Part:BBa_K2522001:Experience

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Applications of BBa_K2522001

While this part was not applied to our project, it did give our team insight in to our future work with the sfGFP gene. This plasmid was experimentally tested and proved to work by growing the colony up overnight with 3OC12, and a control without. The visual results are below.

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We created six overnights that contained 3 mL of LB Broth, 3 μL of the antibiotic Chloramphenicol, E. coli DH5α cells transformed with PLas_sfGFP, and either 3 μL of 10 mM 3OC12 (three overnights) or 3 μL of DMSO (three overnights) to confirm the functionality of the plasmid and one 3 mL overnight that contained only LB Broth to serve as our blank.

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Through these overnights, we were able to confirm the functionality of PLas_sfGFP and we measured the fluorescence and absorbance of each overnight by performing an endpoint read of each overnight in a 96-well flat-bottomed plate. In order to obtain data in the range of our standard curve, we diluted the overnights two-fold by mixing 50 μL of each overnight with 50 μL of LB. We then used the 100 μL Standard Curve we created using the iGEM Measurement Protocols and converted our data from arbitrary absorbance and fluorescence units to MEFL/particle, which we graphed below:

Fluorescence (MEFL/Particle)

Since we were able to confirm the functionality of the PLas_sfGFP circuit, we also decided to create a Dose Response Curve for PLas_sfGFP by making overnight triplicates of the PLas_sfGFP induced at different concentrations of 3OC12.

First, we performed serial dilutions of the 10 mM stock solution of 3OC12 with DMSO. Then, we created overnight in triplicate of cells transformed with PLas_sfGFP that were induced by the different 3OC12 concentrations. Afterward, we diluted and measured the fluorescence and absorbance of each overnight as explained above. Using our 100 μL Standard Curve, we converted our raw measurements and graphed them below

Fluorescence (MEFL/Particle)

The circuit responded to 3OC12 in a dose-dependent manner. We began seeing signal at 10E-4 μM and the signal saturated at 10E-1μM. The sensor showed a 60-fold increase in signal upon activation based on the non-linear fit analysis. Analysis was done on GraphPad Prism 5.

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