Coding
LipA-EAK16

Part:BBa_K143034

Designed by: Qin Qi   Group: iGEM08_Imperial_College   (2008-09-18)
Revision as of 13:14, 18 September 2008 by Chris (Talk | contribs) (Reference)

LipA-EAK16-II Fusion Protein

EAK16-II is a sixteen amino acid peptide that self-assembles to form β-sheet structures in an aqueous medium. The alternating positive and negative charges (--++--++) are responsible for creating an electrostatic attraction between adjacent peptides 1, triggering self-assembly when the EAK16-II peptides are exposed to physiological media or salt solution. When examined under SEM, a well-ordered nanofibre structure is formed by the association of the EAK16-II peptides and these nanofibres can futher aggregate to form a membranous 3D scaffold.


LipA is a signal peptide from the B. subtilis genome. In general, signal peptides are responsible for directing preproteins (secretory proteins with a signal peptide region attached)through an appropriate secretory pathway2. LipA has been successfully used in the secretion of heterologous proteins such as cutinase by B. subtilis.



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
    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
  • 1000
    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]


Reference

<biblio>

  1. 1 pmid=16061392
  2. 2 pmid=16997527

</biblio>

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Categories
//chassis/prokaryote/Bsubtilis
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Parameters
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