Regulatory

Part:BBa_K2624000:Design

Designed by: Yunge Lou, Yali Wu   Group: iGEM18_CPU_CHINA   (2018-08-22)


hTERT promoter


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

Somatic mutations in the promoter of the gene for human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) are the most common noncoding mutations in cancer. Our design of this hTERT promoter (-146C>T, -138C>T, -139C>T) is according to such documented mutations.

Source

GenBank nucleotide sequence database, with mutations.

References

[1]Liu T, Yuan X, Xu D. Cancer-Specific Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase (TERT) Promoter Mutations: Biological and Clinical Implications:[J]. Genes, 2016, 7(7):38.
[2]Zhuang C L, Fu X, Liu L, et al. Synthetic miRNA sponges driven by mutant hTERT promoter selectively inhibit the progression of bladder cancer.[J]. Tumor Biology, 2015, 36(7):5157.
[3]Heidenreich B, Nagore E, Rachakonda PS, et al. Telomerase reverse transcriptase promoter mutations in primary cutaneous melanoma[J]. Nature communications, 2014, 5(2):3401.
[4]Takakura M, Kyo S, Kanaya T, et al. Cloning of human telomerase catalytic subunit (hTERT) gene promoter and identification of proximal core promoter sequences essential for transcriptional activation in immortalized and cancer cells[J]. Cancer research, 1999, 59(3): 551-557.