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Part:BBa_K4017002:Design
Ribosome Binding Site
- 10COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
- 12COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]
- 21COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]
- 23COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
- 25COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
- 1000COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]
Design Notes
This part encodes for the binding region of bacterial ribosomes in mRNA and ensures the translation of both the signal peptides used by the team (BBa_K4017003 - BBa_K4017007) and the proteins for plastic degradation PETase and MHETase (BBa_K4017010 - BBa_K4017013). The Ribosome Binding Site (RBS) is a rich A/G region, upstream of the start codon ATG of an mRNA. Translation initiation in bacteria requires RBS, as it is responsible for the recruitment of the small bacterial ribosome (30S) and the translation initiation [1-2].
Source
Adapted from the genomic sequence of Escherichia coli DH5α.
References
[1]: Hu, Yangbo, et al. "Ribosomal binding site switching: an effective strategy for high-throughput cloning constructions." PloS one 7.11 (2012): e50142.
[2]: Omotajo, Damilola, et al. "Distribution and diversity of ribosome binding sites in prokaryotic genomes." BMC genomics 16.1 (2015): 1-8.