Part:BBa_K1602049

RRkey

This part is half of a two-part riboregulator-system for E.coli for posttransciptional regulation of gene expression. Upon transcription the produced trans-activating RNA-sequence (taRNA) forms a RNA-RNA-complex with corresponding cis-repressing sequences (crRNA). This leads to a helix shift and the release of the formerly masked ribosome binding site (RBS) enabling the expression of the regulated gene of interest (GOI). The corresponding crRNAs are RRlocked and RRlocked_site.

Figure 1: Interaction of taRNA and crRNA leads to gene expression.

The sequence of the taRNA is based on an existing riboregulator sequence pair published by Isaacs et al[1]. The original sequence contained an EcoRI restriction site which was removed by basepair-exchange. We used the Riboswitch Designer to find out which basepair-exchange is best suited to remove the unwanted EcoRI restriction site while not affecting the folding- and interaction-capabilities of the sequence.

References

1. Isaacs, F.J., et al., Engineered riboregulators enable post-transcriptional control of gene expression. Nat Biotechnol, 2004. 22(7): p. 841-7.

Sequence and Features

Assembly Compatibility:

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

  Illegal NheI site found at 7
  Illegal NheI site found at 30
  
• 21
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]
• 23
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
• 25
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
• 1000
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]