Part:BBa_K4879003
Yarrowia lipolytica HygR marker
Resistance marker gene for Hygromycin B, designed for expression for Yarrowia lipolytica.
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Usage and Biology
Due to the limited number of auxotrophic markers available for Yarrowia lipolytica, we had to use antibiotic-resistance markers for the selection of possible attempted deletion in our chassis. In order to use the selection marker, we had to use 200µg/ml of hygromycin B in our selection plates.
Hygromycin B tends to kill cells by interfering in polypeptide synthesis, making the organism unable to synthesise proteins. The selection marker gene, which codes for a phosphotransferase, confers resistance by modifying the hygromycin B drug molecule; making it ineffective.
The protein structure of HygR, as predicted by AlphaFold
Design
The transcriptional unit for the HygR marker (BBa_K4879009) is designed with the coding sequence flanked by the TEF1 promoter (BBa_K3629001) upstream and the XPR2 terminator (BBa_K3629004) downstream.
Sequence and Features
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Illegal EcoRI site found at 247 - 12INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]Illegal EcoRI site found at 153
Illegal EcoRI site found at 247 - 21INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]Illegal EcoRI site found at 153
Illegal EcoRI site found at 247 - 23INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]Illegal EcoRI site found at 153
Illegal EcoRI site found at 247 - 25INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]Illegal EcoRI site found at 153
Illegal EcoRI site found at 247 - 1000COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]
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