Composite

Part:BBa_K2066115

Designed by: Kalen Clifton, Christine Gao, Andrew Halleran, Ethan Jones, Likhitha Kolla, Joseph Maniaci, John Marken, John Mitchell, Callan Monette, Adam Reiss   Group: iGEM16_William_and_Mary   (2016-10-14)


Synthetic Enhancer Project: 2x TetO Binding Cassette (55as) + sfGFP on UNS

The synthetic enhancer, first characterized by Amit et. al. 2011, allows for a multistate transfer function by modulating the rigidity of the spacer region between the enhancer promoter region, thus affecting the DNA rigidity and hence the kinetic capability of the two components to loop together and initiate transcription. For more information on the mechanism, please refer to: http://2016.igem.org/Team:William_and_Mary/Synthetic_Enhancer.

This synthetic enhancer part consists of a 2x TetO binding cassette within the spacer region between the enhancer and promoter. The part was characterized via insertion of an sfGFP reporter under the control of the sigma 54 promoter. The two binding sites allows for three discrete states of output: a repressed, intermediate, and unrepressed state. Depending on the steady state of TetR, the amount of bound TetR varies and thus affects the rigidity of the spacer region as well as the kinetics of the looping between the enhancer and promoter, which allows for the initiation of transcription.

This part has to be transformed in conjugation with the pACT Tet plasmid (Bba_K2066037), which controls the expression of TetR and NRII2302, a kinase that activates the NRI product (which binds and primes the upstream enhancer region).

Source: The enhancer, tet cassette, glnAp2 synthetic promoter, and NRI coding region sequences were derived from Amit, R., Garcia, H. G., Phillips, R. & Fraser, S. E. Building enhancers from the ground up: a synthetic biology approach. Cell146, 105–118 (2011). The sfGFP flourescent reporter design is inspired by C. Lou, B. Stanton, Y.-J. Chen, B. Munsky, C. A. Voigt, Ribozyme-based insulator parts buffer synthetic circuits from genetic context. Nat. Biotechnol. 30, 1137 (2012). doi:10.1038/nbt.2401 pmid:23034349. The UNS sequences at the ends of the insert are derived from Torella, J. P., Boehm, C. R., Lienert, F., Chen, J. H., Way, J. C., & Silver, P. A. (2013). Rapid construction of insulated genetic circuits via synthetic sequence-guided isothermal assembly. Nucleic acids research, gkt860. A huge thanks to all the researchers involved in its original creation!

Sequence and Features


Assembly Compatibility:
  • 10
    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
  • 12
    INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]
    Illegal NheI site found at 111
  • 21
    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]
  • 23
    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
  • 25
    INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
    Illegal AgeI site found at 890
  • 1000
    INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]
    Illegal SapI.rc site found at 1878


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