Part:BBa_K2992002

botR gene from C. botulinum

botR encodes a positive transcriptional regulator of C. botulinum neurotoxin production which functions as an alternative sigma factor.

Usage and Biology

BotR regulates the the expression of boutlinum neruotoxin and non-toxic associated proteins during the late exponential and early stationary growth phases. We have integrated botR into the genome of C. sporogenes to generate a reporter strain to validate the concept of using volatile reporters to predict the production of botulinum neurotoxin following food manufacturing processes.

Characterisation

Data incoming.


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]

References

Raffestin, S., Dupuy, B., Marvaud, J. and Popoff, M. (2004). BotR/A and TetR are alternative RNA polymerase sigma factors controlling the expression of the neurotoxin and associated protein genes in Clostridium botulinum type A and Clostridium tetani. Molecular Microbiology, 55(1), pp.235-249.

Zhang, Z., Korkeala, H., Dahlsten, E., Sahala, E., Heap, J., Minton, N. and Lindström, M. (2013). Two-Component Signal Transduction System CBO0787/CBO0786 Represses Transcription from Botulinum Neurotoxin Promoters in Clostridium botulinum ATCC 3502. PLoS Pathogens, 9(3), p.e1003252.