Part:BBa_K1889006

Protein Coding Sequence for Amino Acid Deaminase Gene

K1889007 is a gene coding for an amino acid deaminase gene. It is derived from Proteus mirabilis. It functions to turn phenylalanine into phenylpyruvic acid by removing its amino group, coming from the enzyme family that catalyzes the breakdown of amino acids into alpha-keto acids. In our experiment, this gene is used to turn phenylalanine, a naturally occurring amino acid in E. coli, into phenylpyruvic acid. The phenylpyruvic acid then acts as an attractant to C. elegans.

Figure 1

The sequence of the gene was referenced from an article from Journal of Bacteriology, titled “Proteus mirabilis amino acid deaminase: cloning, nucleotide sequence, and characterization of aad.” The DNA sequence was slightly modified to allow its chemical synthesis by IDT while still retaining the original amino acid sequence.

Massad, G., Zhao, H., & Mobley, H. L. (1995). Proteus mirabilis amino acid deaminase: cloning, nucleotide sequence, and characterization of aad. Journal of Bacteriology, 177(20), 5878–5883.

Sequence and Features

Assembly Compatibility:

• 10
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
• 12
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]
• 21
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]
• 23
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
• 25
  INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]

  Illegal NgoMIV site found at 43
  Illegal NgoMIV site found at 697
  Illegal NgoMIV site found at 1329
  Illegal NgoMIV site found at 1336
  
• 1000
  INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]

  Illegal BsaI site found at 720