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*'''rrnO''' transcriptional terminator | *'''rrnO''' transcriptional terminator | ||
*'''spaS promotor''' - a strong promotor inducible by upstream activation of spaRK. It can be placed in front any gene to regulate its activity. | *'''spaS promotor''' - a strong promotor inducible by upstream activation of spaRK. It can be placed in front any gene to regulate its activity. | ||
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| + | ==Genes required for swarming== | ||
| + | # ''comP'': Histidine sensor kinase of ComX and phrC | ||
| + | # ''comA'': Response regulator of Comp | ||
| + | # ''sfp'': Active surfactin synthetase | ||
| + | # ''srfA,B and C'': Surfactin synthetase | ||
| + | # ''swrA,B and C'': Novel gene for swarming and not for swimming | ||
| + | # ''efp'': elongation factor P | ||
| + | # ''yabR and ymfl'': | ||
Revision as of 12:24, 17 June 2010
Subtilin
- A type 1 antimicrobial peptide [AMP] or lantibiotic produced by B. subtilis
- NB. Lantibiotic = peptide-derived antibiotics with high antimicrobial activity against various Gram-positive bacteria, including pathogenic bacteria such as propionibacteria, staphylococci, clostridia, enterococci and streptococci.
- NB. Subtilin not same as Subtilisin!!!!!
- Production of subtilin involves the spa gene cluster encompassing 10 genes, spaBTCSIFEGRK
The construct above contains:
- spaRK promotor
- spaR (subtilin peptide antibiotic Regulation) - the 220 amino acid product of this gene usually regulates the downstream production of subtilin antibiotic. It has an N-terminal domain that can be phosphorylated and a C-terminal domian that has DNA binding properties [1]
- spaK (subtilin peptide antibiotic Kinase) - this gene codes for a 325 amino acid histadine kinase peptide that phosphorylates the N-terminus of spaR [2]. This activates the DNA binding ability of the C-terminus of spaR, which in turn initiates transcription of the downstream gene. In the case of our construct, this gene is gfp.
- rrnO transcriptional terminator
- spaS promotor - a strong promotor inducible by upstream activation of spaRK. It can be placed in front any gene to regulate its activity.
Genes required for swarming
- comP: Histidine sensor kinase of ComX and phrC
- comA: Response regulator of Comp
- sfp: Active surfactin synthetase
- srfA,B and C: Surfactin synthetase
- swrA,B and C: Novel gene for swarming and not for swimming
- efp: elongation factor P
- yabR and ymfl:
