Team:TU Delft/project/hydrocarbon tolerance

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=Solvent Tolerance=
 
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It is known that hydrocarbons and other solvents have toxic effects on cells. Due to this fact, it is necessary to confer ''Escherichia coli'' K12 hydrocarbon/solvent tolerance, so that it can grow on biphasic systems with toxic concentrations of these compounds.
 
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==Aim==
 
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To functionally express the protein prefoldin from ''Pyrococcus horikoshii'' OT3 in ''Escherichia coli'' K12.
 
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==Proposed Method==
 
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Based on: Okochi M., Kanie K., Kurimoto M., Yohda M. and Honda H.. Over expression of prefoldin from the hyperthermophilic arechaeum ''Pyrococus horikoshii'' OT3 endowed ''Escherichia coli'' with organic solvent tolerance. ''Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol''. '''79''':443-449 '''(2008)'''
 
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For this part of our project, we will insert and functionally express the ''alpha'' and ''beta'' sub-units of ''Pyrococcus horikoshii''  OT3 prefoldin; this protein confers solvent/hydrocarbon tolerance to ''E. coli'' K12 cells, according to the cited literature. Prefoldin is a jellyfish-shaped hexameric chaperone that captures a protein-folding intermediate and transfers it to the group II chaperonin for correct folding, this is the molecular mechanism behind solvent/hydrocarbon resistance prefoldin-associated.
 
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PhPFD-alpha, PhPFD-beta, will be ligated to the appropriate RBS and promoter. The selection criterion for RBS and promoter will depend on the results obtained during the RBS characterization protocol. Tentatively, the most used promoter will be BBa_J23109, which gives a medium to low transcription level and the most used RBS will be BBa_B0032 which gives a medium translation level.
 
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===Step 1: Formation of Prefoldin BioBrick===
 
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'''Aim:''' Creation of a BioBrick for the expression of both the alpha and beta subunits of prefoldin. A medium-transcription level promoter as well as a medium-translation level ribosomal binding site is utilized.
 
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Before any design, we checked on literature about reports related to solvent/hydrocarbon tolerance. The paper published by Okochi and co-workers caught our attention up, according to their paper ''E. coli'' expressing prefoldin from ''Pyrococcus horikoshii'' OT3 grows quite well in the presence of high concentrations (10%v/v) of cyclohexane. Cyclohexane causes membrane leaking and other toxic effects, which makes it a good candidate for testing solvent/hydrocarbon tolerance.
 
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The original [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/14589963/?from=474271&to=474726&strand=true&report=genbank prefoldin alpha] and [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/14589963/?from=478012&to=478365&report=genbank prefoldin beta] DNA sequences differ in composition from the E. coli sequences and also contained some undesired restriction sites, that's why we decided to enhance our sequence using [http://www.jcat.de/ jcat] website. Once we had the enhanced sequence, we added the standard biobrick [http://partsregistry.org/Assembly:RBS-CDS_issues prefix] and [http://partsregistry.org/Assembly:RBS-CDS_issues suffix] and couple of weeks later our dear [http://mrgene.com/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-2/?gclid=CK_v3NyTtqMCFUl_3god1zv0cQ Mr. gene] sent us back the sequences in a pANY plasmid.
 
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Check the Mr. Gene sequences by clicking on the links: [https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2010/b/b5/PhPFDa.gb Prefoldin alpha] and [https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2010/2/26/PhPFDb.gb Prefoldin beta]
 
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=== ===
 
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[[Image:406C.jpg|650px|left]]
 
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{| style="color:black; background-color:white;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1"
 
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|'''Feature'''
 
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|'''Function'''
 
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|[http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K398001 alkB2]
 
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|Alkane 1-monooxygenase (Gordonia sp. TF6)
 
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|[http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_B0015 B0015]
 
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|Transcriptional (double) terminator
 
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|[http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_B0042 B0042]
 
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|Transcriptional terminator
 
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|[http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_B0053 B0053]
 
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|Transcriptional terminator
 
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|[http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_B0054 B0054]
 
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|Transcriptional terminator
 
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|[http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_B0055 B0055]
 
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|Transcriptional terminator
 
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|[http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_B0062 B0062]
 
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|Transcriptional terminator
 
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|[http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_G00000 G00000]
 
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|Standard prefix
 
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|[http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_G00001 G00001]
 
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|Standard suffix
 
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|[http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_G00100 G00100]
 
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|VF2 primer binding site
 
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|[http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_G00102 G00102]
 
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|VR primer binding site
 
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|[http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_I50032 I50032]
 
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|p15A replication origin
 
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|[http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_J61100 J61100]
 
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|RBS Anderson family
 
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|[http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_J23109 J23100]
 
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|Promoter
 
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|[http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_P1005 P1005]
 
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|TetR
 
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|[http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K398002 rubA3]
 
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|Rubredoxin A3 (Gordonia sp. TF6)
 
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|[http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K398003 rubA4]
 
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|Rubredoxin A4 (Gordonia sp. TF6)
 
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|[http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K398004 rubR]
 
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|Rubredoxin reductase (Gordonia sp. TF6)
 
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[https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2010/0/04/406C.gb Genebank annotated file available here!]
 
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===Step 2: Characterization===
 
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'''Strains:'''
 
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* Prefoldin: ''E.coli'' K12/407C
 
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* Negative control: ''E.coli'' K12
 
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* Positive control: ''Pseudomonas putida OCT''
 
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Characterization of ''E. coli'' K12/407C will involve its culturing on M9-modified liquid medium containing varying levels of cyclohexane (0%, 4%, 8%, 12% v/v). The positive control will be a colony of the P. putida OCT strain and the negative control will be an E.coli K12 colony, both grown under the same conditions. OD600 will be determined at various intervals between inoculation and 72 hours thereafter. Using these measurements the growth-related properties of each strain can be determined and analyzed accordingly.
 

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