BU06:Research
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Light Sensor Parts: http://partsregistry.org/Featured_Parts:Light_Sensor and paper : http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v438/n7067/full/nature04405.html (this paper simply explains how the device works!) | Light Sensor Parts: http://partsregistry.org/Featured_Parts:Light_Sensor and paper : http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v438/n7067/full/nature04405.html (this paper simply explains how the device works!) | ||
| - | It seems to repress gene expression by having red light inhibit phosphorylation which would activate a promoter. We would replace the LacZ protein coding region with our lux [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operon operon]. | + | It seems to repress gene expression by having red light inhibit phosphorylation which would activate a promoter. We would replace the LacZ protein coding region with our lux [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operon operon]. Part: BBa_F1610 |
Revision as of 21:54, 9 June 2006
Making E. coli Glow
Preliminary Design: -Light Sensing Inhibitor- -> -Light emission device-
Light Sensing Inihibitor: BBa_I15008 , BBa_I15009 , BBa_I15010 , BBa_R0082
Light Emission Device: (from lux operon) THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
Light Sensor Parts: http://partsregistry.org/Featured_Parts:Light_Sensor and paper : http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v438/n7067/full/nature04405.html (this paper simply explains how the device works!)
It seems to repress gene expression by having red light inhibit phosphorylation which would activate a promoter. We would replace the LacZ protein coding region with our lux operon. Part: BBa_F1610
Sequence details:
According to Tom Knight, the Photorhabdus luminescens luxCDABE operon that he cloned is NCBI accession number M90093. I checked this sequence against the biobrick restriction enzymes (EcoRI, XbaI, SpeI, PstI, NotI) using the Sequence Manipulation Suite. Results: EcoRI cuts at the ends of the sequence (+2 and -4; i.e., the original sequence was cut out of its vector with EcoRI); XbaI cuts in the middle (+2411); and SpeI, PstI, and NotI do not cut M00093. The question therefore becomes, did Tom Knight's group add or remove restriction sites? We have the DNA, we can test this in lab.
