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This project aims to make E. coli fluoresce red at low temperatures. The goal is to find the optimum temperature and chloride concentration for color change. The team will use parts from coral genes and explore backup plans using high temp parts.
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E. Coli Fluorescing Red at Cold Temperature Senor Prm + I12007 . B0032 Team: E Cool I Tina Khoury Jeremy Gerbig Kerwin Dunham Derek Blanchard
Goals • Achieve • E. coli to fluoresce red at low temp (37°C) in presence of Cl or Cl (ts). • Find optimum temp where color change will be found. • ~ 30-37°C • Find optimum concentration of Cl. • Gene originally from coral. • Backup Plan • Use high temp parts to make E. coli fluoresce at high temp instead at low using a different gene. • Expressing high (green) and low (red) temp. genes in one sequence.
How to do it? • Part 1 • BBa_I12007 • 82Bp • Promoter: modified lambda Prm Promoter • (OR-3 obliterated) • 2010 Kit Plate 2 Box 5 Well 11L, pSB2K3 • gcaaccattatcaccgccagaggtaaaatagtcaacacgcacggtgttagatatttataaatagtggtgatagatttaacgt
Part 2 & 3 Super Part BBa_I13503 • Spring 2008 Distribution Source Plate 1002 1D pSB1A2 • BBa_B0032 • 13Bp • Ribosome Binding Site RSB.3 • (medium)- derivative of BBa_0030 • 2010 Kit Plate 1 Well 2I, pSB1A2 • tcacacaggaaag
Part 2 & 3 Super Part BBa_I13503 • Spring 2008 Distribution Source Plate 1002 1D pSB1A2 • 3 BBa_E1010 • 681Bp • Gene: highly engineered mutant of red fluorescent protein from Discosoma striata (coral) • 2010 Kit Plate 1 Well 18F, pSB2K3 • atggcttcctccgaagacgttatcaaagagttcatgcgtttcaaagttcgtatggaaggttccgttaacggtcacgagttcgaaatcgaaggtgaaggtgaaggtcgtccgtacgaaggtacccagaccgctaaactgaaagttaccaaaggtggtccgctgccgttcgcttgggacatcctgtccccgcagttccagtacggttccaaagcttacgttaaacacccggctgacatcccggactacctgaaactgtccttcccggaaggtttcaaatgggaacgtgttatgaacttcgaagacggtggtgttgttaccgttacccaggactcctccctgcaagacggtgagttcatctacaaagttaaactgcgtggtaccaacttcccgtccgacggtccggttatgcagaaaaaaaccatgggttgggaagcttccaccgaacgtatgtacccggaagacggtgctctgaaaggtgaaatcaaaatgcgtctgaaactgaaagacggtggtcactacgacgctgaagttaaaaccacctacatggctaaaaaaccggttcagctgccgggtgcttacaaaaccgacatcaaactggacatcacctcccacaacgaagactacaccatcgttgaacagtacgaacgtgctgaaggtcgtcactccaccggtgcttaataa
Part 4 & 5 Super Part BBa_B0015 • BBa_B0010 doubleT • 129 Bp • Stop, T1 from E. coli rrn B • (Transcriptional Terminator) • 2010 Kit Plate 1 Well 13D, pSB1A2 • BBa_B0012 • Stop, TE from coliophage T7 • (Transcriptional Terminator) • Source Plate 1000 Well 1B, pSB1A2 • ccaggcatcaaataaaacgaaaggctcagtcgaaagactgggcctttcgttttatctgttgtttgtcggtgaacgctctctactagagtcacactggctcaccttcgggtgggcctttctgcgtttata
What’s new? • The complete complex Biobricks sequence that works! • Combine 3 parts • BBa_I12007 - Promoter • BBa_I13503 - RBS + Gene • BBa_B0015 - Double Terminator Promoter RBS + Gene Double Terminator
Alternate Part • May use double terminator because the first terminator has had problems working according to partsregistry.org • Possible double terminator is BBa_B0015 double terminator(B0010-B0012) 2010 Kit Plate 1 Well 23L, pSB1AK3. According to the website, this part works well.
Protocol • Isolate biobricks out of wells. • BBa_I12007 - Promoter • BBa_I13503 - RBS + Gene • BBa_B0015 - Double Terminator • Transform the bacteria. • Grow the transformed bacteria. • Isolate & check plasmids. • Gel Electrophoresis
Protocol cont… • Combining biobrick parts by digestion & ligation. • BBa_I12007 - Promoter • BBa_I13503 - RBS + Gene • BBa_B0015 - Double Terminator S X & P X & P
Protocol cont…. • Transform bacteria with new recombinant plasmid. • Observe results • Color change dependent on • Temp between ~ 30-37°C • Cl concentration ~ 1x – 10x
References • Openwetware.org • Partsregistry.org • http://filebox.vt.edu/.../biol_4684/Methods/genes.html • http://www.fasebj.org/content/vol20/issue14/images/large/z386120661480003.jpeg • http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=mga&part=A1549 • http://www.stat.berkeley.edu/users/terry/Classes/s260.1998/Week8b/week8b/node3.html