Part:BBa_K3411010
NarP Gene
NarP, which detects both nitrate and nitrite. By calculating the corrected difference, our system would have concentrations for both nutrients. Lambert iGEM’s novel NarP system BBa_K3411020 is also modeled after E.coli’s natural nitrite sensor. Similarly to NarL, the promoter BBa_J23106, a constitutive Anderson Promoter, produces TetR, which represses the PtetO promoter, producing NarP. By regulating the amount of aTc, the molecule that inhibits TetR, our lab can control NarP’s expression, the product of the PtetO promoter. NarQ, the native membrane-bound protein, senses the amount of nitrate and/or nitrite in the cell: In the presence of nitrite and/or nitrate, NarQ will phosphorylate NarP, activating it, but if there is no nitrite and/or nitrate present, NarQ will not phosphorylate NarP. If NarP is phosphorylated, it will activate the nirB promoter, producing GFP. Lambert iGEM plans to correlate GFP levels to nitrite through mathematical modeling.
Sequence and Features
- 10COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
- 12COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]
- 21COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]
- 23COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
- 25COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
- 1000COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]
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