBricks suffix. No secondary structures are formed in the given RBS region. Users should check for secondary structures induced in the RBS by upstream and downstream elements in the +50 to -50 region, as such structures will greatly affect the strength of the RBS. Contact info for this part: Brian Chow
Promoter (lambda cI and luxR regulated -- hybrid)
cI repressor negatively regulates this promoter and LuxR activates its transcription.The effect of cI is dominant over LuxR. This part is based on the LuxR and cI repressor regulated hybrid promoter designed and tested by Ron Weiss. It requires the binding of two cI repressor dimers for maximal repression and contains two cI repressor binding sites namely, OR1 and OR2. This promoter is leaky in the sense that 'some' transcription is seen in the absence of both cI and LuxR. LuxI cI activity of promoter + + zero + - maximum - + zero - - leaky (no quantitative information)
This part was designed based on the LuxR and cI repressor regulated hybrid promoter tested by Ron Weiss and the LuxR-LuxICDABE sequence annotated by Tom Knight <genbank>AF170104</genbank>.
Promoter activated by RhlR in concert with C4-HSL. C4-HSL is produced by RhlI, and acts as a quorum-sensing autoinducer. This is the natural sequence taken from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Crosstalk: this promoter is also activated at a low level by LasR with its associated HSL.
The -10 and -35 sites are labeled as identified in [Pearson97]. The part begins with the RhlR binding site, and (rather arbitrarily) ends with the first transcribed base (+1).
Pseudomonas aeruginosa rhlAB promoter
Positively regulated, OmpR-controlled promoter. This promoter is taken from the upstream region of ompC. Phosphorylated OmpR binds to the three operator sites and activates transcription.
The promoter includes the three OmpR binding sites: C1, C2, and C3. The promoter starts at -107 and goes up to the transcriptional start site at +1. An alternate version, BBa_R0083, cuts out the C2 and C3 sites. The efficacy of this promoter versus the truncated ompC upstream region (BBa_R0083) or the ompF upstream region (BBa_R0084) is currently unknown.
Protein generator converting TIPS to the protein cI from lambda. Used as the input section for Quad Part Inverters Q01150 and Q01151.
The cI regulated promoter is based on the pR promtoer from bacteriohage lambda. The promoter has two two DNA binding sites for lambda cI repressor <bb_part>BBa_C0051</bb_part>. cI binding results in repression of transcription. The specific sequence used here is based on the cI repressible promoter used in the Elowitz repressilator (and references therein).
In order to address concerns about the promoter transcribing in the reverse direction, we have removed the -35 and -10 signals responsible for the promoter activity in the reverse direction. (More details needed here! DE, 2/24/03) Incompatible with host expressing cI repressor.