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- | [[Image: | + | [[Image:XMU_China_122.jpg|left|Figure 4 Efficiency of promoter lux pR (BBa_R0062) and its three mutants |
- | |frame|Figure | + | |frame|Figure 4 Efficiency of promoter lux pR (BBa_R0062) and its three mutants.]] |
- | [[Image:XMU_China_119.jpg|left|Figure | + | [[Image:XMU_China_119.jpg|left|Figure 5: Fluorescence of four IR-GFP devices at 20h. 5, 3, 3/5, N represent for IR-3-GFP (BBa_K658017), IR-5-GFP (BBa_K658018), IR-3/5-GFP (BBa_K658019) and IR-GFP (BBa_K658016) respectively|frame|Figure 5: Fluorescence of four IR-GFP devices at 20h. 5, 3, 3/5, N represent for IR-3-GFP (BBa_K658017), IR-5-GFP (BBa_K658018), IR-3/5-GFP (BBa_K658019) and IR-GFP (BBa_K658016) respectively.]] |
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- | Figure 4 | + | Figure 4 and figure 5 illustrate that mutated promoters lux pR-3 (BBa_K658006) and lux R-5 (BBa_K658007) dramatically increased the fluorescence intensity at steady state compared with wild type promoter lux pR (R0062), while mutated promoter lux pR-3/5 (BBa_K658008) gave an even weaker expression of GFP than promoter lux pR (R0062). It might be explained that the mutagenesis at position 3 and position 5 of the sequence of lux pR (R0062) changed the binding strength between promoter lux pR and protein luxR. |
- | As is shown in figure | + | As is shown in figure 4, promoter lux pR-3 has the highest strength of the four. Mutation at position 3 might lower the threshold for the binding reaction between LuxR/AHL protein complex and promoter lux pR, which starts the Quorum Sensing system at a relatively earlier period with a lower cell density compared with circuits regulated by wild type promoter lux pR (BBa_R0062). The earlier the QS system is started, the more GFP might be produced, leading to a higher fluorescence intensity at steady state. |
==Population-control devices with mutated promoters== | ==Population-control devices with mutated promoters== | ||
- | [[Image:XMU_China_120.jpg|left|Figure | + | [[Image:XMU_China_120.jpg|left|Figure 6 Experimentally measured steady-state cell density of iccdB0.6(BBa_K658003) and iccdB-3 (BBa_K658009)|frame|Figure 6 Experimentally measured steady-state cell density of iccdB0.6(BBa_K658003) and iccdB-3 (BBa_K658009).]] |
- | [[Image:XMU_China_121.jpg|left|Figure | + | [[Image:XMU_China_121.jpg|left|Figure 7 Average of experimentally measured cell densities of BL21’s cells with iccdB0.6 (BBa_K658003) and its mutant iccdB-3 (BBa_K658009)|frame|Figure 7 Average of experimentally measured cell densities of BL21’s cells with iccdB0.6 (BBa_K658003) and its mutant iccdB-3 (BBa_K658009).]] |
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- | Figure | + | Figure 6 and Figure 7 illustrate that the population-control device iccdB-3 programs a relatively lower steady-state cell density compared with iccdB0.6. This matched the result of the test on four lux pR promoters’ strength in our IR-GFP device (BBa_K658016). The strength of lux pR promoters were defined as follows: |
- | [[Image:XMU_China_122.jpg|left|Figure | + | [[Image:XMU_China_122.jpg|left|Figure 8 Efficiency of promoter lux pR (R0062) and its 3 mutants|frame|Figure 8 Efficiency of promoter lux pR (R0062) and its 3 mutants.]] |
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- | As is shown in figure | + | As is shown in figure 8, promoter lux pR-3 has the highest strength of the four. It is probable that mutation at position 3 lowers the threshold for the binding reaction between LuxR/AHL protein complex and promoter lux pR, which starts the Quorum Sensing system at a relatively earlier period with a lower cell density compared with circuits regulated by wild type promoter lux pR (BBa_R0062). |
Once the QS system is started, downstream killer protein expresses. The viable cell density reaches a steady state when cell growth rate equals to its death rate. Generally, steady-state cell density seems to fluctuate at the cell density when QS is started. Thus, the higher strength a promoter has, the earlier the population-control device is started, leading to a lower steady-state cell density. | Once the QS system is started, downstream killer protein expresses. The viable cell density reaches a steady state when cell growth rate equals to its death rate. Generally, steady-state cell density seems to fluctuate at the cell density when QS is started. Thus, the higher strength a promoter has, the earlier the population-control device is started, leading to a lower steady-state cell density. | ||
The earlier the QS system is started, the more GFP might be produced, leading to a higher fluorescence intensity at steady state. | The earlier the QS system is started, the more GFP might be produced, leading to a higher fluorescence intensity at steady state. | ||
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==iccdB->GFP== | ==iccdB->GFP== | ||
- | [[Image:XMU_China_123.jpg|left|Figure | + | [[Image:XMU_China_123.jpg|left|Figure 9 Experimentally measured fluorescence at steady state of BL21's cells with iccdB0.6-GFP(BBa_K658020) and BBa_K658021|frame|Figure 9 Experimentally measured fluorescence at steady state of BL21's cells with iccdB0.6-GFP(BBa_K658020) and BBa_K658021.]] |
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