Team:UC Davis/LacI

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<h1>LacI</h1>
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<p><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/27753866?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0" align="left" style="margin-right:15px"></iframe>The lac repressor is responsible for regulating the metabolism of lactose.  In the absence of lactose, LacI forms a tetramer with identical subunits which appears as two dimers.  Each dimer binds in the major groove of the DNA binding region which subsequently blocks the RNA polymerase from binding.  In nature, allolactose will bind the repressor leading to transcription of the lac operon.  Using IPTG as an inducer has the same effect as allolactose. </p>
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<p>To the left is a small render of the LacI tetramer bound to its operator.</p>
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<h2>Construct</h2>
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<h2>Mutant Screening</h2>
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The above graph shows our initial mutants. We picked 87 potential mutants from transformation plates and ran them in our plate reader to quantitatively measure fluorescence. The green bars represent variants that are at least 1.5 standard deviations from the average wildtype expression level.<br><br>
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After gathering this data, we picked 29 mutants which represented a good range of expression. From there we did more fluorescence tests to obtain a final 7 mutants. After choosing our mutants, we did more rigorous characterization as outlined on our<a href="https://2011.igem.org/Team:UC_Davis/Data"> Data page</a>.<br><br>
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The sequences above show our 7 LacI mutants. There are between 1 and 7 mutations in each sequence as indicated by the red bases. All 7 sequences have mutations between bases 100 and 200 which contain the known locations of the CAP binding site(bases 88-127) and LacI binding site (bases 166-200).   
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<li><a href="http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K611021">Mutant 1 BBa_K611021</a> </li>
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<li><a href="http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K611022">Mutant 2 BBa_K611022</a> </li>
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<li><a href="http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K611023">Mutant 3 BBa_K611023</a> </li>
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<li><a href="http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K611024">Mutant 4 BBa_K611024</a> </li>
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<li><a href="http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K611025">Mutant 5 BBa_K611025</a> </li>
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<li><a href="http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K611026">Mutant 6 BBa_K611026</a> </li>
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LacI

The lac repressor is responsible for regulating the metabolism of lactose. In the absence of lactose, LacI forms a tetramer with identical subunits which appears as two dimers. Each dimer binds in the major groove of the DNA binding region which subsequently blocks the RNA polymerase from binding. In nature, allolactose will bind the repressor leading to transcription of the lac operon. Using IPTG as an inducer has the same effect as allolactose.

To the left is a small render of the LacI tetramer bound to its operator.

Construct

Mutant Screening


The above graph shows our initial mutants. We picked 87 potential mutants from transformation plates and ran them in our plate reader to quantitatively measure fluorescence. The green bars represent variants that are at least 1.5 standard deviations from the average wildtype expression level.



After gathering this data, we picked 29 mutants which represented a good range of expression. From there we did more fluorescence tests to obtain a final 7 mutants. After choosing our mutants, we did more rigorous characterization as outlined on our Data page.

DNA Sequences



The sequences above show our 7 LacI mutants. There are between 1 and 7 mutations in each sequence as indicated by the red bases. All 7 sequences have mutations between bases 100 and 200 which contain the known locations of the CAP binding site(bases 88-127) and LacI binding site (bases 166-200). Read more about our mutants on their Parts Registry pages.

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