Part:BBa_K4880015
Ptrc-theo-SaSS-CYP
This composite part encodes for the santalene and santalol synthases and is composed of the basic parts theophylline inducible promoter, santalene synthase and santalol synthase.
Sequence and Features
- 10INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]Illegal EcoRI site found at 3105
Illegal PstI site found at 1023
Illegal PstI site found at 2853 - 12INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]Illegal EcoRI site found at 3105
Illegal PstI site found at 1023
Illegal PstI site found at 2853 - 21INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]Illegal EcoRI site found at 3105
Illegal XhoI site found at 2441 - 23INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]Illegal EcoRI site found at 3105
Illegal PstI site found at 1023
Illegal PstI site found at 2853 - 25INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]Illegal EcoRI site found at 3105
Illegal PstI site found at 1023
Illegal PstI site found at 2853
Illegal NgoMIV site found at 1942
Illegal NgoMIV site found at 2254
Illegal AgeI site found at 55
Illegal AgeI site found at 984
Illegal AgeI site found at 1623 - 1000INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]Illegal BsaI site found at 1418
Illegal BsaI site found at 2553
Assembly
Plasmid construction
Through homologous recombination, we integrated the santalene and santalol synthases gene into the broad host range replicative vector pPMQAK1 along with the theophylline inducible promoter. The following figure shows the recombinant plasmid.
Parts
Theophylline inducible promoter
We decided to use an induction system composed of Ptrc promoter and theophylline dependent riboswitch theo E* to control the expression of the α-pinene synthase. The Ptrc promoter is a hybrid of lac and trp, making it stronger than the lac promoter. Transcription is regulated by IPTG and translation initiates only when there is theophylline present. This double regulation strictly regulates gene expression.
Santalene synthase
Santalene synthase converts farnesyl pyrophosphate to limonene and is isolated from Santalum Album.
Santalol synthase
Santalol sythase converts santalene to santalol. It is a hemoprotein of the Cytochrome P450 family derived form Santalum album.
Results
After transforming pPMQAK1-Ptrc-theo-SaSS-CYP into E. coli DH5α, we performed colony PCR on the monocultures and selected the successfully transformed ones for amplification and extraction to later transform it into Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. The figure below shows the colony PCR results.
To further confirm the constructed plasmids are correct, we sent them to be sequenced. Below are the sequencing results.
After transforming pPMQAK1-Ptrc-theo-SaSS-CYP into Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, we performed colony PCR. Below are the results.
To test whether santalol is produced, we plan on performing gas chromatography with the help of our advisors.
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