Coding
ComE

Part:BBa_K1379051:Design

Designed by: Jacqueline Theeng Mei Aw   Group: iGEM14_Hong_Kong_HKUST   (2014-10-14)


S. pneumoniae ComE CDS


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]


Design Notes

Removal of SpeI illegal site


Source

iGEM 2014 Hong_Kong_HKUST Team has cloned comE from S. pneumoniae strain NCTC7465 by PCR, followed by Gibson Assembly into pSB1C3 backbone.

References

B. Martin et al "ComE/ComE~P interplay dictates activation or extinction status of pneumococcal X-state (competence) " 2012


B. Martin et al "Cross-regulation of competence pheromone production and export in the early control of transformation in Streptococcus pneumoniae " 2000


B. Martin et al "Expression and maintenance of ComD–ComE, the two-component signal-transduction system that controls competence of Streptococcus pneumoniae mmi_7071 1513..1528 "


Cheng, Q., Campbell, E.A., Naughton, A.M., Johnson, S., and Masure, H.R. (1997) The com locus controls genetic transformation in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Mol Micro-biol 23: 683±692.


Pestova, E.V., and Morrison, D.A. (1998) Isolation and characterization of three Streptococcus pneumoniae transformation-specific loci by use of a lacZ reporter insertion vector. J Bacteriol 180: 2701±2710.


Ween, O., Gaustad, P., and Havarstein, L.S. (1999) Identification of DNA binding sites for ComE, a key regulator of natural competence in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Mol Microbiol 33: 817±827.