Part:BBa_K1722013
SV40+Rluc Composite
SV40+Rluc, the device that we constructed this year, will perform its function with two other devices hUPll+AckRS(BBa_K1722007) and hTERT+tRNA(BBa_K1722010)/ shTERT+tRNA(BBa_K1722011). SV40 is an abbreviation for Simian Virus 40, a polyomavirus that is found in both monkeys and humans. SV40 promoter, which is one of the earliest virus promoter being found by biologists, can improve the gene expression level of many host cells.[1] Similar to 35S promoter, SV40 has a relatively small genetic structure and high expression driving ability.[2-3] As a strong promoter being widely used in genetic engineering,[4] SV40 has a close affinity with RNA polymerase and can direct the massive synthesizing of mRNA. Different from the SV40 promoter that is already existed in iGEM Distribution kit, this promoter has an enhancer in its sequence. Rluc can express Renilla luciferase which has become popular as a reporter enzyme for gene expression assays. Renilla luciferase(RLUC) is a blue-light emitting luciferase of marine anthozoan Renilla reniformis.[5] As a reporter gene, researchers attach it to a regulatory sequence of another gene of interest in bacteria, cell culture, animals or plants. RLUC is chosen as a reporter because the characteristic it confer on organisms expressing it is easily identified and measured. The bioluminescence of the sea pancy, is under the control of a nerve network[6-8] and is stimulated by changes of intracellular Ca2+ concerntration.[9-11] RLUC catalyzes the oxidation of coelenteramide, CO2 and light(480nm）,as in the following scheme:
Sequence and Features
- 10COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
- 12COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]
- 21COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]
- 23COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
- 25COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
- 1000INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]Illegal BsaI.rc site found at 897
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