Part:BBa_K3994001

HrpR

promoter

Usage and Biology

This codes for HrpR protein. HrpR protein binds to HrpS protein forming a complex and then triggering the transcription of promoter hrpL. This functions like a AND logic gate.

Experimental approach

Recombinant Plasmid Construction

Figure 1. The electrophoresis results of enzyme digestion and PCR...

Lane 1 and 2: Plasmid pSU2718-p15A digested by Xba1 and BamH1.

Lane 3: Part 2, PttB344_HrpS_PJ23105_ttrR, got by PCR method with size of 2060bp.

This step is used to get the plasmids pSU2718-p15A digested by enzyme Xba1 and BamH1and gene PttB344_HrpS_PJ23105_ttrR by PCR method for later in the process. Therefore, channel 1 and 2 were plasmids pSU2718-p15A digested by enzyme Xba1 and BamH1. And channel 3 were gene PttB344_HrpS_PJ23105_ttrR got by PCR. Clean-up the product to obtain pSU2718-p15A backbone and PttB344_HrpS_PJ23105_ttrR-fragment. T4 DNA ligase is used to connect pSU2718-p15A backbone and PttB344_HrpS_PJ23105_ttrR-fragment to get plasmid pSU2718-part2.

Figure 2 E-coil having the desired pSU2718-part2 (Left) and control (Right)...

Figure 3. The electrophoresis result of enzyme digestion identification...

Lane 1: Plasmid pSU2718-p15A digested by EcoR1.

Lane 2 to 5: Recombinant plasmid pSU2718-part2 digested by EcoRI. We got two bands with size of 2803bp and 1544bp. The results show that we got the correct plasmid. And the plasmid was sent to sequence.

Figure 4 The result of sequencing for plasmid pSU2718-part2...

Sequencing feedback shows we have obtained the correct plasmids which is consistent with their DNA profiles.

Figure 5 The electrophoresis results of enzyme digestion (Middle) and PCR (Right)...

Middle: Lane 1 and 2: Plasmid pSU2718-part2 digested by HindIII.

Right: Lane 1: Part 1, PyeaR_HrpR, got by PCR method with size of 1293bp. This step is used to get the plasmids pSU2718-part2 digested by enzyme and gene PyeaR_HrpR by PCR method for later in the process. Therefore, channel 1 and 2 (Middle) were plasmids pSU2718--part2 digested by enzyme HindIII. And channel 1 (Right) was gene PyeaR_HrpR got by PCR. Clean-up the product to obtain pSU2718-part2 backbone and PyeaR_HrpR-fragment.

T4 DNA ligase is used to connect pSU2718-part2 backbone and PyeaR_HrpR-fragment to get plasmid pSU2718-part2-part1.

Figure 6 E-coil having the desired pSU2718-part2-part1 (Left) and control (Right)...

Figure 7 The electrophoresis result of enzyme digestion...

Lane 1: Recombinant plasmid pSU2718-part2-part1 without enzyme digestion.

Lane 2: Recombinant plasmid pSU2718-part2-part1 digested by EcoR1. The result shows that we got the correct plasmid. And the plasmid was sent to sequence.

Figure 8 The result of sequencing for plasmid pSU2718-part2-part1...

Sequencing feedback shows we have obtained the correct plasmids which is consistent with their DNA profiles.

Proof of function

Attempt 1

Figure 9 Genetic Construction of IBD Distinguisher...

Sample 1: NO3- + S4O62- Sample 2: S4O62- Sample 3: NO3- Sample 4: Blank Control

As shown above, there is obvious fluorescence in sample 1 and sample 2; for sample 3 and sample 4, there also a slight fluorescence produced in the tubes. In order to scientifically quantify the result, we used ELIASA to read the accurate fluorescence intensity, respectively.

Table 1...

Figure 10. Histogram of the fluorescence intensity of samples in Table 1...

According to the histogram above, we can see that Sample 1 (NO3-+ S4O62-) presents obvious higher fluorescence intensity than the rest three samples which means our design working. But we do realize that Sample 2 (S4O62-) also presents fluorescence than the blank control which confused us a lot. According to our design, if we only add S4O62- without NO3-, this AND gate wouldn’t allow to pass into the reporter (Part 3) as there is a closed door of the NO3- sensor (Part 1). Therefore, we thought there was something wrong in Part 1.

In order to figure out the reason, we did several literature research and find out that in Part 1 we didn’t build the NarX-NarL two-component regulator (Figure 11), which shall be the first one to sense nitrate and that is why Part 1 didn’t work fine as we expected.

Figure 11. Genetic construction design map...

Ref. Woo, Seung-Gyun, et al. "A designed whole-cell biosensor for live diagnosis of gut inflammation through nitrate sensing." Biosensors and Bioelectronics 168 (2020): 112523.

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
  INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]

  Illegal NgoMIV site found at 534
  Illegal AgeI site found at 7
  Illegal AgeI site found at 121
  Illegal AgeI site found at 127
  Illegal AgeI site found at 766
  
• 1000
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]