Part:BBa_K823048

PspoIVB promoter regulated by sigma G

PspoIVB promoter is from B.subtilis and is a sporulation promoter activated late in sporulation by sigma G in the forespore

Our team used this part in the combination with P_ydfG,ecf41_{Bli aa 1-204} and MazF in the [http://2012.igem.org/Team:LMU-Munich/Germination_Stop#Suicide_switch Suicide switch].

σ G, the last sigma factor in the forespore, activates PspoIVB, producing ECF41 during Sporulation. This then activates the PydfG promoter producing MazF, theoretically killing cells after germination.

This Platereader measurment is the first and not reproduced to this point!

This Platereader assay was done with the Bacillus subtilis strain W168 containing thrC::P_spoIVB-ecf41_{Bli aa 1-204} (through transformation with pSBBs4S-P_spoIVB-ecf41_{Bli aa 1-204}) and sacA::P_ydfG-luxABCDE (through transformation with pSBBs3C-luxABCDE-P_ydfG). It shows that P_spoIVB is activated first at six hours and then again starting at 18 hours. This is not as expected, as the peak at six hours is too early and probably not Sporulation specific. But it is an active promoter and seems to be activated during Sporulation.

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
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
• 1000
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]