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pVSW-3 (18)-B0034-rfp-B0015

Biology

pVSW-3(18)

Some RNA polymerases of eukaryotes and viruses have domains that specifically recognize DNA base sequences, and they are specifically matched with their corresponding promoters.(1) VSW-3 RNAP is encoded by the chillophilic phage VSW-3 in plateau lakes and has low temperature specificity(2). Hengxia et al. characterized pVSW-3 series promoters for the first time and pVSW-3(18) is one of them.

Usage and design

XMU-China has developed a novel RNA polymerase, VSW-3 RNAP and we characterized its potentially useful promoters in order to construct a matching expression system. pVSW-3(18) is one of the more efficient promoters in the series. BBa_K4907109_pSB3K3 was constructed as a reporting circuit, for comparing with pVSW-3(GGG) and pVSW-3(genome). By characterizing these three promoters, we hope to determine the effect of the 3' terminal structure of the promoter for VSW-3 RNAP on its efficiency, and to identify a VSW-3 expression system that can effectively function in <r>E. coli</r>.

Characterization

Agarose gel electrophoresis (AGE)

When we were building this circuit, colony PCR was used to certify the plasmid was correct. We got the target fragment-1220bp (lane K4907109).

Comparison of series promoters: pVSW-3(GGG), pVSW-3(genome)

In order to find a promoter that can function efficiently in Escherichia coli, we constructed BBa_K4907109_pSB3K3(pVSW-3(18)), BBa_K4907112_pSB3K3(pVSW-3(GGG)) and BBa_K4907122_pSB3K3(pVSW-3(genome)) to explore the effect of the structure of the 3' terminal of the promoter on its efficiency. The results are shown in the figure, with BBa_K4907109_pSB3K3 showing the highest efficiency.

Reference

1.S. Borukhov, E. Nudler, RNA polymerase: the vehicle of transcription. Trends in Microbiology 16, 126-134 (2008).

2. H. Xia et al., Psychrophilic phage VSW-3 RNA polymerase reduces both terminal and full-length dsRNA byproducts in in vitro transcription. RNA Biology 19, 1130-1142 (2022).

Sequence and Features