Difference between revisions of "Part:BBa K590031"

Latest revision as of 18:43, 23 September 2011

Aldehyde Decarbonylase (ADC) - Synechococcus elongatus PCC7942

This part encodes an enzyme Aldehyde Decarbonylase (ADC) that removes the carbonyl group (C=O) from a fatty aldehyde, yielding an alkane one carbon shorter than the original aldehyde and a molecule of formate. Works together with Acyl-ACP Reductase (AAR) to produce odd chain length alkanes. This part is an important component of the PetroBrick, which generates alkanes using AAR and ADC.

Usage and Biology

When AAR and ADC are co-expressed, they produce odd chain length alkanes from the cell's fatty acid biosynthetic pathway. Alkane production is enhanced when growing expression strains using the growth conditions developed by the [http://2011.igem.org/Team:Washington 2011 University of Washington iGEM Team].

Sequence and Features

Assembly Compatibility:

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COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
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COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]
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INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]
Illegal XhoI site found at 730
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COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
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COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
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COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]

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-This part encodes an enzyme that removes the carbonyl group (C=O) from a fatty aldehyde, yielding an alkane one carbon shorter than the original aldehyde and a molecule of formate. Works together with [https://parts.igem.org/wiki/index.php?title=Part:BBa_K590032 Acyl-ACP Reductase] to produce odd chain length alkanes.
+This part encodes an enzyme Aldehyde Decarbonylase (ADC) that removes the carbonyl group (C=O) from a fatty aldehyde, yielding an alkane one carbon shorter than the original aldehyde and a molecule of formate. Works together with [https://parts.igem.org/wiki/index.php?title=Part:BBa_K590032 Acyl-ACP Reductase] (AAR) to produce odd chain length alkanes. This part is an important component of the [https://parts.igem.org/wiki/index.php?title=Part:BBa_K590025 PetroBrick], which generates alkanes using AAR and ADC.
 [[Image:Fatty_Acid_Biosynthesis.jpg#file |250px]]
 ===Usage and Biology===
+When AAR and ADC are co-expressed, they produce odd chain length alkanes from the cell's fatty acid biosynthetic pathway. Alkane production is enhanced when growing expression strains using the growth conditions developed by the [http://2011.igem.org/Team:Washington 2011 University of Washington iGEM Team].
-When used together with Acyl-ACP Reductase, Aldehyde Decarbonylase reduces fatty aldehydes into odd chain length alkanes (mostly pentadecanes).
-[[Image:Washinton_AARADCGC-MS.png|left|400px|thumb|GC plot showing that alkanes are only produced when both ADC and AAR are expressed.]]
-[[Image:Washinton_2011_Optimization_Quant.png|right|450px|thumb|GC-MS quantification shows greater alkane production under UW iGEM 2011's "optimized conditions" (see wiki for details)]]