Regulatory

Part:BBa_K2206010

Designed by: Sammy Lovat   Group: iGEM17_CLSB-UK   (2017-10-18)
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Toehold switch for hsa-miR-27b-3p (second series)

Toehold switches are synthetic riboregulators that regulate gene expression post-transcriptionally. Gene expression can be activated in the presence of a cognate single stranded RNA molecule that contains an arbitrary sequence (the trigger RNA). The trigger RNA binds to the switch through base pairing, causing a conformational change that results in translation of the downstream protein coding region.

The trigger sequence can be split into different RNA molecules. Colocalization of the split trigger parts results in a complete trigger RNA that is capable of activating the toehold switch.

BBa_K2206011 and hsa-miR-27b-3p contain roughly half of the trigger sequence each. Colocalization of the split trigger RNA sequences results in a functional trigger RNA, capable of activating the toehold switch. The formation of the duplex occurs through a highly specific binding step which results in single-base mismatch specificity. This part codes for a toehold switch that has a region complementary to the complete trigger RNA sequence formed of BBa_K2206011 and hsa-miR-27b-3p Therefore, this part can be used to regulate the expression of any protein in response to presence of both BBa_K2206011 and hsa-miR-27b-3p.

For more information visit http://2017.igem.org/Team:CLSB-UK/Design.

We recommend using this part to regulate the expression of a reporter protein. This allows for quantification of hsa-miR-27b-3p. Our simulations show that this part would be better suited for hsa-miR-27b-3p quantification than our original toehold switch BBa_K2206000 due to its increased specificity and on state activity.

We found that the transcripts produced by our other toehold switch parts were toxic to E.coli. We therefore recommend using this part with a non-leaky promoter. For reference, we found the part BBa_K808000 was too leaky when regulating the expression of one of our previous toehold switches.

This part contains a strong RBS sequence.

NUPACK Structure Analysis

RBSStart codonTrigger Binding SiteFree energy of secondary structure: -14.08 kcal/molACGUMFE structure at 35.0°Canti-miRNAmiRNAFree energy of secondary structure: -21.70 kcal/molACGUMFE structure at 35.0°C

anti-miRNAmiRNATriggersitebindingRBSStartcodonFree energy of secondary structure: -72.09 kcal/molACGUMFE structure at 35.0°C

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
    COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
  • 1000
    INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]
    Illegal BsaI.rc site found at 65


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