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Part:BBa_K4907109
pVSW-3 (18)-B0034-gfp-B0015
Biology
pVSW-3(18)
Some RNA polymerases of eukaryotes and viruses have domains that specifically recognize DNA base sequences and are specifically matched with their corresponding promoters (1). VSW-3 RNAP is encoded by the chillophilic phage VSW-3 in plateau lakes and has low-temperature specificity (2). Hengxia et al. characterized pVSW-3 series promoters for the first time and pVSW-3(18) is one of them.
Usage and design
XMU-China has developed a novel RNA polymerase, VSW-3 RNAP and we characterized its potentially useful promoters in order to construct a matching expression system. pVSW-3(18) is one of the more efficient promoters in the series. BBa_K4907109_pSB3K3 was constructed as a reporting circuit, for comparing with pVSW-3(GGG) and pVSW-3(genome). By characterizing these three promoters, we hope to determine the effect of the 3'terminal structure of the promoter for VSW-3 RNAP on its efficiency and to identify a VSW-3 expression system that can effectively function in E. coli.
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Characterization
Agarose gel electrophoresis (AGE)
When we were building this circuit, colony PCR was used to certify the plasmid was correct. We got the target fragment-1220bp (lane K4907109).
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Comparison of series promoters: pVSW-3(GGG), pVSW-3(genome)
In order to find a promoter that can function efficiently in Escherichia coli, we constructed BBa_K4907109_pSB3K3(pVSW-3(18)), BBa_K4907112_pSB3K3(pVSW-3(GGG)) and BBa_K4907122_pSB3K3(pVSW-3(genome)) to explore the effect of the structure of the 3' terminal of the promoter on its efficiency. The results are shown in the figure, with BBa_K4907109_pSB3K3 showing the highest efficiency.
![](https://static.igem.wiki/teams/4907/wiki/parts/jincheng/biaozhen/ggg-gemone.png)
Reference
1. S. Borukhov, E. Nudler, RNA polymerase: the vehicle of transcription. Trends in Microbiology 16, 126-134 (2008).
2. H. Xia et al., Psychrophilic phage VSW-3 RNA polymerase reduces both terminal and full-length dsRNA byproducts in in vitro transcription. RNA Biology 19, 1130-1142 (2022).
Sequence and Features
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- 12COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]
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- 25COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
- 1000COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]
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