Part:BBa_J31001:Design

DNA invertase Hin tagged with LVA

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]

Hin Invertase

The Hin invertase enzyme from Salmonella typhimurium has been studied extensively in E. coli. Hin binds each Hix sequence flanking a fragment of DNA to be inverted as a dimer. The two dimers come together to form a tetrad complex where cleaved DNA ends are swapped and ligated (Richards and Johnson 2004). We have reconstituted the Hin invertase system (Hin coding region, Hix sites and a Recombination Enhancer DNA sequence) as a BioBrick compatible system.
Figure 1. 3-D models of Hin/ DNA complexes based upon crystal structure data (Yang and Steitz 1995, Li et al. 2005, Kamtekar et al. 2006)
A Hin protein dimer bound to DNA at a Hix site (PDB 1GDT, Yang and Steitz 1995). View the [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=1GDT interactive 3-D Jmol image].	A Hin protein dimer bound to cleaved DNA (PDB 2GM4, Kamtekar et al. 2006). View the [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=2GM4 interactive 3-D Jmol image].	A Hin terad complex poised to swap DNA ends for inversion and ligation (PDB 1ZR4, Li et al. 2005). View the [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore/explore.do?structureId=1ZR4 interactive 3-D Jmol image].

Design Notes

This part was cloned via PCR amplification of BBa_J31000 using the following primers. The reverse oligo was designed to add the LVA degradation tag to the end of the Hin invertase coding region. Primer annealing sites are shown in bold.
Forward: 5' TCTGGAATTCGCGGCCGCATCTAGAGATG
Reverse: 5' ATGCCTGCAGGCGGCCGCAACTAGTTAAGCTACTAAAGCGTAGTTTTCGTCGTTTGCAGCATTCATTCGTTTTTTTATAC

The BioBrick prefix and suffix on this part are not wildtype but the restriction sites are still viable.

Standard BioBrick Cloning Sites (Knight)

5'--GAATTC GCGGCCGC T TCTAGA G ----insert---- T ACTAGT A GCGGCCG CTGCAG-- 3'--CTTAAG CGCCGGCG A AGATCT C -------------- A TGATCA T CGCCGGC GACGTC--

BBa_J31001 Cloning Sites

5'--GAATTC GCGGCCGC * TCTAGA * --Hin coding-- * ACTAGT T GCGGCCGCCTGCAG-- 3'--CTTAAG CGCCGGCG * AGATCT * -------------- * TGATCA A CGCCGGCGGACGTC-- Prefix There is no T spacer (*) between the NotI site and the XbaI site. There is no G spacer (*) between the XbaI and the Hin coding region. Suffix There is no T spacer (*) between the Hin coding region and the SpeI site. The A spacer between the SpeI and the NotI has changed to a T. There is an extra C between the NotI site and the PstI site

Source

1. Hin invertase (BBa_J31000) from Salmonella typhimurium
2. The 11 amino acid "gfp(down,LVA)" ssrA degradation tag (Andersen et al., Appl Environ Microbiol, 1998).

References

• Kamtekar, S., Ho, R.S., Cocco, M.J., Li, W., Wenwieser, S.V.C.T., Boocock, M.R., Grindley, N.D.F., Steitz, T.A. (2006) An activated, tetrameric gamma-delta resolvase: Hin chimaera bound to cleaved DNA. PNAS.
• Li, W., Kamtekar, S., Xiong, Y., Sarkis, G.J., Grindley, N.D., Steitz, T.A. (2005) Structure of a synaptic gamma delta resolvase tetramer covalently linked to two cleaved DNAs. Science. 309: 1210-1215
• Sanders, E.R., Johnson, R.C. (2004) Stepwise Dissection of the Hin-catalyzed Recombination Reaction from Synapsis to Resolution. J. Mol. Biol. 340: 753–766.
• Knight, Tom. Idempotent Vector Design for Standard Assembly of Biobricks
• Yang, W., Steitz, T.A. (1995) Crystal structure of the site-specific recombinase gamma delta resolvase complexed with a 34 bp cleavage site. Cell. 82:193-207