Difference between revisions of "Part:BBa K325239"
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This part generates a red-mutant of the luciferase from the Japanese firefly (L.cruciata) as well as the luciferin regenerating enzyme (LRE). It is under the control of an Arabinose induced promoter.
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This part is based on part [https://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_K325219 BBa_K325219].  Two site-directed mutagenesis events have been carried out on the luciferase, an Asn286 Ser mutation was used to create part [https://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_K325209 BBa_K325209] which is the green wild-type luciferase].  Then a Gly326Ser mutation was used to create a red bioluminescence.
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D-Luciferin has to be added to obtain light output.
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Revision as of 23:20, 26 October 2010

Input: L-Arabinose
Output: Light

pBad/araC
I0500		Luciferase/LRE
K325210
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Description
This part is based on part BBa_K325219. Two site-directed mutagenesis events have been carried out on the luciferase, an Asn286 Ser mutation was used to create part BBa_K325209 which is the green wild-type luciferase]. Then a Gly326Ser mutation was used to create a red bioluminescence.

THIS PAGE IS CURRENTLY BEING UPDATED.

Pictures

Figure 1 - E.Coli (Invitrogen TOP 10) cells transformed with BBa K325909 (blue light bulb) and BBa 325219 (red light bulb)

</center> 1Measured by the [http://2010.igem.org/Team:Cambridge Cambridge iGEM team 2010]

Compatibility
Chassis: Device has been shown to work in Top 10 (Invitrogen)
Plasmids: Device has been shown to work on pSB1C3


References
[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18949818 [1]:] S.M. Marques and J.C.G. Esteves da Silva, (2009) Firefly Bioluminescence: A Mechanistic Approach of Luciferase Catalyzed Reactions,Life 61, 6-17.

[http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v440/n7082/abs/nature04542.html [2]:] T. Nakatsu et al. (2006) Structural Basis for the spectral difference in luciferase bioluminescence, Nature 440(16), 372-376.

[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11457857 [3]:] K. Gomi and N. Kajiyama, (2001) Oxyluciferin, a Luminescence Product of Firefly Luciferase, Is Enzymatically Regenerated into Luciferin, The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 276(39), 36508-36513.