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'''Tab. 1 - Sender and Receiver on high copy plasmid <partinfo>pSB1A2</partinfo>'''
'''Tab. 1 - Sender and Receiver on high copy plasmid <partinfo>pSB1A2</partinfo>'''
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|'''Self-inducible device''' || '''Description''' || '''O.D.start LB''' || '''K_HSL LB'''|| '''Doubling time LB'''|| '''Scell ratio LB'''||'''O.D.start M9''' || '''K_HSL M9'''|| '''Doubling time M9'''||'''Scell ratio M9'''
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'''Tab. 2 - Sender and Receiver on low copy plasmid <partinfo>pSB4C5</partinfo>'''
'''Tab. 2 - Sender and Receiver on low copy plasmid <partinfo>pSB4C5</partinfo>'''
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|<del style='color:#C2DFFF'><partinfo>BBa_K300014</partinfo> (wiki name: I8) in <partinfo>pSB1A2</partinfo> plasmid</del>
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Revision as of 13:53, 26 October 2010




ProteInProgress: a cellular assembly line for protein manufacturing



Motivation Solutions
Implementation & Results

References


Implementation and Results: Self-Inducible promoters




Self-inducible promoters


Integrative standard vector for E. coli


Integrative standard vector for yeast


Purification of proteins

Self-inducible promoters

Regulation of signal protein production

Experimental implementation: <partinfo>BBa_K300009</partinfo> part was assembled downstream of different constitutive promoters, thus obtaining a signal molecule generator. The choice of constitutive promoters was performed between the ones belonging to the [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_J23101 Anderson’s promoters collection] ; we chose promoters according to their activities reported in the Registry of Standard Biological Parts, in order to have a thick mesh:

Promoter Strength (a.u.)
reported in the Registry
<partinfo>BBa_J23100</partinfo> 2547
<partinfo>BBa_J23101</partinfo>1791
<partinfo>BBa_J23105</partinfo>623
<partinfo>BBa_J23106</partinfo>1185
<partinfo>BBa_J23110</partinfo>844
<partinfo>BBa_J23114</partinfo>256
<partinfo>BBa_J23116</partinfo>396
<partinfo>BBa_J23118</partinfo>1429

Before constructing the signal generators, <partinfo>BBa_K300009</partinfo> and <partinfo>BBa_K300010</partinfo> under the regulation of one of these constitutive promoters, we evaluated the promoter activities in Relative Promoter Units (R.P.U.) according to Data analysis for RPU evaluation, using the reporter protein RFP (Red Fluorescent Protein) in different experimental conditions (plasmids’ copy number and growth medium), many of them not yet explored and documented:

  • high copy number plasmids and LB;
  • high copy number plasmids and M9;
  • low copy number plasmids and M9.

It was not possible to evaluate promoters activities in low copy number plasmids and LB because the RFP activity was too weak and not distinguishable from the background. RFP fluorescence and Optical Density at 600nm (O.D.600) were measured in 96-well microplates, as reported in Microplate reader experiments for constitutive promoters (R.P.U. evaluation) - Protocol #2 and data were analyzed as reported in Data Analysis RPU;

Results: results are shown here.

Figure 5 - R.P.U. of the studied promoters from Anderson promoters' collection, LB medium and high copy plasmid (<partinfo>BBa_J61002</partinfo>)
Figure 6 - R.P.U. of the studied promoters from Anderson promoters' collection, M9 medium and high copy plasmid (<partinfo>BBa_J61002</partinfo>)
Figure 7 - R.P.U. of the studied promoters from Anderson promoters' collection, M9 medium and low copy plasmid (<partinfo>pSB4C5</partinfo>). These plasmids were constructed by assembling the EcoRI-PstI the <partinfo>BBa_J61002</partinfo>-BBa_J231xx EcoRI-PstI fragment in <partinfo>pSB4C5</partinfo>, in order to transfer the RBS-RFP-TT expression construct from <partinfo>BBa_J61002</partinfo> to <partinfo>pSB4C5</partinfo>.

Discussion: we observed that the ranking previously documented in the Registry is not valid in all the conditions, even if a general agreement can be observed. As an example, <partinfo>BBa_J23110</partinfo> in high copy plasmid is stronger than <partinfo>BBa_J23118</partinfo>, in contrast with the ranking reported in the Registry.


After the evaluation of promoter activity, signal generators were constructed in high copy and low copy plasmids: <partinfo>BBa_K300009</partinfo> and <partinfo>BBa_K300010</partinfo> were assembled downstream of the above mentioned promoters, thus obtaining the following parts:

BioBrick Description
<partinfo>BBa_K300030</partinfo> Pv SignalGeneratorDevice.png
J23118
<partinfo>BBa_K300028</partinfo> Pv SignalGeneratorDevice.png
J23110
<partinfo>BBa_K300029</partinfo> Pv SignalGeneratorDevice.png
J23116
<partinfo>BBa_K300025</partinfo> Pv SignalGeneratorDevice.png
J23101
<partinfo>BBa_K300026</partinfo> Pv SignalGeneratorDevice.png
J23105
<partinfo>BBa_K300027</partinfo> Pv SignalGeneratorDevice.png
J23106
<partinfo>BBa_K300017</partinfo> Pv SignalGeneratorSensorDevice.png
J23118
<partinfo>BBa_K300014</partinfo> Pv SignalGeneratorSensorDevice.png
J23110
<partinfo>BBa_K300015</partinfo> Pv SignalGeneratorSensorDevice.png
J23114
<partinfo>BBa_K300016</partinfo> Pv SignalGeneratorSensorDevice.png
J23116
<partinfo>BBa_K300012</partinfo> Pv SignalGeneratorSensorDevice.png
J23105

Some of the promoters could not be cloned upstream of these devices because they produced LuxI protein amounts that give a high metabolic burden for E. coli, so it was not possible to study all the combinations as transformans could not be obtained in some cases. For each part, a measurement system was built, exploiting the production of the reporter gene GFP (Green Fluoresent Protein) to evaluate the "switch on" condition of every self-inducible promoter. Many different combinations were explored, in order to provide a library of promoters able to initiate transcription at the desired culture density.

Quantification of the HSL produced

Experimental implementation The new parts were, thus, characterized, measuring the HSL concentration released in the medium after a 6 hour growth of the cultures. All the details are available in this section.

<partinfo>BBa_T9002</partinfo> contained in <partinfo>pSB1A3</partinfo> in E. coli TOP10 was used as a HSL->GFP biosensor. In every experiment, a HSL-GFP calibration curve with known concentration of HSL was produced.

Results The amount of 3OC6-HSL produced after a 6 hours growth by E. coli DH5alpha bearing the parts contained in high copy plasmid <partinfo>pSB1A2</partinfo> is reported in Fig.8 and in the table:

Figure 8 - <partinfo>BBa_T9002</partinfo> calibration curve for detection of [HSL] produced in high copy plasmid
BioBrick Wiki name E. coli strain [HSL]
<partinfo>BBa_K300030</partinfo> I14 DH5alpha 0.7 uM
<partinfo>BBa_K300028</partinfo> I15 DH5alpha 0.04 uM
<partinfo>BBa_K300029</partinfo> I16 DH5alpha not detected
<partinfo>BBa_K300025</partinfo> I17 DH5alpha 0.09 uM
<partinfo>BBa_K300026</partinfo> I18 DH5alpha not detected
<partinfo>BBa_K300027</partinfo> I19 DH5alpha 0.002 uM

The amount of 3OC6-HSL produced after 6 hours growth by the parts contained in low copy plasmid <partinfo>pSB4C5</partinfo> is reported in Fig.9 and in the table:

Figure 9 - <partinfo>BBa_T9002</partinfo> calibration curve for detection of [HSL] produced in low copy plasmid


BioBrick Wiki name E. coli strain [HSL]
<partinfo>BBa_K300030</partinfo> I14 DH5alpha 0.005 uM
<partinfo>BBa_K300028</partinfo> I15 DH5alpha 0.002 uM
<partinfo>BBa_K300029</partinfo> I16 DH5alpha not detected
<partinfo>BBa_K300025</partinfo> I17 DH5alpha 0.003 uM
<partinfo>BBa_K300026</partinfo> I18 DH5alpha not detected
<partinfo>BBa_K300027</partinfo> I19 DH5alpha not detected

Discussion These experiments provided extremely useful informations about the capability of the signal generators to produce the 3OC6-HSL signal molecule. Data are quantitative, but incomplete because for weak promoters or medium-strength promoters contained in a low copy number plasmid the amount of 3OC6-HSL was not detectable using this system. However, this simple experiment shows that there is a strong correlation between the strength of promoter and the amount of signal molecule produced. These results confirm that the production of the autoinducer can be engineered in E. coli and different expression systems reach different amounts of 3OC6-HSL in the growth media as a function of the promoter strength. Thus, these results demonstrate that self-inducible circuits can be rationally designed from a set of well characterized standard parts.

Modulation of plasmid copy number

Signal generator and sensor device were assembled in an unique part (such as <partinfo>BBa_K300017</partinfo>, <partinfo>BBa_K300014</partinfo>, <partinfo>BBa_K300015</partinfo>, <partinfo>BBa_K300016</partinfo> and <partinfo>BBa_K300012</partinfo>) beared on high copy number plasmid <partinfo>pSB1A2</partinfo> or low copy number plasmid <partinfo>pSb4C5</partinfo>. A third alternative was the assembly of signal generator on a low copy number plasmid (<partinfo>pSB4C5</partinfo>) and the receiver device on high number plasmid (<partinfo>pSB1A2</partinfo>). The circuits we obtained and tested are summarized here:


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Description Sender Vector <partinfo>BBa_F2620</partinfo>
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BioBrick composite part
<partinfo>BBa_K300030</partinfo> Pv SignalGeneratorDevice.png
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<partinfo>pSB1A2</partinfo>
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J23110
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J23116
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J23114
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J23118
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J23110
<partinfo>pSB4C5</partinfo>
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<partinfo>BBa_K300029</partinfo> Pv SignalGeneratorDevice.png
J23116
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J23105
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J23118
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HC
Parts are contained in two different vectors
<partinfo>BBa_K300028</partinfo> Pv SignalGeneratorDevice.png
J23110
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HC
Parts are contained in two different vectors
<partinfo>BBa_K300029</partinfo> Pv SignalGeneratorDevice.png
J23116
<partinfo>pSB4C5</partinfo>
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<partinfo>pSB1A2</partinfo>
HC
Parts are contained in two different vectors
<partinfo>BBa_K300025</partinfo> Pv SignalGeneratorDevice.png
J23101
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<partinfo>pSB1A2</partinfo>
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Parts are contained in two different vectors
<partinfo>BBa_K300026</partinfo> Pv SignalGeneratorDevice.png
J23105
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HC
Parts are contained in two different vectors
<partinfo>BBa_K300027</partinfo> Pv SignalGeneratorDevice.png
J23106
<partinfo>pSB4C5</partinfo>
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HC
Parts are contained in two different vectors

Results

The following measurement systems were realized assembling GFP downstream of each self-inducible device. The parts characterized are reported in this table:

Sender device Sensor systems with GFP Measurement Device
<partinfo>BBa_K300030</partinfo> in <partinfo>pSB1A2</partinfo>
Pv SignalGeneratorDevice.png
J23118
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Pv SignalGeneratorDevice.png
J23110
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<partinfo>BBa_K300029</partinfo> in <partinfo>pSB1A2</partinfo>
Pv SignalGeneratorDevice.png
J23116
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Pv T9002.png
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<partinfo>BBa_K300026</partinfo> in <partinfo>pSB1A2</partinfo>
Pv SignalGeneratorDevice.png
J23105
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Pv T9002.png
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Pv SignalGeneratorDevice.png
J23114
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Pv T9002.png
<partinfo>BBa_K300023</partinfo>
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<partinfo>BBa_K300030</partinfo> in <partinfo>pSB4C5</partinfo>
Pv SignalGeneratorDevice.png
J23118
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Pv T9002.png
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<partinfo>BBa_K300028</partinfo> in <partinfo>pSB4C5</partinfo>
Pv SignalGeneratorDevice.png
J23110
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Pv T9002.png
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Pv SignalGeneratorDevice.png
J23116
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Pv SignalGeneratorDevice.png
J23105
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Pv T9002.png
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<partinfo>BBa_K300030</partinfo> in <partinfo>pSB4C5</partinfo>
Pv SignalGeneratorDevice.png
J23118
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Pv T9002.png
Sender and Receiver are contained in two different plasmids,
cotransformed in the same cell
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J23110
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cotransformed in the same cell
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Pv SignalGeneratorDevice.png
J23116
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Pv T9002.png
Sender and Receiver are contained
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cotransformed in the same cell
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Pv SignalGeneratorDevice.png
J23105
<partinfo>BBa_T9002</partinfo> in <partinfo>pSB1A3</partinfo>
Pv T9002.png
Sender and Receiver are contained
in two different plasmids,
cotransformed in the same cell
<partinfo>BBa_K300025</partinfo> in <partinfo>pSB4C5</partinfo>
Pv SignalGeneratorDevice.png
J23101
<partinfo>BBa_T9002</partinfo> in <partinfo>pSB1A3</partinfo>
Pv T9002.png
Sender and Receiver are contained
in two different plasmids,
cotransformed in the same cell
<partinfo>BBa_K300027</partinfo> in <partinfo>pSB4C5</partinfo>
Pv SignalGeneratorDevice.png
J23106
<partinfo>BBa_T9002</partinfo> in <partinfo>pSB1A3</partinfo>
Pv T9002.png
Sender and Receiver are contained
in two different plasmids,
cotransformed in the same cell

Cultures of E. coli TOP10 bearing the plasmids containing the self-inducible devices expressing G.F.P. were grown according to this protocol and all data collected were analyzed as explained in this section

Growth curve of <partinfo>BBa_K300019</partinfo> (O.D.600)
Fluorescence curve of <partinfo>BBa_K300019</partinfo> (G.F.P.)
Fluorescence VS Optical density curve of <partinfo>BBa_K300019</partinfo>
Scell=(dGFP/dt)/O.D.600 and threshold

Doubling times were estimated as explained here Thus, these BioBrick parts can be used to express recombinant proteins without adding an inducer to trigger the transcription of their genes; in large-scale production of such proteins this strategy could be also cost saving.

For every self-inducible device, several parameters were evaluated, as reported in this section. Results are summarized in the following tables:


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Tab. 1 - Sender and Receiver on high copy plasmid <partinfo>pSB1A2</partinfo>

Self-inducible device Description O.D.start LB K_HSL LB Doubling time LB Scell ratio LBO.D.start M9 K_HSL M9 Doubling time M9Scell ratio M9
<partinfo>BBa_K300017</partinfo> (wiki name: I7) in <partinfo>pSB1A2</partinfo> plasmid Pv BBa K300017.png
<partinfo>BBa_K300014</partinfo> (wiki name: I8) in <partinfo>pSB1A2</partinfo> plasmid Pv BBa K300014.png
<partinfo>BBa_K300015</partinfo> (wiki name: I9) in <partinfo>pSB1A2</partinfo> plasmid Pv BBa K300015.png
<partinfo>BBa_K300016</partinfo> (wiki name: I10) in <partinfo>pSB1A2</partinfo> plasmid Pv BBa K300016.png
<partinfo>BBa_K300012</partinfo> (wiki name: I12) in <partinfo>pSB1A2</partinfo> plasmid Pv BBa K300012.png

Tab. 2 - Sender and Receiver on low copy plasmid <partinfo>pSB4C5</partinfo>

Self-inducible device Description O.D.start LB K_HSL LB Doubling time LB Scell ratio LBO.D.start M9 K_HSL M9 Doubling time M9Scell ratio M9
<partinfo>BBa_K300017</partinfo> (wiki name: I7) in <partinfo>pSB1A2</partinfo> plasmid Pv BBa K300017.png X X X
<partinfo>BBa_K300014</partinfo> (wiki name: I8) in <partinfo>pSB1A2</partinfo> plasmid Pv BBa K300014.png X X X X X X X X
<partinfo>BBa_K300015</partinfo> (wiki name: I9) in <partinfo>pSB1A2</partinfo> plasmid Pv BBa K300015.png X X X X X X X X
<partinfo>BBa_K300016</partinfo> (wiki name: I10) in <partinfo>pSB1A2</partinfo> plasmid Pv BBa K300016.png X X X X X X X X
<partinfo>BBa_K300012</partinfo> (wiki name: I12) in <partinfo>pSB1A2</partinfo> plasmid Pv BBa K300012.png X X X X X X X X

Tab. 3 - Sender on low copy plasmid <partinfo>pSB4C5</partinfo> and Receiver on high copy plasmid <partinfo>pSB1A3</partinfo>

Self-inducible device Sender Description Receiver Description O.D.start LB K_HSL LB Doubling time LB Scell ratio LB O.D.start M9 K_HSL M9 Doubling time M9 Scell ratio M9
<partinfo>BBa_K300030</partinfo>
(wiki name: I14)
in <partinfo>pSB4C5</partinfo> plasmid
Pv BBa K300030.png
LC
Pv BBa F2620.png
HC
<partinfo>BBa_K300028</partinfo>
(wiki name: I15)
in <partinfo>pSB4C5</partinfo> plasmid
Pv BBa K300028.png
LC
Pv BBa F2620.png
HC
<partinfo>BBa_K300029</partinfo>
(wiki name: I16)
in <partinfo>pSB4C5</partinfo> plasmid
Pv BBa K300029.png
LC
Pv BBa F2620.png
HC
<partinfo>BBa_K300025</partinfo>
(wiki name: I17)
in <partinfo>pSB4C5</partinfo> plasmid
Pv BBa K300025.png
LC
Pv BBa F2620.png
HC
<partinfo>BBa_K300026</partinfo>
(wiki name: I18)
in <partinfo>pSB4C5</partinfo> plasmid
Pv BBa K300026.png
LC
Pv BBa F2620.png
HC
<partinfo>BBa_K300027</partinfo>
(wiki name: I19)
in <partinfo>pSB4C5</partinfo> plasmid
Pv BBa K300027.png
LC
Pv BBa F2620.png
HC


Average growth curve with ODstart evaluated by Threshold algorithm in LB
Average growth curve with ODstart evaluated by Threshold algorithm in M9