Coding

Part:BBa_K4690001

Designed by: Guo Chen   Group: iGEM23_iBowu-China   (2023-10-10)


EstP

Pyrethroid-hydrolyzing esterase (EstP) from Klebsiella sp. strain ZD112, could not only degrade pyrethroid pesticides and the organophosphorus insecticide malathion, but also hydrolyze rho-nitrophenyl esters of various fatty acids, indicating EstP as an esterase with broad substrates.

Part Collection by iBowu-China 2023

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Characterization by iBowu-China 2023

Pyrethroid-hydrolyzing esterase (EstP) from Klebsiella sp. strain ZD112, could not only degrade pyrethroid pesticides and the organophosphorus insecticide malathion, but also hydrolyze rho-nitrophenyl esters of various fatty acids, indicating EstP as an esterase with broad substrates.

We used the following usual procedure to do the experiments:

1. Verification of the sequence. This part sequence we submitted was come from Klebsiella sp. strain ZD112. We downloaded the sequence from NCBI and in order to be suitable for bacterial expression, we asked a biology company to undergo codon optimization and synthesize the target sequence.

2. We then constructed it into a pET28(+) plasmid and transformed the plasmids into E. coli BL21(DE3) strains.

3. After cultured on LB solid medium (Kanamycin) for 12 h, we picked a single colony into 4 ml LB medium (Kanamycin) and the mix was then shaken at 37℃ until OD600 = 0.6.

4. In order to set proper control, we divided the bacteria solution into three parts, for the first part, we added 0.5 mM IPTG and cultured in 16℃ for 20 h; the second part was added with 0.5 mM IPTG as well but cultured in 37℃ for 4 h. The last one added nothing to serve as a control.

5. When the expression process was finished, we centrifuged the bacterial solution at 12000 rpm, and the precipitation was resuspended with RIPA buffer to lysate bacteria, we also added loading buffer to heat at 96℃ for 10 min, followed by SDS-PAGE and Coomassie brilliant blue staining for expression test.

According to our SDS-PAGE result, protein EstP can be expressed but precipitated in the inclusion body. In order to confirm the band we pointed out indicated our target proteins, we did an interview with our teacher, who suggested western blot assays to provide evidence, so we asked for collaboration and the following are results we got, which provided us positive results.



We then wondered whether we could promote the solubility of EstP through condition adjustment, so we firstly fixed the induction time and IPTG concentration, then set a series of temperature gradient. We found although EstP also precipitated in the inclusion body, but 22℃ expression expression produced more soluble protein.

The next experiment we did was to fixed the induction temperature and IPTG concentration, then set a series of time gradient. This time we showed more soluble EstP protein were produced after 24 h induction under the temperature of 22℃.


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]


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