Composite
Part:BBa_K4046610:Design
Designed by: Ashley Jones Group: iGEM21_Duke (2021-10-21)
hUBC-Kozak-tdTomato
Assembly Compatibility:
- 10INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]Illegal PstI site found at 759
Illegal PstI site found at 1485 - 12INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]Illegal PstI site found at 759
Illegal PstI site found at 1485 - 21COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]
- 23INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]Illegal PstI site found at 759
Illegal PstI site found at 1485 - 25INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]Illegal PstI site found at 759
Illegal PstI site found at 1485 - 1000COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]
Design Notes
The Kozak sequence is added between the two pieces in order to allow for optimal mammalian expression of the downstream tdTomato gene.
Source
tdTomato is the modified product of a gene originally from mushroom corals in the Discosoma family. The gene was obtained through PCR of a commercially available plasmid pCRISPR-HOT_tdTomato (Addgene, 138567). In normal function, tdTomato is a red fluorescence protein.
hUBC is a constitutive reporter that is associated with the ubiquitin c gene in humans. This gene was obtained through a FUGW-GFP plasmid, generously donated by the Gersbach lab at Duke University. In normal function, the hUBC promoter allows for high levels of expression of associated gene products.