Part:BBa_K1041000

RFP Coding Device

Team NRP-UEA (2013) used mutagenesis to add a Nde1 site at the start of the RFP coding region of the biobrick BBa_J04450. This enables a restriction digest with Nde1 to be performed allowing the RFP coding region to be excised from the plasmid.

Sequence and Features

Assembly Compatibility:

• 10
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
• 12
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]
• 21
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]
• 23
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
• 25
  INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]

  Illegal AgeI site found at 781
  Illegal AgeI site found at 893
  
• 1000
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]

Composite part of the following BioBricks:

LacI R0010	B0034	mRFP1 E1010	B0015

• BBa_R0010: Promoter (lacI regulated)
  
• BBa_B0034: RBS (Elowitz 1999)
  
• BBa_E1010: Red Fluorescent Protein from Discosoma striata
  
• BBa_B0015: Double Terminator
  

Characterisation

Characterisation of this biobrick involved comparisons with the original Bba_J04450 biobrick by performing transformations, restriction digests and BLAST analysis. We also had our biobrick sequenced.

Transformation

Parts BBa_K1041000 and BBa_J04450 were transformed into Alpha-Select competent E.Coli cells and plated onto LB Agar plates which contained the antibiotic ampicillin. Both plates have colonies that appear red under natural light fig.1. Therefore the addition of a NdeI site has not effected the ability for the RFP gene to be transcribed.

Fig 1: Plates containing (left) BBa_K1041000 and (right) BBa_J04450 visualized under non-UV lightbox

Sequencing

The biobrick was sent off to a company for sequencing.

K1041000 sequencing data part 1

K1041000 sequencing data part 2

K1041000 sequencing data part 3

BLAST Analysis

The data we recieved back from the sequencing company was aligned using BLAST with the expected DNA sequence fig.2