Part:BBa_K2110012

PGK1 promoter

This promoter is a enhanced promoter used in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. It regulates the 3-phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK1) gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. This promoter can be used in both plasmid and genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Sequence and Features

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Group: Tel-Hai 2017

Author: Yaakov Bulka

Summary: we added information about the promoter and on its mechanism.

PGK1 is the promoter of the gene for phosphoglycerate kinase, a key glycolytic gene. The protein is involved in step 2 of the subpathway that synthesizes pyruvate from D-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate. In the literature it is generally considered a strong promoter. PGK1 promoter shows very constant activity pattern at different glucose concentrations. Studies have found that The PGK gene has an upstream activation sequence located between 402 and 479 nucleotides upstream from the initiating ATG sequence, which is required for full transcriptional activity. Deletion of this sequence caused a marked reduction in the levels of PGK transcription. PGK has no requirement for TATA sequences; deletion of one or both potential TATA sequences had no effect on either the levels of PGK expression or the accuracy of transcription initiation. The activation sequence between bases -538 and -402 upstream of the initiating ATG contains multiple functional elements, including an essential region called the activator core (AC) sequence and three copies of the pentamer 5'-CTTCC-3'. The AC sequence shows strong homology to the consensus binding sites for the yeast proteins RAP1 (GRF1) and TUF. those studies have also found that the yeast protein which interacts with the AC sequence is the DNA-binding protein RAP1. Expression of the PGK gene is found to be regulated according to the carbon source in the growth medium. PGK mRNA levels are high in yeast cells grown in glucose medium but low in yeast cells grown in media containing carbon sources such as pyruvate and acetate. This carbon source regulation of transcription was found to be mediated, in part, via regulation of RAP1 binding to the AC sequence.

Partow, S., Siewers, V., Bjørn, S., Nielsen, J., & Maury, J. (2010). Characterization of different promoters for designing a new expression vector in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast, 27(11), 955-964.‏

Ogden, J. E., Stanway, C., Kim, S., Mellor, J., Kingsman, A. J., & Kingsman, S. M. (1986). Efficient expression of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae PGK gene depends on an upstream activation sequence but does not require TATA sequences. Molecular and cellular biology, 6(12), 4335-4343.‏

Chambers, A., Tsang, J. S., Stanway, C., Kingsman, A. J., & Kingsman, S. M. (1989). Transcriptional control of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae PGK gene by RAP1. Molecular and cellular biology, 9(12), 5516-5524.‏

Contribution: NUDT_CHINA 2019

Summary：in this part, we made contributions to the quantitative characterization data of mammalian PGK Promoter. We measured the strength of this promoter by the expression of firefly luciferase reporter gene in HepG2 cells.

Methods

To characterize the PGK promoter, firefly luciferase was used as the reporter gene to quantify the transcriptional strength of promoter. To be specific, plasmids carrying PGK promoter-firefly luciferase cassette was transfected into liver carcinoma cell line HepG2 by lipo3000 under standard proytocol. Cells were cultures under standard DMEM High glucose medium under 5% CO2 and 37 ℃. Cells were harvested 0, 6, 12 and 24h after transfection, and firefly luciferase activity was measured by Beyotime™ Dual Luciferase Reporter Gene Assay Kit.

Results

The result showed a significant increase of firefly luciferase within 24 hours of transfection.

Figure 1. PGK-drived firefly luciferase activity, Error bar represents SD of at least 3 biological replicates.