Part:BBa_K2984013

Phosphite oxidoreductase (ptxD) B3-B4

This part is a part of the Chlamy-HUB-Collection. One restricting factor for cultivating microalgae is the high risk of contamination with bacteria, fungi or zooplankton. As our team anticipates in building a bioreactor it is essential to sterilize the media and all containers which raises the costs of production. Loera-Quezada et al. (2016) found a way to bypass this problem by integrating Pseudomonas stutzeri WM88 gene ptxD in C. reinhardtii. It encodes a phosphite oxidoreductase which is able to oxidize phosphite into phosphate using NAD+ as a cofactor (White & Metcalf, 2007). The integration of ptxD into the genome of C. reinhardtii enables the use of phosphite as a sole phosphorus source which wasn’t possible before (Loera-Quezada et al., 2015). Loera-Quezada et al. (2016) presented a new way of microalgae production without the need for sterile conditions or antibiotics to avoid contamination with biological pollutants as they can’t use phosphite as a phosphorus source. In the future this system could also be applied to open pond systems.

This part was designed to be used with the MoClo standard and has B3-B4 overhangs.

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 967
  
• 1000
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]

Characterization

Fig.1 - Successful transformation of L0-ptxD B3-B4 into E. coli.

References

1. Loera‐Quezada, M. M., Leyva‐González, M. A., Velázquez‐Juárez, G., Sanchez‐Calderón, L., Do Nascimento, M., López‐Arredondo, D., & Herrera‐Estrella, L. (2016). A novel genetic engineering platform for the effective management of biological contaminants for the production of microalgae. Plant biotechnology journal, 14(10), 2066-2076.
2. White, A. K., & Metcalf, W. W. (2007). Microbial metabolism of reduced phosphorus compounds. Annu. Rev. Microbiol., 61, 379-400.
3. Loera-Quezada, M. M., Leyva-González, M. A., López-Arredondo, D., & Herrera-Estrella, L. (2015). Phosphite cannot be used as a phosphorus source but is non-toxic for microalgae. Plant Science, 231, 124-130.