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In our project, we want to create phage reporter to detect pathogen through phages’ specific recognition. Therefore, we need a universal promoter to drive the reporter genes in different bacteria as many as possible. We chose the S. mutans lactate dehydrogenase promoter (ldhp) which activity was demonstrated in E. coli in our iGEM 2020 project and in many Gram-positive bacteria in research papers. The ldhp promoters were assembled on pTol2 plasmid backbone ([[BBa_K3728002]]) with GFP ([[BBa_K3728005]]), RFP ([[BBa_K3728006]]) genes followed by a double terminator. The standard BBa_J04450 (lac promoter-driven RFP Coding Device) ([[BBa_K3728003]]) was also assembled on pTol2 vector as a control. The ldhp promoter activities were characterized by In vitro transcription-translation (TXTL) assay, compared to lac promoter (lacp), and in Salmonella typhimurium strain LT2 (our phage typing target).
  
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=== Characterization I – TXTL assay ===
  
  
  
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Revision as of 09:52, 27 August 2021


S. mutans lactate dehydrogenase promoter (ldhp)

Lactate dehydrogenase catalyzes the fermentation of pyruvate to lactic acid. It plays a pivotal role in the glucose metabolic pathway connecting glycolysis, and is recognized as an essential gene and expressed at high level in S. mutans. Its ldhp promoter containing the presumed native RBS was cloned out from the gDNA of S. mutans and tested in transformed E. coli.

Expression

The fluorescence expression levels were measured for lactate dehydrogenase promoter (ldhp) [ldhp-GFP-Tr/pSB1C3 (BBa_K3376002)] and thiol peroxidase promoter (tpxp) [tpxp-GFP-Tr/pSB1C3 (BBa_K3376004)] activity of S. mutans. GFP was detected at Ex/Em = 483/513. As shown in the figure, the expression level of ldhp-driven GFP was very high compared to a regulated promoter (tpxp) and a vector-only control.

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Transformation

The ldhp-GFP-Tr/pSB1C3 [BBa_K3376002] was transformed into E. coli Nissle strain. The high expression of green fluorescent protein was observed under a blue led light.

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CHARACTERIZATION by MINGDAO IGEM 2021

In our project, we want to create phage reporter to detect pathogen through phages’ specific recognition. Therefore, we need a universal promoter to drive the reporter genes in different bacteria as many as possible. We chose the S. mutans lactate dehydrogenase promoter (ldhp) which activity was demonstrated in E. coli in our iGEM 2020 project and in many Gram-positive bacteria in research papers. The ldhp promoters were assembled on pTol2 plasmid backbone (BBa_K3728002) with GFP (BBa_K3728005), RFP (BBa_K3728006) genes followed by a double terminator. The standard BBa_J04450 (lac promoter-driven RFP Coding Device) (BBa_K3728003) was also assembled on pTol2 vector as a control. The ldhp promoter activities were characterized by In vitro transcription-translation (TXTL) assay, compared to lac promoter (lacp), and in Salmonella typhimurium strain LT2 (our phage typing target).

Characterization I – TXTL assay

Characterization II – compared to Lac promoter

Characterization III – expression in Salmonella typhimurium strain LT2

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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    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]
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    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
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    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
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    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]