Part:BBa_K2912015
Trp_Lysis gene
Trp_Lysis gene expression can be controlled by the concentration of Tryptophan
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]
- 25COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
- 1000COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]
Usage and Biology
The lysis gene from colicin-producing strains of bacteria encodes the lysis protein which can cause the host cell to lyse as long as the protein is activated. On the basic of its biological function, we can use lysis gene to break our engineering E.coli and release the interior cell contents when it's time to extract our product-shRNA by adding a Tryptophan attenuator between a RBS and lysis gene.
Before the experiment of our part-Trp_Lysis gene. We have done the T7_lysis gene characterization experiment by IPTG inducing in LB solid medium(illustrated with Fig.2).
According to the characterization experiment's result, we can draw a conclusion that once the lysis protein is produced by IPTG inducing, their growth will be significantly inhibited.
We transformed the expression vector into HT115 (DE3) E.coli by heat-shock method, and they were cultured in 1 LB liquid medium to exact exponential phase. Afterwards, we started a cell growth curve experiment of our engineering E.coli in different tryptophan concentration gradients (illustrated with Fig.3).
Compared to T7 promotor-lysis, the Trp_Lysis gene obviously has the advantage which is able to kill the host cell by breaking their structure in a controlled way. In other words, we can switch off or switch on the killing metabolism by controlling the tryptophan concentration of the culture medium, and the concentration critical valve is around 0.3%(if the concentration is more than 0.3%, the killing metabolism will be closed so that the host cells can grow as usual)
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