Part:BBa_K1679015

RNA thermometer (PrfA) +mRFP

This is a device containing a RBS (BBa_K115001) and a RFP coding sequence (BBa_E0010) on the pSB1C3, which can be easily transformed into E.coli. RNA Thermometers(RNAT) are temperature-sensing RNA sequences in 5’UTR of their mRNAs. At low temperature, RNAT folds into structure, blocking access of ribosome; at high temperature, RNAT switch from off to open conformation, increasing the efficiency of translation initiation. When the temperature rises above 37°C, this RNA terminator would turn on and RFP would be expressed in theory.

Usage and Biology

TUDelft-2008 has modified 3 kinds of RNAT: ROSE(BBa_K115001), FourU(BBa_ K115002), PrfA(BBa_K115003). We constructed each RNAT under the control of 3 different constitutive promoters:BBa_J23101, BBa_J23106, BBa_J23119 and use RFP as a reporter. After construction, the 9 circuits were transformed into DH5α.

For one temperature, we spotted one strain on 3 different plates, each plate contains 9 different strains. After 48 hours, as we can see in the photo: FourU worked best under all these promoters and show great switch activity when be used cooperatively with J23101 and J23109. This part can't work well when be used cooperatively with these three promoters.

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
  INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]

  Illegal AgeI site found at 670
  Illegal AgeI site found at 782
  
• 1000
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]