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Part:BBa_K1020004

Designed by: Yue Liu   Group: iGEM13_Tianjin   (2013-08-18)


Biosensor for alkane detection

AlkR is a transcriptional regulator belonging to AraC/Xyls family, which could detect a broad range of alkanes and alkenes with carbon chain length from C7 to C36. It is said that AlkR is the only bioreporter that is able to detect alkane with carbon chain length greater than C18.

The mechanism is that Alkane were presumably recognized by AlkR regulatory protein and their interaction triggered a conformation change of AlkR dimers which isomerizes the promoter-RNAP complex and lead to the activation of alkM gene. AlkR regulatory protein includes C-terminal DNA-binding domain(CTD) for promoter binding and N-terminal domain(NTD) for inducer recognition.


Sequence and Features


Assembly Compatibility:
  • 10
    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
  • 12
    INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]
    Illegal NheI site found at 1028
    Illegal NheI site found at 1051
  • 21
    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]
  • 23
    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
  • 25
    INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
    Illegal AgeI site found at 752
    Illegal AgeI site found at 864
  • 1000
    INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]
    Illegal BsaI.rc site found at 1821


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