Aromatic Bacteria : Chiba 2006

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concept

Aromaken4.jpg

Wow!! By lighting bacteria, a refreshing scent stars filling the room. In the dark, the light sensing E.coli will turn orenge. With the red light on, the color of E.coli fades out, and aroma is produced instead.

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How it works

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aroma

Firstly,we are going to make E.coli that smell good!

We are going to get gene that codes these products synthases.

Carene
Limonene
Pinene sequence
Linalool
Geraniol
Farnesene



light receptor

Secondary,We are going to make a light receptor that react different wavelength.

PCB reacts redlight (that is about 660nm). If we change PCB to PΦB and PEB , the absorption wavelength shifts 15nm respectively.

Light receptor.jpg

These are a structure of chromophore. Chromophore.jpg

carotenoid

We are going to use the EBIY. EBIY produces ricopen. That puts out orange color.

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another works

We are also going to make these systems. File:Aroma pathway.jpg


papers

Aroma etc…

Yasuo Yoshikuni(2004)-Mono and diterpene production in Escherichia coli.


Gisho Honda(2004)cDNA isolation and functional expression of myrcene synthase from Perilla frutescens.





Light receptor etc…

Takayuki Kohchi(2006)-Metabolic engineering to produce phytochromes with phytochromobilin, phycocyanobilin, or phycoerythrobilin chromophore in Escherichia coli.

J.Clark Lagarias(2004)-Harnessing phytochrome's glowing potential


carotenoid etc…







news

  • 10/15--We succeeded a experiments of aroma! farnessene and pinene are a kind of sweet fragrance. Geraniol and pinene have a citrus flavor.
  • 9/23--We succesed yesterday's experiment. The smell of geraniol that is produced E.coli was a kind of citrus.
  • 9/22--We tested efficency of E.coli that makes geraniol.
  • 9/21--We are trying to make E.coli that makes geraniol.
  • 9/12--We got a gene that codes geraniol synthase.


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