Part:BBa_K3257011

T7 RBS

Efficient ribosome binding site from bacteriophage T7 gene 10.

Biology

We measured the relative fluorescence intensity of EGFP expressed by T7 promoter (BBa_K3257000) and this RBS to prove that this RBS can work.

Figure 1. The relative fluorescence intensity of EGFP with T7 promoter measured by 96-well plate reader EGFP represents the relative fluorescence intensity of BL21(DE3) transformed with plasmid encoding EGFP protein. The Negative represents the relative fluorescence intensity of BL21(DE3) transformed with plasmid encoding nonsense mutated EGFP protein. Significant difference between them shows that EGFP can be expressed and function well inside E.coli cells.

Exeter Team 2024

The Exeter iGEM 2024 team are designing a rapid detection system for Bovine Tuberculosis (bTB) using CRISPR-Cas detection systems. The literature suggests that bTB infection in cattle can be detected by nucleic acid biomarkers in both blood [1] and tissue samples [2]. Therefore, there was potential to develop tests looking for both DNA and RNA biomarkers in infected cattle.

For our project we needed to express both Lachnospiraceae bacterium ND2006 Cas12a and Leptotrichia wadei Cas13a enzymes at high levels, but we also wanted to control when our enzymes would be expressed. Our supervisor has previously used the IPTG inducible promoter system in the Novagen pET plasmids for over expression of proteins. This includes the T7 bacteriophage promoter in combination with the E. coli lac operator sequence and the strong RBS from T7 bacteriophage gene 10. Transcription in the pET plasmids is terminated by the transcription terminator for bacteriophage T7 RNA polymerase. There are many versions of these sequences in the Registry of Standard Biological Parts but the ones most similar to the pET system are:
• BBa_R0085- T7 promoter sequence
• BBa_K4673024BBa_K4673024 - E. coli Lac operator
• BBa_K3257011- T7 gene 10 RBS
• BBa_K395601- T7 RNA polymerase terminator

For expression of our enzymes, a composite part comprising R0085, K4673024 and K3257011 with Type IIS prefix and suffix sequences was ordered as a gBlock from IDT (see BBa_K5124042). K395601 was also ordered as a gBlock from IDT with Type IIS prefix and suffix sequences. These were cloned into a medium copy plasmid (origin of replication from pBR322 [3]) carrying an ampicillin selection marker with either the coding sequence for LbCas12a (BBa_K5124000) or LwCas13a (BBa_K5124001) using Type IIS cloning.

The resulting expression plasmids were transformed into E. coli BL21(DE3) (Novagen) and protein expression induced by autoinduction media [4]. The enzymes were purified via Ni-affinity and size exclusion chromatography. Please see our Wiki for the detailed protocol (Wiki).

Both enzymes were successfully expressed and purified as verified by SDS-PAGE and Western Blot analysis (Figure 2 and 3). For further results please see BBa_K5124000 or BBa_K5124001.

Figure 2: Cas 12a SDS-PAGE and Western Blot results through the purification process

Figure 3: Cas 13a SDS-PAGE and Western Blot results through the purification process

References

1. McLoughlin KE, Correia CN, Browne JA, Magee DA, Nalpas NC, Rue-Albrecht K, et al. RNA-Seq Transcriptome Analysis of Peripheral Blood From Cattle Infected With Mycobacterium bovis Across an Experimental Time Course. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 2021; 8:662002.

2. Taylor GM, Worth DR, Palmer S, Jahans K, Hewinson RG. Rapid detection of Mycobacterium bovis DNA in cattle lymph nodes with visible lesions using PCR. BMC Vet Res. 2007 Jun 13; 3:12.

3. Sutcliffe JG. Complete nucleotide sequence of the Escherichia coli plasmid pBR322. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol. 1979; 43 Pt 1:77-90.

4. Studier FW. Protein production by auto-induction in high density shaking cultures. Protein Expr Purif. 2005 May; 41(1):207-34.

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
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
• 1000
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]

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