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===Design Notes===
 
===Design Notes===
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Since this is a pentapeptide that does not start with methionine, we had to design on a cleavable linker.
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Since polypeptides can only be biologically synthesised if they start with the amino acid methionine, it has been necessary to design a cleavable peptide sequence starting with methionine. This sequence is found upstream of opiorphin and is enzymatically cleaved following incubation with the enzyme enterokinase. Enterokinase is a highly specific serine protease that cleaves after the recognition sequence Aspartic Acid - Aspartic Acid - Aspartic Acid -Aspartic Acid – Lysine.  
  
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A double stop codon has been incorporated into the sequence to ensure efficient termination.
  
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The sequence has been optimised for expression in <i>E.coli</i>.
  
 
===Source===
 
===Source===

Revision as of 14:43, 18 October 2009

Opiorphin + EK cleavage site


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]


Design Notes

Since polypeptides can only be biologically synthesised if they start with the amino acid methionine, it has been necessary to design a cleavable peptide sequence starting with methionine. This sequence is found upstream of opiorphin and is enzymatically cleaved following incubation with the enzyme enterokinase. Enterokinase is a highly specific serine protease that cleaves after the recognition sequence Aspartic Acid - Aspartic Acid - Aspartic Acid -Aspartic Acid – Lysine.

A double stop codon has been incorporated into the sequence to ensure efficient termination.

The sequence has been optimised for expression in E.coli.

Source

Synthetic part.

References