Team:Fudan-TSI/Part Collection
Part Collection
Fudan-TSI provides you with a toolbox for in vivo site-specific continuous mutagenesis. The pivotal elements in the collection are Cre recombinase and Moloney Murine Leukemia Virus reverse transcriptase (MMLV-RT). Our collection contains Cre attached with different degradation tags, and RT under different inducible promoters to achieve diverse steady-state expression level. All parts are well characterized, for researchers to choose their desired ones. To initiate reverse transcription and recombination, additional regulatory sequences are required. We provide incompatible loxP sites for Cre and primer binding site along with other reverse transcription completion sequences for RT. We determined our most favored construct based on both the experimental and modelling result. Our collection provides researchers with a set of elements necessary for mutagenesis, and they can assemble the system based on their own needs.
The Reverse Transcriptase Collection
In order to produce the reverse transcriptase effectively inside E.coli cells, we have constructed a series of promoters expressing gag-pol polyprotein with or without operons controlling the transcription. Cloned into a proper protein expression vector, we believe that reverse transcriptase can be expressed in E.coli.
| Part Number | Part Name | Link |
| BBa_K3257106 | gag-Q-pol with T5 Promoter | http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_K3257106 |
| BBa_K3257107 | gag-Q-pol with T7 Promoter | http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_K3257107 |
| BBa_K3257108 | gag-Q-pol with J23119 Promoter | http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_K3257108 |
| BBa_K3257109 | gag-Q-pol with tetR Promoter | http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_K3257109 |
| BBa_K3257110 | gag-Q-pol with LacUV5 Promoter | http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_K3257110 |
The Reverse Transcription Initiation Collection
This collection includes the components necessary for the reverse transcription initiation, in which tRNAPro and PBS acts as a primer and its binding site, and others are involved in the first and second strand transfer process.
| Part Number | Part Name | Link |
| BBa_K3257060 | PolyPurine Tract(PPT) | http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_K3257060 |
| BBa_K3257061 | R Region | http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_K3257061 |
| BBa_K3257062 | U5 | http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_K3257062 |
| BBa_K3257063 | Primer Binding Site(PBS) | http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_K3257063 |
| BBa_K3257076 | tRNA Primer | http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_K3257076 |
The Degradation Tag Collection
This collection includes 5 different degradation tags with different degradation rate and steady-state concentration when fused after a CDS of a protein. We have measured the induction curve and growth curve of BL21 (DE3) containing EGFP fused with degradation tags (Figure 1).
| Part Number | Part Name | Link |
| BBa_K3257069 | SsrA(LAA) | http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_K3257069 |
| BBa_K3257070 | SsrA(LAV) | http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_K3257070 |
| BBa_K3257071 | SsrA(LVA) | http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_K3257071 |
| BBa_K3257072 | SsrA(LVV) | http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_K3257072 |
| BBa_K3257073 | SsrA(WVLAA) | http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_K3257073 |
The Cre Recombinase with Degradation Tags Collection
Combined with Degradation Tags Collection, the leakage of Cre recombinase is solved and difference in expression level between Cre and RT is achieved in an easier way. The steady state concentration of Cre recombinase lowers to a functional level.
| Part Number | Part Name | Link |
| BBa_K3257101 | Cre with SsrA(WVLAA) | http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_K3257101 |
| BBa_K3257102 | Cre with SsrA(LAA) | http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_K3257102 |
| BBa_K3257103 | Cre with SsrA(LAV) | http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_K3257103 |
| BBa_K3257104 | Cre with SsrA(LVA) | http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_K3257104 |
| BBa_K3257105 | Cre with SsrA(LVV) | http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_K3257105 |
The lox Sites Collection
This collection includes 4 different types of lox sites. The lox511, lox2272, lox5171 are all orthogonal to loxP as we can see from their inability to be knocked out by Cre if there are loxP on one side and other lox sites on the other side.
After double transformation, colony PCR was done and agarose gel shows that there remains the original DNA fragment.
After double transformation, colony PCR was done and agarose gel shows that there remains the original DNA fragment.
| Part Number | Part Name | Link |
| BBa_K3257064 | loxP | http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_K3257064 |
| BBa_K3257065 | loxP511 | http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_K3257065 |
| BBa_K3257074 | lox2272 | http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_K3257074/td> |
| BBa_K3257075 | lox5171 | http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_K3257075 |