Part:BBa_K1412005

RBS (1.0) CheZ double terminators

This part consists of a cheZ coding region which is responsible for the dephosphorylation of CheY protein in bacteria flagella movement. This part does not pose any biological threat. With a promoter of your interest, this device rescues the mobility of cheZ-/- cells. It has been reported that cheZ-/- strain has a higher frequency of direction change and thus a narrower range of mobility. This part also has a RBS coding region whose efficiency is 1.0.

Biology

Chemotaxis in E. coli is well documented. These bacteria can perform two types of movement, tumbling and smooth swimming. The difference between the two is determined by flagellar movement. During tumbling movement, the flagella move clockwise. This is caused by the formation of a complex between CheY-P and FliM, one of the flagella-associated proteins. During smooth swimming, the flagella move counter-clockwise. CheY is not phosphorylated and therefore cannot associate with flagellar proteins, causing the flagella to rotate in the opposite direction. Smooth swimming is the movement performed by bacteria towards an attractant or away from a repellent. Smooth swimming is controlled by a number of chemotaxis proteins that make up a signalling pathway, please see the demonstration below for details.

Usage

We performed a swarming assay to characterize the motility of cheZ-deficient strain CL1 and cells transformed with cheZ-expressing plasmid BBa_K1412001 .

Our results clearly show that cheZ-deficient mutants show smaller diffusion, while they are rescued by our BBa_K1412001 plasmid.

Experimental data

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Sequence and Features

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]

Reference

[1] Paungfoo-Lonhienne C et al. (2010) Turning the table: plants consume microbes as a source of nutrients. PLoS One 5(7): e11915.

[2] Chelsky D and Dahlquist FW (1980) Chemotaxis in Escherichia coli: association of protein components. Biochemistry 19: 4633–4639