Reporter

Part:BBa_K4497028

Designed by: Till Gundlach   Group: iGEM22_Munich   (2022-10-09)


tTA Induceable EYFP Reporter

A tetracyclin-inducable Transactivator (tTA) inducable EYFP reporter.

Design & Cloning

Design

This part consists of the bidirectional Promoter Pbi-1 (Part:BBa_K4497027), that is induced by the Transcription Factor tetracycline-inducable Transactivator (tTA). The promoter is made of Tetracycline repeat elements (TRE) with a minimal CMV promoter on both sides. The promoter induces expression of the downstream EYFP (BBa_K076004), allowing for an EYFP signal readout on tTA induction of the promoter.

Cloning

tTA Induceable EYFP Reporter was be received in the pBI-MCS plasmid from addgene: pBI-MCS-EYFP (Addgene plasmid # 58855, [1])

Usage

The reporter was used previously by Daringer et al. for readout of tTA release by their MESA receptor system. Since our MESA system is based on theirs, we also decided to use this reporter. The reporter was transfected into HEK293T or COS7 cels together with the MESA system to test its functionality (for Results see Part:Bba_K4497028).

Alternatives

As our MESA system incorporated a lot of fluorescent dyes to read out different aspects of our loop, we modified the reporter to express miRFP680(Ex661/Em680)(Part:BBa_K4497030) instead of EYFP, which did not clash with our other measurements:

  • Reporter: EYFP (Ex513/Em527)
  • Loop Ligand: 2xmCherry (Ex587/Em610), 2xmEGFP(Ex488/Em507)
  • Transcription Factor: BFP (Ex381/Em445)

This makes it a good alternative to this reporter if your samples also contain GFP




Sequence and Features


Assembly Compatibility:
  • 10
    INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
    Illegal EcoRI site found at 465
    Illegal XbaI site found at 484
    Illegal SpeI site found at 490
    Illegal PstI site found at 471
    Illegal PstI site found at 700
  • 12
    INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]
    Illegal EcoRI site found at 465
    Illegal SpeI site found at 490
    Illegal PstI site found at 471
    Illegal PstI site found at 700
    Illegal NotI site found at 476
  • 21
    INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]
    Illegal EcoRI site found at 465
  • 23
    INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
    Illegal EcoRI site found at 465
    Illegal XbaI site found at 484
    Illegal SpeI site found at 490
    Illegal PstI site found at 471
    Illegal PstI site found at 700
  • 25
    INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
    Illegal EcoRI site found at 465
    Illegal XbaI site found at 484
    Illegal SpeI site found at 490
    Illegal PstI site found at 471
    Illegal PstI site found at 700
  • 1000
    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]

References

[1] Modular Extracellular Sensor Architecture for Engineering Mammalian Cell-based Devices. Daringer NM, Dudek RM, Schwarz KA, Leonard JN. ACS Synth Biol. 2014 Mar 11. 10.1021/sb400128g PubMed 24611683


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