Part:BBa_K1668008

tcdA1-device

OVERVIEW

     We construct the device tcdA1 to tandem express toxic protein tcdA1 and reporter mCherry. 

Toxic protein tcdA1 is used to kill termites in our project.

     tcdA1, one of the biggest proteins in bacteria, is first found in Photorhabdus luminescens. 

It forms channels and assists other toxins across the cell membrane1. It belongs to tc toxic protein family, which is widely distributed among different gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria.

     We clone and standardize the gene into standard plasmid pSB1C3. After confirmation of digestion

and sequencing, we transform the plasmid into E.coli BL21(DE3) to achieve better expression level. Despite we observe that transformants have obviously turned red, we didn’t figure out the expected protein band in SDS-PAGE. Judging that the protein is considerably huge in bacteria, more improvements are needed.

Sequence and Features

Assembly Compatibility:

• 10
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
• 12
  INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]

  Illegal NheI site found at 1205
  Illegal NheI site found at 8257
  Illegal NheI site found at 8590
  
• 21
  INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]

  Illegal BglII site found at 1651
  Illegal BamHI site found at 1144
  
• 23
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
• 25
  INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]

  Illegal NgoMIV site found at 7691
  Illegal NgoMIV site found at 8351
  Illegal AgeI site found at 979
  Illegal AgeI site found at 3527
  
• 1000
  INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]

  Illegal SapI site found at 961