Composite

Part:BBa_K4268008

Designed by: J. Aubrey, J. Alvarenga, L. Buchanan, J. Reyes, D. Yashinski     Group: iGEM22_SUNY_Oneonta   (2022-09-30)


Head-Tail Connector Transcriptional Unit

Usage and Biology

S-TIP37 is a T7-like cyanophage that infects its host via a lytic life cycle (Shitrit et al., 2021). T7-like phages are characterized by a complex symmetrical capsid structure, which includes an icosahedral head that houses the phage's genome, and an internal core region that stabilizes the packaged DNA inside the head. A neck region that facilitates DNA delivery into a host, and six tail fibers used for attachment to its host (Raytcheva et al., 2011).

Figure 1: A labeled visual detailing the various structures of a T7-like phage (Kemp et al., 2005)

This part belongs to a collection that codes for a "ghost" phage. This ghost phage is a capsid-only, empty viral shell that could be modified to immobilize Cyanobacteria recognized by the viral tail fibers, or used with modification to deliver substances to a chassis Cyanobacteria.

However, it will infect Synechococcus sp WH 8109, the cyanobacteria strain that is the natural host of S-TIP37. Further modeling will be needed to determine if the "ghost" phage could effectively target other strains of Cyanobacteria that are used in synthetic biology, such as Synechococcus sp PCC 11901.

The Head-Tail Connector Transcriptional Unit classifies as a Level 1 Transcriptional Unit of Golden Gate Assembly. A medium-strength promoter and RBS were used, BBa_R0181 + BBa_B0034. The terminator used was BBa_B0015.


Sequence and Features


Assembly Compatibility:
  • 10
    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
  • 12
    INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]
    Illegal NheI site found at 395
  • 21
    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]
  • 23
    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
  • 25
    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
  • 1000
    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]


References

Kemp P, Garcia LR, Molineux IJ. Changes in bacteriophage T7 virion structure at the initiation of infection. Virology. 2005 Sep 30;340(2):307-17. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2005.06.039. PMID: 16054667.

Raytcheva DA, Haase-Pettingell C, Piret JM, King JA. Intracellular assembly of cyanophage Syn5 proceeds through a scaffold-containing procapsid. J Virol. 2011 Mar;85(5):2406-15. doi: 10.1128/JVI.01601-10. Epub 2010 Dec 22. PMID: 21177804; PMCID: PMC3067778.

Shitrit D, Hackl T, Laurenceau R, Raho N, Carlson MCG, Sabehi G, Schwartz DA, Chisholm SW, Lindell D. Genetic engineering of marine cyanophages reveals integration but not lysogeny in T7-like cyanophages. ISME J. 2022 Feb;16(2):488-499. doi: 10.1038/s41396-021-01085-8. Epub 2021 Aug 24. PMID: 34429521; PMCID: PMC8776855.

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