Part:BBa_K1132042
R1-pLac riboregulator switch with with pTET and pLac
The R1 riboregulator sequence is designed based on the publication of Callura JM (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.gate1.inist.fr/pubmed/22454498). The principle is to introduce short regulatory sequences that create RNA secondary structures to better control protein expression. The basic design is reported in the following scheme (red hexagonal boxes, terminators; green oval box, rbs; blue and red rectangles, riboregulator sequences; arrows, promoters). Promoters P1 and P2 are controlling the expression of a single gene X (not present in the biobrick). Two terminators are placed between P1 and P2.
Transcription occurring at P2 promoter stops at terminators placed after gene X. However, the red sequence can fold into a RNA secondary structure, blocking the RBS, preventing ribosome binding. The gene X immediately placed after the RBS is transcribed but not translated (no protein X).
The P1 promoter controls the expression of a small riboregulatory sequence capable of interacting with the one blocking RBS, but stronger in term of interaction. If transcription occurs at both sites P1 and P2, a small RNA is produced that destabilizes the loop created on the RBS and therefore releasing the riboregulator and enabling translation.
The part is released without any gene and can therefore be used to better control any protein expression. The P1 promoter is pTET (BBa_R0040) and the P2 promoter is pLac (BBA_R0082). P2 can be changed with Bam HI and Cla I restriction sites.
Sequence and Features
- 10COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
- 12COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]
- 21INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]Illegal BamHI site found at 348
- 23COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
- 25COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
- 1000INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]Illegal BsaI site found at 213
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