Part:BBa_K627001
mdnA gene encoding the precursor peptide of the tricyclic microviridin
The BioBrick mdnA is a part of the whole microviridin gene (mdn) cluster, which encodes the protease inhibitor microviridin L. Microviridins are tricyclic depsipeptides, which are ribosomally synthesized by Microcystis aeruginosa (Ziemert et al., 2010). They have a promising potential for therapy as they can block disease-relevant proteases (Ziemert et al., 2008).
Microviridins are synthesized from a ribosomal precursor peptide (MdnA). Additionally, the microviridin L biosynthesis gene cluster consists of genes encoding an ATP-grasp-type ligase (mdnB and mdnC) and genes, which encode an ABC transporter (mdnE) and a N-acetyltransferase of the GNAT family (mdnD) (Ziemert et al., 2008).
The following BioBrick mdnA encodes the ribosomal precursor peptide (MdnA), which is essential for microviridin production (Ziemert et al., 2008).
Because this BioBrick is an expression part, the adenin of mdnB gene start codon is part of the XbaI recognition site.
Sequence and Features
- 10COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
- 12COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]
- 21COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]
- 23COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
- 25INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]Illegal AgeI site found at 150
- 1000COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]
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