Coding

Part:BBa_K2332312

Designed by: Camillo Moschner   Group: iGEM17_UCL   (2017-09-27)
Revision as of 21:49, 7 October 2017 by CamilloMoschner (Talk | contribs) (Chassis Considerations)


E-cadherin (Preproprotein, Mus Musculus)

E-cadherin (Preproprotein, Mus Musculus)
Function Cell-Cell Adhesion
Use in Mammalian cells
Chassis Tested Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO)
Abstraction Hierarchy Part
RFC standard RFC10 & RFC23 compatible
Backbone pSB1C3
Submitted by [http://2017.igem.org/Team:UCL]

This gene encodes E-cadherin, a calcium-dependent cell adhesion molecule that functions in the establishment and maintenance of epithelial cell morphology during embryongenesis and adulthood. The encoded preproprotein undergoes proteolytic processing to generate a mature protein.


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UCSF iGEM 2011 has created a BioBrick of only the extracellular domain of E-Cadherin (Mouse) BBa_K644000 but no BioBrick encoding the full E-cadherin protein has been submitted until now. BBa_K644000 also lacked detailed characterisation and the source was imprecise. Furthermore, we know now that E-cadherin requires interaction of its cytosolic domain for the production of stable cell-cell connections. (see Alberts 6th Ed. 2015, Ch. 19, p. 1040).

This gene was given to the UCL iGEM team 2017 by Prof. Stephen Price (UCL, not part of iGEM) after we searched for cadherin proteins suitable for our project. However, no sequence was known of the plasmid we were given and we sequenced the plasmid ourselves. Consecutive BLAST analysis showed a 99% similarity with Mus musculus cadherin 1 (Cdh1), mRNA: NCBI Reference Sequence: NM_009864.3, NCBI.

Three silent mutations were added into the sequence via side directed mutagenesis in order to remove one EcoRI and two PstI sites. Afterwards we sequence confirmed the entire gene.


Experimental approach

Vector Considerations

For testing this coding part we used pcDNA3, a standard mammalian expression plasmid, as a vector. We, thereby, created BBa_K2332313, our E-cadherin gene flanked by a CMV promoter and a bGH poly(A) tail. The pre-existing 5'- and 3'-UTR and the strong promoter ensure efficient expression of E-cadherin during our experiments.

Chassis Considerations

Choosing the correct chassis for your experiments is of equal importance to choosing the correct gene.

Since we wanted to test cell-cell aggregation via our E-cadherin gene, we therefore chose a mammalian cell line that naturally does not express E-cadherin and is commonly used in cadherin research, Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cells. Even though they naturally lack E-cadherin expression they still maintain alpha- and beta-catenin expression, the two proteins that are essential for the E-cadherin's connection the actin cortex of the cell.


Sequence and Features


Assembly Compatibility:
  • 10
    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
  • 12
    INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]
    Illegal NheI site found at 2550
  • 21
    INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]
    Illegal BamHI site found at 752
    Illegal BamHI site found at 828
    Illegal BamHI site found at 944
    Illegal BamHI site found at 1868
    Illegal BamHI site found at 2170
    Illegal XhoI site found at 1552
  • 23
    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
  • 25
    INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
    Illegal NgoMIV site found at 208
  • 1000
    INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]
    Illegal BsaI site found at 65
    Illegal BsaI site found at 465
    Illegal BsaI site found at 872
    Illegal BsaI site found at 1414
    Illegal BsaI.rc site found at 306


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