Part:BBa_K3447104
Arabinose induces endotoxin expression
This part contains an arabinose operon, which constitutes the arabinose sensing system. By connecting the relE gene downstream, the normal growth and reproduction of bacteria will be inhibited when arabinose is present.
Usage and Biology
After the expression of arabinose operon was verified, sfGFP gene was replaced by relE gene, which causes the normal growth and reproduction of bacteria will be inhibited when there is arabinose in the medium.
Characterization
The digestion and agarose gel electrophoresis are shown in Figure 1.
Since relE encodes a small endotoxin peptide which represses the growth of bacteria, its expression could be characterized by measuring growth curve. Fig. 2A and 2B suggest that, compared with negative control, the E. coli cells cultured with standard arabinose can be inhibited for growth and reproduction. Finally, in order to verify whether the xylanase produced by E. coli could manage to hydrolyze xylan to arabinose and, by binding to the araC, turn on the expression of relE in the downstream of PBAD, thus proving its function by measuring the growth situation (Fig. 2C).
Sequence and Features
- 10COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
- 12INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]Illegal NheI site found at 1205
- 21INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]Illegal BamHI site found at 1144
- 23COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
- 25INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]Illegal AgeI site found at 979
- 1000INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]Illegal BsaI site found at 1239
Illegal BsaI.rc site found at 1705
Illegal SapI site found at 961
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