Regulatory

Part:BBa_K203118:Design

Designed by: Lars Velten, Simon Haas, Hannah Meyer, Anne Rademacher, Hannah Uckelmann and Corinna Hiller   Group: iGEM09_Heidelberg   (2009-10-16)
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Constitutive promoter; 1 REU


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]

Design Notes

We performed [http://2009.igem.org/Team:Heidelberg/Project_Synthetic_promoters RA-PCR] with oligos containing binding sites for some well known generally activating transcription factors (Sp1, Ap1, CREB, NF-Y) which we identified from literature search [1],[2],[3]. We also added NF-κB responsive oligos as NF-κB has non-specific activity and is therefore used by a variety of viral constitutive promoters, e.g. the HIV promoter [4]. We then cloned the construct into Part:BBa_K203112 by SpeI and HindIII to obtain a core promoter. We picked 24 colonies, two of which we dismissed after a test digest. This promoter corresponds to clone L1.

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Source

Generated in our laboratory.

References

[1] Edelmann, G.M. et al. Synthetic promoter elements obtained by nucleotide sequence variation and selection for activity. PNAS 97, 3038-43 (2000).
[2] Ogawa, R. Construction of strong mammalian promoters by random cis-acting element elongation. Biotechniques 42, 628-632 (2007).
[3] Tornoe, J. Generation of a synthetic mammalian promoter library by modification of sequences spacing transcription factor binding sites. Gene 297, 21-32 (2002).
[4] Rattner, A. NF-kappa B activates the HIV promoter in neurons. EMBO 12, 4261–4267 (1993).