Part:BBa_K823031

cotZ: B. subtilis spore crust protein (-2aa)

This part codes for one of the outer most spore crust proteins in B. subtilis. We designed this part in the Freiburg standard (Assembly 25) to use it as a platform for protein display on B. subtilis spores.

NOTE: There are two versions of the cotZ gene in the registry, BBa_K823031 (cotZ -2aa, this part) and BBa_K823032 (cotZ), for our purpose cotZ -2aa, worked better.

The aim of the LMU-Munich 2012 project is to create spores that display fusion proteins on their crust. There are several different proteins forming the spore coat layers of Bacillus subtilis spores. On the outermost layer, the so called spore crust, the CotZ and CgeA proteins are located ([http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=imamura%20et%20al.%202011%20spore%20crust Imamura et al., 2011]). This is why we used them to create functional fusion proteins to be expressed on our Sporobeads.

Protein distribution in spore coat of Bacillus subtilis

The cluster cotVWXYZ contains the gene cotZ which is cotranscribed with cotY regulated by the promoter P_cotYZ.

Gene clusters of cotZ and cgeA

<p align="justify">For our project the first step was to fuse gfp to cgeA and cotZ as a proof of principle. This way we would determine if it is possible to display proteins on the spore crust and if their expression has any effect on spore formation.

We were finally able to display GFP on B. subtilis spores by using cotZ (see device BBa_K823049).

See all the details about the LMU-Munich 2012 project [http://2012.igem.org/Team:LMU-Munich/Spore_Coat_Proteins here].

Sequence and Features

Assembly Compatibility:

• 10
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
• 12
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]
• 21
  INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]

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• 23
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
• 25
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
• 1000
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]