Part:BBa_K608351:Experience
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team:Tokyo Tech 2016
Sequence of Cl repressor without modification derived from pGW7 is described on this part’s sequence page. Sequence of plasmid in plate sent from HQ is as written on main page.
Applications of BBa_K608351
We managed to perform a last-minute, "blind" -ie not knowing if the sequence of the insert was correct-, and preliminary OD-measurement testing of the part in conjuction with (BBa_K608352), as part of our temperature sensitive phage lysis cassette.
We later verified the part sequence. Please refer to our Project Results Page (http://2011.igem.org/Team:Freiburg/Results#Lysis_cassette) for more Info.
The OD values of the measurement are shown in the chart (please do bear in mind that this was a measurement done under deadline-stress, without the possibility to plan and perform something more concrete before the Wiki-Freeze)
- LB with Cm (Chloramphenicol) was used as a blank before every (hourly) measurement
Nr1: Insert is only this part ((BBa_K608351))
Nr2: Insert is only (BBa_K608352)
Nr3: Both parts were correctly assembled (1:(BBa_K608351) + 2:(BBa_K608352))
Therefore (BBa_K608351) seems to be functioning, though not tightly. More tests are planned if time allows (ie wiki-unfreeze ;) ) One sure thing is that the correct testing would be done with GFP or RFP instead of (BBa_K608352), and also at different temperatures (probably a 25°C to 42°C gradient).
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Activation Temperature
This image shows multiple tests of the Temperature Sensitive Promoter (pTS) with a GFP generator (GFP gen) attached downstream. The goal was to determine what temperature activates the Temperature Sensitive Promoter. The pictures on the left show the pTS+GFP gen construct grown at different temperatures including 30, 32, 35, 36, 37, 42 Celsius under white light conditions. The pictures on the right show the same plates under blue light, where only the 37 and 42 Celsius glowed. This indicates that GFP was only found at or above 37 Celsius.
At around 3hrs the green fluorescence of the pTS + GFP gen plate becomes visible (diverges from that of the negative control towards that of the positive control). |
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team:NTNU 2016
Applications of BBa_K608351
We tested this part together with an mCherry reporter ([1]) flanked by either of the four combinations of two RBSs ([2],[3]) and two terminators ([4],[5]). The CI protein and the mCherry were put on the same plasmid with the CI set to inhibit the trancription of mCherry. We wanted to test the comparative mCherry expression at the standard E.Coli growth temperature of 37 °C and the CI denaturation temperature of 42 °C mentioned in the description of this part.
E. Coli DH5α cells were transformed with the constructs above. Transformants were inoculated overnight in LB medium with kanamycin, at 37 °C and 255rpm. The 5 cultures were placed in a water bath at 37 °C. The water bath was gradually heated to 42 °C to avoid heat shocking the cells. Time courses of the fluorescence (abs: 580nm, em: 615nm) and OD of the cells were recorded (see the figure below).
The four combinations of RBS and terminator around an mCherry reporter coupled to a CI repressor (this part). In a) and b) the RBS was clearly not effective, with the fluorescence being close to that of cells lacking an mCherry. The heat treatment did not have any obvious influence on the fluorescence of the cells. The RBS in c) and d) had relatively high fluorescence values, which changed by an order of magnitude with the terminator chosen. However, the heat treatment did not have any obvious positive influence in these cases either. In d) the influence was negative in fact.
Therefore we concluded that this part is not a good choice for temperature transitions between 37 and 42 °C. This agrees with the experience gained on this part by other groups.
In the team NTNU_Trondheims 2016 project, the CI repressor was used in the BBa_K1970000 biobrick. The sensitivity of the CI repressor was tested again by growing overnight cultures inoculated with E. coli DH5alpha cells at 30 °C and 37 °C. In BBa_K1970000 the CI repressor represses the expression of mCherry. After correcting for cell density in the cultures, the fluorescence of each culture was measured:
Excitation wavelength: 584 nm, emission wavelength: 620 nm
Average fluorescence at 30 °C was 3413
Average fluorescence at 37 °C was 13700
These results show that the CI repressor implemented in this part is effective at repressing gene expression when grown at 30 °C.