Part:BBa_K3031016
Iron QS system + GFP reporter
This system is designed to express downstream genes of interest only in low iron environments. The LuxI/LuxR QS system ensures only expression of proteins once a high cell density is reached. We have used the modified LuxI promoter designed by this team to regulate expression of downstream genes using a Ferric Uptake Regulator repressor. The QS system is now inhibited as long as ferric iron is available to the cell as LuxI protein is not produced, resulting in no AHL + LuxR complex forming. Therefore the Lux promoter (pLux) is not activated.
Activation in the system is achieved in low iron environments such as the guts of fish. This makes the system ideal for an oral vaccine delivery system where antigen production could be controlled until the cell reaches the gut of the fish after ingestion.
This system was used to test the low iron environment.
Sequence and Features
- 10COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
- 12INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]Illegal NheI site found at 7
Illegal NheI site found at 30 - 21COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]
- 23COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
- 25COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
- 1000INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]Illegal BsaI.rc site found at 985
Illegal BsaI.rc site found at 1907
Illegal BsaI.rc site found at 2634
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