Coding

Part:BBa_K200013:Design

Designed by: James Field   Group: iGEM09_Imperial College London   (2009-10-13)
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Opiorphin + EK cleavage site


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

Since polypeptides can only be biologically synthesised if they start with the amino acid methionine, it has been necessary to design a cleavable peptide sequence starting with methionine. This sequence is found upstream of opiorphin and is enzymatically cleaved following incubation with the enzyme enterokinase. Enterokinase is a highly specific serine protease that cleaves after the recognition sequence Aspartic Acid - Aspartic Acid - Aspartic Acid -Aspartic Acid – Lysine.


Opiorphin.png

The methionine is shown in RED, the protease recognition site is shown in BLUE and opiorphin is shown in GREEN. The RED & BLUE sections make up the removable linker region cleaved by the serine protease enterokinase.


A double stop codon has been incorporated into the sequence to ensure efficient termination.

The sequence has been optimised for expression in E.coli.

Source

Synthetic part.

References