Part:BBa_K264006

Modular UP-element Design 7

The UP element is a component of the promoter located upstream of the -35 region. Though not necessary for transcription, the UP element increases the rate of transcription initiation by interacting with the alpha-subunit of RNA polymerase. A consensus sequence, -59 nnAAA(A/T)(A/T)T(A/T)TTTTnnAAAAnnn -38, was derived from a collection of many UP elements based on nucleotide frequency at each position (Estrem et al., 1998). UP Element Design 1 is the UP element with the highest transcription rate increase reported in that study. Design 1 was systematically modified (BBa_K264001-K264006) to vary the relative strength of its effect based on the hypothesis that the most significant promoter enhancement would occur when the UP element sequence used the most frequently-occurring nucleotides at each position (i.e., the consensus sequence). A spacer, CT, is placed between the UP element and subsequent promoters to maintain proper alignment with RNAP.

Sequence and Features

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]