Team:Bielefeld-Germany/Data Page

From 2011.igem.org

This page gives a basic overview about our cellfree Bisphenol A biosensor system and the BioBricks we have used. A more detailed description of the biosensor system can be found in our project description and in the Bisphenol A, S-Layer and NAD⁺ detection background sections.

How our System works

Figure 1: Production of the S-Layer fusion proteins in E. coli. To build a cellfree Bisphenol A biosensor the S-Layer fusion proteins have to be extracted from the cells and purified (simplified schema).

Figure 2: Coating of the silica beads with the S-Layer fusion proteins. Every silica bead gets covered by a geometric S-Layer film consisting of an alternating structure of the two essential S-Layer fusion proteins.

Figure 3: Visualization of our cellfree Bisphenol A biosensor system with all essential components. Bisphenol A (BPA) is reduced by the electrons from NADH transfered by reductase (Red), ferredoxin (Fd) and cytochrome P450. The molecular beacon (hairpin structure) binds two short DNA-oligos. The NAD⁺ dependent ligase (LigA) ligates the two oligos so that the hairpin structure opens up and the fluorophore is able to emit light.

Data For Our Favorite New Parts

1. [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K525305 Main Page] - Fusion Protein of S-Layer SgsE and mCitrine: This fluorescent S-layer fusion protein is used to characterize purification methods and to demonstrate the S-layer's ability to self-assemble on surfaces.
2. [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K525517 Main Page] - Fusion Protein of BisdA and BisdB (expressed): This fusion protein improves the bisphenol A degradation in E. coli compared to the so far in the partsregistry existing BPA degrading BioBricks.
3. [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K525710 Main Page] - NAD⁺-dependent DNA ligase from E. coli : This enzyme enables determination of NAD⁺ even in very low concentrations by coupling it with a molecular beacon based assay.

Data For Pre-existing Parts

1. [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K123000:Experience Experience] - BisdA degrades Bisphenol A when used with BisdB, BBa_K123000 (University of Alberta, iGEM 2008): Complete degradation of 120 mg L^-1 Bisphenol A with polycistronic bisdAB gene in 30-33 h. Even faster (21-24 h) when using a fusion protein of BisdA and BisdB.
2. [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K123001:Experience Experience] - BisdB degrades Bisphenol A when used with BisdA, BBa_K123001 (University of Alberta, iGEM 2008): Complete degradation of 120 mg L^-1 Bisphenol A with polycistronic bisdAB gene in 30-33 h. Even faster (21-24 h) when using a fusion protein of BisdA and BisdB.

We've Also Characterized the Following Parts

1. [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K525405 Main Page] - Fusion Protein of S-Layer SbpA and mCitrine: This fluorescent S-layer fusion protein is used to characterize purification methods and to demonstrate the S-layer's ability to self-assemble on surfaces.
2. [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K525512 Main Page] - Polycistronic expression of BisdA and BisdB: This is the version of BPA degrading BioBricks found in the partsregistry - comparison to our fusion protein <partinfo>K525515</partinfo>.