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In order to determine if the KatG-LAA protein was functional, catalase activity was tested using a turbitity comparison between E. coli expressing native catalase levels (carrying only the pLacI biobrick) and cultures of pLacI-katG-LAA. Cultures were grown overnight, induced with 100 uM IPTG, and subsequently subcultured into various concentrations of hydrogen peroxide (0 mM, 1 mM, 5 mM, and 10 mM). These cultures were then grown overnight. It was found that the negative control exhibited no growth after 12h at 1 mM peroxide, however cultures with induced expression of catalase were turbid after 12 h of growth at this concentration (Fig. 3). This demonstrated the ability of the catalase to protect the cells from excessive peroxide concentrations.

Figure 1: Catalase Assay. Overnight cultures of pLacI and pLacI-KatGLAA were innoculated into 0 mM, 1 mM, 5 mM, and 10 mM peroxide. Cultures were grown overnight and turbidity was observed. It was found that at 1 mM of peroxide, cultures with just the lacI promotor perished, however when KatG-LAA was expressed, the cells survived.

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