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Ni(II) dependent rcnA-promoter and GFP

E. coli has an RcnR-regulator that represses the rcnA-promoter in the absence of Ni(II). After addition of Ni (II) (NiCl2), RcnR binds this ion and is released from the promoter. Therefore, GFP will be expressed.

E. coli has to be used as reporter organism since RcnR is not coded on the plasmid.

In presence of nickel the Luciferase is expressed.

Usage and Biology

This BioBrick can be used to detect Ni(II)-Ions in water.

This is how it works:

The sensor is also sensing Co 2+, but not very sensitivly.

Experience: works

Sources: - [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05369.x/pdf Nickel homeostasis in Escherichia coli – the rcnR-rcnA efflux pathway and its linkage to NikR function] Iwig JS, Rowe JL, Chivers PT
- [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=coordinating%20intracellular%20chivers Coordinating intracellular nickel-metal-site structure-function relationships and the NikR and RcnR repressors] Iwig JS, Chivers PT

Sequence and Features