Generator
Banana

Part:BBa_J45200:Experience

Designed by: André Green II   Group: iGEM06_MIT   (2006-10-20)
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Applications of BBa_J45200

The production of isoamyl acetate was verified by scent: E. coli with no BSGD did not produce isoamyl acetate (that is, they did give off banana scent) when isoamyl alcohol was added to the medium, while E. coli with the BSGD did produce isoamyl acetate when isoamyl alcohol was added to the medium.

User Reviews

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Reshma Shetty

The banana odor generators (BBa_J45200) produces a banana odor in culture when supplemented with isoamyl alcohol.

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Characterization

Transcriptional control of banana odor enzyme generator

Growth dependent banana odor production
To demonstrate growth phase dependent banana odor production, we compared the behavior of constitutive and stationary phase dependent banana odor generators (A and B, respectively). We measured isoamyl acetate concentrations of cultures of the constitutive and stationary phase banana odor generators at different culture cell densities (OD600nm) (C). As expected, the stationary phase banana odor generator produced very little isoamyl acetate at low cell densities but its isoamyl acetate production increased with cell density. By comparison, the constitutive banana odor generator produced more isoamyl acetate at lower cell densities than the stationary phase banana odor generator. To visually aid comparison of the two odor generators, an empirical fit to the data for each device is shown.