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Designed by: Xenia Spencer-Milnes   Group: iGEM14_Imperial   (2014-10-09)
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VHb in pSEVA321-Bb

VHb (BBa_K1321200) in pSEVA321-Bb (BBa_K1321301)

This part is a hemoglobin isolated from Vitreoscilla (VHb) expressed behind a strong Anderson promoter and a strong RBS. VHb is a monomeric heme-containing protein that appears to improve the metabolic function of obligate aerobes and facultative anaerobes in low-oxygen conditions[1][2][3][4]. Evidence suggests that the protein binds oxygen, then shuttles it to at least one cytochrome in the electron transport chain[5], improving the rate of oxidative phosphorylation and therefore ATP production even when dissolved oxygen is scarce, resulting in increased cell metabolism. This part contains a constitute promoter and RBS ready for expression.

The effects of expression of Vhb in pSEVA321-Bb (BBa_K1231301) in the cellulose producing, strickly aerobic bactgerium G.xylinus are undergoing characterization. However expressing Vhb (BBa_K1321200) in pSEVA331-Bb backbone (part BBa_K1321300) in G.xylinus strain igem (part BBa_K1321306; grown at 30degC 180rpm in 5ml HS-cellulase medium, in 50ml tubes for 4 days) increases biomass production almost two-fold (see BBa_K1321201).


References:

[1] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2850971 - Cloning, characterisation and expression of the hemoglobin gene from Vitreoscilla in Escherichia coli.

[2] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11478898 - Monomer-dimer equilibrium and oxygen-binding properties of ferrous Vitreoscilla hemoglobin.

[3] http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1021/bp960071v/full - Expression of Vitreoscilla hemoglobin is superior to horse heart myoglobin or yeast flavohemoglobin for enhancing Escherichia coli growth in a microaerobic bioreactor.

[4] http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v11/n8/full/nbt0893-926.html - The production of cephalosporin C by Aecremonium chrysogenum is improved by the intracellular expression of bacterial hemoglobin.

[5] http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1432-1033.1994.tb19931.x/full - Intracellular expression of Vitreoscilla hemoglobin alters Escherichia coli energy metabolism under oxygen-limited conditions.



Sequence and Features


Assembly Compatibility:
  • 10
    INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
    Illegal prefix found in sequence at 4084
    Illegal suffix found in sequence at 513
  • 12
    INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]
    Illegal EcoRI site found at 4084
    Illegal NheI site found at 7
    Illegal NheI site found at 30
    Illegal SpeI site found at 514
    Illegal PstI site found at 528
    Illegal NotI site found at 521
    Illegal NotI site found at 4090
  • 21
    INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]
    Illegal EcoRI site found at 4084
    Illegal BglII site found at 477
  • 23
    INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
    Illegal prefix found in sequence at 4084
    Illegal suffix found in sequence at 514
  • 25
    INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
    Illegal prefix found in sequence at 4084
    Illegal XbaI site found at 4099
    Illegal SpeI site found at 514
    Illegal PstI site found at 528
    Illegal NgoMIV site found at 1703
    Illegal NgoMIV site found at 2588
    Illegal NgoMIV site found at 3699
    Illegal NgoMIV site found at 3823
  • 1000
    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]


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