Reporter

Part:BBa_K782025

Designed by: Fedja Pavlovec   Group: iGEM12_Slovenia   (2012-09-20)
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4x[NicTAL]+4x[TALD] operator_minimal 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 four specific binding sites for NicTAL12 and TALD upstream of minimal promoter. Downstream of minimal 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 NicTAL12:VP16 or TALD:KRAB on binding sites, an activation of reporter protein mCitrine occurs.


Figure 1:Shematic representation of four consecutive specific binding sites for NicTAL12 and TALD upstream of minimal promoter and reporter protein mCitrine.


Characterization

Svn 12 4N4D pmin-mCit.png

Figure 2:

Sequence and Features


Assembly Compatibility:
  • 10
    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
  • 12
    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]
  • 21
    INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]
    Illegal XhoI site found at 308
  • 23
    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
  • 25
    INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
    Illegal AgeI site found at 35
    Illegal AgeI site found at 235
  • 1000
    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]


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