Regulatory

Part:BBa_J202013:Design

Designed by: Jiyeon Park   Group: Tagkopoulos Lab   (2012-07-26)


PBAD Mutant#14


Assembly Compatibility:
  • 10
    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
  • 12
    INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]
    Illegal NheI site found at 125
  • 21
    INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]
    Illegal BamHI site found at 65
  • 23
    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
  • 25
    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
  • 1000
    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]


Design Notes

In order to regulate transcription from PBAD, araC binds three different sites called araO2, araI1, and araI2. In the absence of L-arabinose, araC binds both araO2 and araI1 and bends DNA preventing transcription from PBAD. In the presence of L-arabinose, however, araC has a conformational change because of L-arabinose and binds araI1 and araI2, enabling transcription from PBAD. Like the wild-type (I13453), this part does not have araO2 site which is essential for araC repressor function. Therefore, araC acts as an activator in the presence of L-arabinose.


Source

This mutant was created by site-directed mutagenesis.

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