Part:BBa_K2675043
PelB-SAIRGA expression cassette
This part is the mature arbitrium peptide of phage phi3T (SAIRGA) preceded by the PelB secretion signal (BBa_K2675003), equipped by a synthetic RBS (BBa_K2675013) and placed under the control of the constitutive strong promoter BBa_J23100 and of the strong terminator L3S2P21 (BBa_K2675031).
Usage and Biology
The hexapeptide SAIRGA is the signalling molecule used for cell-to-cell communication [1]. To perform its quorum sensing function in the natural phi3T phage infection, SAIRGA needs to be secreted out of the cell. It is produced as an immature pre-pro-peptide, AimP (BBa_K2279001 and BBa_K2675001), that upon secretion is cleaved extracellularly to remove the secretion signal and release the mature hexapeptide. The mature peptide then enters cells and binds to its receptor protein AimR (BBa_K2279000 and BBa_K2675000). Binding of SAIRGA to AimR blocks the activator function of AimR that, in turn, facilitates a switch from lysogenic-to-lytic viral cycle. By acting as a negative regulator of AimR, the SAIRGA signal makes the lysogeny-to-lysis switch of phi3T phage dependent on the “quorum” of Bacillus cells.
In phi3T phage, SAIRGA is produced with specific secretion and protease-cleavage tags [1] that allow secretion and extracellular processing by Bacillus. Since we had no further information about this protease, we could not investigate the ability of Escherichia coli to produce a similar enzyme. Consequently, to produce SAIRGA in E. coli, we have decided to replace this tag by the PelB secretion signal know to function in E. coli.
To express the PelB-SAIRGA in E. coli, the sequence was codon optimized for E. coli DH5α, a specific RBSs (BBa_K2675013) was designed with the Salis RBS Calculator [2, 3] and the peptide was placed under the control of the constitutive strong promoter (BBa_J23100) and of the strong terminator L3S2P21 (BBa_K2675031). Thus, this composite part (BBa_K2675043) was generated.
This SAIRGA expression part did not behaved as predicted: it was not able to produce and release detectable levels the mature hexapeptide SAIRGA in the culturing media of E. coli cells.
For more information, please visit http://2018.igem.org/Team:Evry_Paris-Saclay/Peptide.
Sequence and Features
- 10COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
- 12INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]Illegal NheI site found at 7
Illegal NheI site found at 30 - 21COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]
- 23COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
- 25INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]Illegal NgoMIV site found at 127
- 1000COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]
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