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Bacteriocin target strains or closely related species. Subtilosin has specificity to <i> Bacillus subtilis </i>, <i> Listeria monocytogenes </i>, <i> Enterococcus faecalis </i>, etc. | Bacteriocin target strains or closely related species. Subtilosin has specificity to <i> Bacillus subtilis </i>, <i> Listeria monocytogenes </i>, <i> Enterococcus faecalis </i>, etc. | ||
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<p style="padding-top:16px;font-size:16px"><b>2. Eco-friendly</b></p> | <p style="padding-top:16px;font-size:16px"><b>2. Eco-friendly</b></p> | ||
Since subtilosin is a polypeptide naturally produced by bacteria itself and can inhibit other bacteria without much environment impact. It don't pose threat to other organisms like farm animals or humans. Therefore, this toxin will not cause safety problem. | Since subtilosin is a polypeptide naturally produced by bacteria itself and can inhibit other bacteria without much environment impact. It don't pose threat to other organisms like farm animals or humans. Therefore, this toxin will not cause safety problem. | ||
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<p style="padding-top:16px;font-size:16px"><b>3. Biodegradable</b></p> | <p style="padding-top:16px;font-size:16px"><b>3. Biodegradable</b></p> |
Revision as of 08:55, 18 September 2018
T7 Promoter+RBS+Subtilosin+intein+CBD
NCTU_Formosa 2018 designed a composite part encoding the Subtilosin sequence (BBa_K2599000), and then combined with a T7 promoter (BBa_I712074), a ribosome binding site (BBa_B0034), intein and chintin binding domain (CBD). Further information of our peptide can be found on our design page.
Figure 1 biobrick picture
Introduction
Bacillus subtilis produces a bacteriocin called Subtilosin that possesses antibacterial activity against certain gram-positive bacteria. The bacteriocins are a group of anitmicrobial peptides that are often distinguished from traditioinal antibiotics by their narrow range of avtivity against closely related bacteria.
Mechanism of Subtilosin
The bacteriocins inhibit their target organisms through pore formation. Though the mechanism of each inhibition is vary from species to species, the general process is conserved. The details is on our design page.
According to the reference, Subtilosin acts by fully depleting the transmembrane pH gradient (ΔpH) and causing an immediate efflux of intracellular ATP, but has no effect on the transmembrane electric potential. In addition, the paper also shows that membrane permeabilization occurred at concentrations of subtilosin that were significantly higher than the MIC level of E. coli tested strains.
Features of Subtilosin
1. Species Specific
Bacteriocin target strains or closely related species. Subtilosin has specificity to Bacillus subtilis , Listeria monocytogenes , Enterococcus faecalis , etc.
2. Eco-friendly
Since subtilosin is a polypeptide naturally produced by bacteria itself and can inhibit other bacteria without much environment impact. It don't pose threat to other organisms like farm animals or humans. Therefore, this toxin will not cause safety problem.
3. Biodegradable
Subtilosin is a short peptide that will degrade in a short time. After degradation, this antibacterial peptide is harmless to our environment.
Experiment Result
Cloning
We conbined our toxic gene to pSB1C3 backbone and conducted PCR to check the size of our part. The Subtilosin sequence length is around 147 b.p. For the composite part, the sequence length should be near at 1191 b.p.
Figure 2 PCR
Expressing
We chose E. coli 2566 strain to express our antibacterial peptides. The expression of Subtilosin fused with intein was induced by IPTG in E. coli , and intein-subtilosin specifically bound to the column through chitin binding domain would be purified.
Figure 3 SDS
Sequence and Features
- 10COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
- 12INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]Illegal NheI site found at 1055
- 21COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]
- 23COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
- 25INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]Illegal NgoMIV site found at 778
Illegal AgeI site found at 868 - 1000INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]Illegal BsaI.rc site found at 698