Team:LMU-Munich/TEV-System/Functional Principle
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== TEVdegron-System == | == TEVdegron-System == | ||
- | The TEVdegron-System uses and cobines several proteins with different properties. We need two DNA constructs and one of them (construct 1) should be integrated in the cell's DNA. Construct 1 contains the following parts in this order: | + | The TEVdegron-System uses and cobines several proteins with different properties. We need two DNA constructs and one of them (construct 1) should be integrated in the cell's DNA. |
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+ | === Construct 1 === | ||
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+ | Construct 1 contains the following parts in this order: | ||
CMV-promoter for the hygromycin resistance, hygromycin resistance, tetracyclin-inducible promoter, TEV-recognition site, N-degron, SF3b155, human bak. | CMV-promoter for the hygromycin resistance, hygromycin resistance, tetracyclin-inducible promoter, TEV-recognition site, N-degron, SF3b155, human bak. | ||
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To check the integration of tis construct into cellular DNA we need the hygromycin resistance which can be read-off thanks to the CMV-promoter. The TEV-recognition site will be cut by the TEV-protease which is part of construct 2. Due to the serration of TEV-recognition site the N-terminus of N-degron is free which is a signal for the degeneration of this protein. SF3b155 is a protein interacting with p14 from construct 2. This interaction should make sure that the TEV-protease of construct 2 will really "find" the recognition site. The human bak is a apoptosis triggering membrane protein. | To check the integration of tis construct into cellular DNA we need the hygromycin resistance which can be read-off thanks to the CMV-promoter. The TEV-recognition site will be cut by the TEV-protease which is part of construct 2. Due to the serration of TEV-recognition site the N-terminus of N-degron is free which is a signal for the degeneration of this protein. SF3b155 is a protein interacting with p14 from construct 2. This interaction should make sure that the TEV-protease of construct 2 will really "find" the recognition site. The human bak is a apoptosis triggering membrane protein. | ||
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+ | === Construct 2 === | ||
Construct 2 is composed of CMV-promoter, TEV-protease, p14, TEV-recognition site, eGFP and a double stop codon. | Construct 2 is composed of CMV-promoter, TEV-protease, p14, TEV-recognition site, eGFP and a double stop codon. | ||
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[[Image:TEV2.jpg|400pxs|TEV Construct 2: Contains gene of interest]] | [[Image:TEV2.jpg|400pxs|TEV Construct 2: Contains gene of interest]] | ||
- | The CMV-promoter is to read off construct 2. The task of TEV-protease is to cut TEV-recognition sites, espacially the one ahead of N-degron to signal protein degradation. p14 is interacting with SF3b155 and so increases the rate of TEV-proteases which "find" a TEV-recognition site. eGFP is our example of a gene of interest which can be verified | + | The CMV-promoter is to read off construct 2. The task of TEV-protease is to cut TEV-recognition sites, espacially the one ahead of N-degron to signal protein degradation. p14 is interacting with SF3b155 and so increases the rate of TEV-proteases which "find" a TEV-recognition site. eGFP is our example of a gene of interest which can be verified by green flourescence. |
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+ | === Selection === | ||
So you have a cellline which has integrated construct 1 and transfect it with a plasmid containing construct 2. Then there are two possibilities: | So you have a cellline which has integrated construct 1 and transfect it with a plasmid containing construct 2. Then there are two possibilities: | ||
- | a) the plasmid has been incorporated | + | a) the plasmid has not been incorporated |
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+ | b) the plasmid has been incorporated | ||
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+ | which leads to the following consequences. | ||
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+ | ==== Case a) the plasmid has not been incorporated ==== | ||
+ | We induce the tet-on promoter and so construct 1 will be translated into protein. The bak-part will integrate into mitochondrial membrane and as a result will induce apoptosis. | ||
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+ | ==== Case b) the plasmid has been incorporated ==== | ||
+ | Construct 2 will | ||
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