Difference between revisions of "Part:BBa K2206006"
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+ | Toehold switches are synthetic riboregulators that regulate gene expression post-transcriptionally. Gene expression can be activated in the presence of a cognate single stranded RNA molecule that contains an arbitrary sequence (the trigger RNA). The trigger RNA binds to the switch through base pairing, causing a conformational change that results in translation of the downstream protein coding region. | ||
− | + | This part codes for a toehold switch that contains a region that is complementary to the micro-RNA hsa-mir-15b-5p (the trigger RNA). The toehold switch is activated by hsa-mir-15b-5p and regulates production of GFPmut3b. Fluorescence intensity of GFP is proportional to the number of toehold switches activated, thus indicating the levels of hsa-mir-15b-5p present. This part can therefore be used to quantify the levels of hsa-mir-15b-5p. | |
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+ | We believe that the transcripts produced from this part are toxic when expressed at reasonably high concentrations in E.coli (e.g. the concentrations produced from the BBa_J23111 constitutive promoter). We therefore redesigned the constructs to contain an inducible promoter to allow for amplification in E.coli. | ||
+ | N.B. This part contains a strong RBS sequence. | ||
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Revision as of 22:55, 2 October 2017
Toehold switch for hsa-miR-15b-5p with GFPmut3b and inducible promoter
Toehold switches are synthetic riboregulators that regulate gene expression post-transcriptionally. Gene expression can be activated in the presence of a cognate single stranded RNA molecule that contains an arbitrary sequence (the trigger RNA). The trigger RNA binds to the switch through base pairing, causing a conformational change that results in translation of the downstream protein coding region.
This part codes for a toehold switch that contains a region that is complementary to the micro-RNA hsa-mir-15b-5p (the trigger RNA). The toehold switch is activated by hsa-mir-15b-5p and regulates production of GFPmut3b. Fluorescence intensity of GFP is proportional to the number of toehold switches activated, thus indicating the levels of hsa-mir-15b-5p present. This part can therefore be used to quantify the levels of hsa-mir-15b-5p.
We believe that the transcripts produced from this part are toxic when expressed at reasonably high concentrations in E.coli (e.g. the concentrations produced from the BBa_J23111 constitutive promoter). We therefore redesigned the constructs to contain an inducible promoter to allow for amplification in E.coli.
N.B. This part contains a strong RBS sequence.
Sequence and Features
- 10COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
- 12COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]
- 21INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]Illegal BamHI site found at 1144
- 23COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
- 25INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]Illegal AgeI site found at 979
- 1000INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]Illegal BsaI.rc site found at 1938
Illegal SapI site found at 961