Part:BBa_K782014
12x[TALD] operator_CMV promoter_mCitrine
- TALD label represents TAL effector 1295 from zebrafish experiments (Sander et al., 2011).
Introduction
Transcription activation like (TAL) effectors are proteins able to specifically bind desired DNA sequence. The central domain of the protein is constructed from variable number of tandem repeats differing only in two amino acids. The 12th and the 13th amino acid are called a “repeat variable diresidue” (RVD) and are responsible for specific interactions with the corresponding base pair (Scholze and Boch, 2011). This modularity of TAL effector binding domains therefore makes them a perfect tool to target specific DNA sequences.
Our construct contains twelve specific binding sites for TALD upstream of CMV promoter. Downstream of CMV promoter we cloned yellow fluorescent protein mCitrine an easy detectable monomer with excitation maximum at 516 nm and emission maximum at 529 nm. (Figure 1). After binding of TALD:KRAB on binding sites, a repression of reporter protein mCitrine occurs.
Single binding sequence for TALD is: TCGTCCAATAGCTTCTC
Figure 1. Shematic representation of twelve specific binding site for TALD:KRAB upstream of CMV promoter and reporter protein mCitrine.
Characterization
Results: Specific TAL binding sites were further characterized with other reporter constructs.
- mCitrine was provided from host lab.
- Binding sites for TAL effectors were ordered from GeneArt.
References
Scholze, H., and Boch, J. (2011) TAL effectors are remote controls for gene activation. Curr. Opin. Microbiol. 14, 47-53.
Sander, J. D., Cade, L., Khayter, C., Reyon, D., Peterson, R. T., Joung, J. K., and Yeh, J.-R. J. (2011) Targeted gene disruption in somatic zebrafish cells using engineered TALENs. Nature Biotechnology 29, 697–698
Sequence and Features
- 10COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
- 12COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]
- 21INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]Illegal BamHI site found at 465
Illegal XhoI site found at 1095 - 23COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
- 25INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]Illegal AgeI site found at 214
Illegal AgeI site found at 446 - 1000COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]
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