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lacI:LVA device (constitutive promoter, RBS and terminator)

The trancsriptional repressor lacI with LVA tag for faster degradation (BBa_C0012)under the constitutivly active promoter (BBa_J23106), with a RBS (BBa_B0030) and with a terminator (BBa_B1002).

This device can be used to overexpress lacI with the purpose of repressing transcription from high-copy plasmids containting the lac promoter (BBa_R0010). The repression can be relieved by allosteric binding of IPTG to lacI, thereby promoting transcription from the lac promoter. However, we have build a similar device (BBa_K1088019) without the LVA-tag which proved to respond better to induction.

To test the function of this regulatory device another high-copy plasmid carrying a GFP-protein fusion under the lactose promoter with and without this lacI:LVA tag was assayed.

FACS results and growth curves of +/-lacI:LVA carrying strains. One triplicate of MG1655 (WT) and two triplicates of MG1655 strains carrying either BBa_K1088008 (-lacI:LVA) or BBa_K1088009 (+lacI:LVA) were grown from OD600 0.005 to approximately 0.2. At this OD the MG1655 triplicate and one triplicate of each strain carrying constructs were induced with 1 mM IPTG at time 0 min. FACS measurements were done at times: -30, 0, 30, 60, 90, 120, and 150 min. A) Growth curve shows that WT grows slightly faster than strains bearing plasmids. B) Per cent of population above fluorescence threshold. None of the WT cells were fluorescent, almost all of the -lacI:LVA cells were constitutively fluorescent, and only cells overexpressing LacI:LVA weren’t fluorescent when not induced. Upon induction increasingly per cent of +lacI:LVA became fluorescent and reaches a maximum of 70-75 per cent after 90 min. C) Mean GFP fluorescence of entire population. The -lacI:LVA cells became increasingly more fluorescent over time, both with and without induction. Though, the induced cells were slightly more fluorescent, which is probably because of the relief of repression from LacI naturally present in the cells. For the +lacI:LVA cells the results from B is reflected.

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