Measurement

Part:BBa_K911001

Designed by: Oliver Meacock   Group: iGEM12_Cambridge   (2012-09-07)


Magnesium sensitive riboswitch

Riboswitch that acts as a regulatory element, truncating transcripts when magnesium is not bound to the RNA. Four Mg2+ binding sites exist, giving this part significantly switch-like behavior. Binding of these sites by Mg2+ results in compaction of the regulatory region of the riboswitch, which in its unbound state acts as an anti-terminator. Loss of this anti-terminator activity results in the activity of a downstream terminator (included in this sequence) which terminates transcription of the gene. May also be affected by other divalent ions, such as manganese.

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
    INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
    Illegal NgoMIV site found at 452
  • 1000
    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]


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Categories
//rna/riboswitch
Parameters
None