Part:BBa_K4174001:Design

Design Notes

This part uses an osmY promoter since this promoter is induced by the cell's entry into stationary phase. In typical E. coli cells, osmY, which helps cells transition into stationary phase when under osmotic or metabolic stress, is not produced during exponential growth phase but is produced during stationary phase. Specifically, the osmY promoter is induced by the rpoS (ribosome polymerase sigma S) at the onset of stationary phase (Chang 2002). Because this promoter is partnered with a sfGFP coding region, this construct fluoresces red once the cell has entered stationary phase.

• This composite part is an improvement of the 2006 MIT iGEM team's composite part BBa_J45995, which is a stationary phase detector utilizing osmY. We have replaced GFP with mRFP1 from Mutalik et al. 2013 and added UNS1 and UNS10 sequences to the ends.
• We elected to use monomeric red fluorescent protein 1 (mRFP1) as opposed to the original GFP, as it allows for the construction of an alternative fluorescent reporter.
• We added UNS1 and UNS10 sequences to make this part compatible with Gibson Assembly with our pSB1C3 backbone, as we also added UNS1 and UNS10 to our backbone.
• We also designed a similar green fluorescence system using sfGFP. For more information about this, visit parts page BBa_K4174002.