University of Copenhagen iGEM 2012 Copenhagen in numbers: 2463 GWh - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
University of Copenhagen iGEM 2012 Copenhagen in numbers: 2463 GWh - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
University of Copenhagen iGEM 2012 Copenhagen in numbers: 2463 GWh a year in electricity (2011) 782.000 t CO 2 emitted a year (2011) 550kg CO 2 every year pr. citizen Circadian Clock Day-and-night rhythm influences gene
Copenhagen in numbers:
2463 GWh a year in electricity (2011) 782.000 t CO2 emitted a year (2011) 550kg CO2 every year pr. citizen
Circadian Clock – Day-and-night rhythm influences gene
expression
Performs photosynthesis
6 CO2 + 6 H2O + sun light à C6H12O6 + 6 O2
Night induced promotor lrtA Self-sufficient: Need no nutrient in media CO2 consuming, sustainable, light source
Bioluminescence
The LuxCDABE cassette
From Photorhabdus luminescens Kindly provided by T. Knight
Ref (2) Ref (1) C D A B E
A
(Fre) FMN Reductase Transferase Synthetase Reductase
C D E B
Luciferase
Green light emission: λ 480 nm
C D A B E
Strategy 1:
A light-regulated histidine kinase system
Strategy 2:
A cyanobacterial light-sensitive promoter
Expression of luxCDABE under the control of:
Based on the ”pDUSK”-system which has earlier been shown to work in E. coli (3) YF1, FixJ, and FixK2 biobricks kindly provided by Team Uppsala iGEM 2011
Light
Strategy 2: Light-sensitive cyanobacterial promoter
lrtA: Cyanobacterial promoter (Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803) Night: Photosynthesis inactive à lrtA turned on
lrtA biobrick kindly provided by team Utah State iGEM 2010
Construct 1: Histidine kinase-controlled luciferase expression Construct 2: Cyanobacterial promoter-controlled luciferase expression
Uracil-Specific Excision Reaction
USER Standard assembly Assembly of how many parts? Up to 6 in one go 2 at a time Time? Fast Slow How? Custom-made overhangs Restriction enzymes, ligation Illegal restriction sites? No Yes Scarring? No Yes
A B Part A Part B Target vector
ATCGCATT AGGCTTGdU dUTCGTACGA A B ATCGCATdU AAGCATGCT TCCGAACA AGGCTTGT dUCCGAACA TAGCGTAA dUAGCGTAA Part A Part B Target vector AAGCATGCdU TTCGTACGA
ATCGCATT AGGCTTG A B ATCGCAT TCCGAACA AGGCTTGT CCGAACA TAGCGTAA AGCGTAA Part A Part B TCGTACGA AAGCATGCT AAGCATGC TTCGTACGA
ATCGCATT A B TCCGAACA AGGCTTGT CCGAACA TAGCGTAA Part A Part B AAGCATGCT A A G C A T G C TTCGTACGA
ATCGCATT A B TCCGAACA AGGCTTGT TAGCGTAA Part A Part B AAGCATGCT TTCGTACGA
ATCGCATT A B TCCGAACA AGGCTTGT TAGCGTAA AAGCATGCT TTCGTACGA
But…..
PCR-Amplification of target genes with appropriate
USER ends
Direct primer annealing for short regulatory sequences
ProC lrtA YF1 FixJ FixK2 Terminator pSB1C3
Biobrick Bba_K770000: Assembly of ProC, YF1 and pSB1C3 by USER cloning.
BBa_K770000
How much CO2 is consumed? How swiftly does the system respond to darkness and light? How much light is emitted? For how long can the bacteria sustain a high light output? Let’s try to make a mathematical model of the system! Can the emitted light inhibit the system, creating oscillations?
- Biobricks submitted by the DTU 2011 iGEM
team
- USER assembly was used with succesful results
Two at a time starting with ProC-YF1
DNA pieces have to be equimolar to each other DNA pieces that are different in length do not
contain the same number of mol within the same volume.
Large pieces in general are easier to assemble with USER Speculation on trend ProC = 35 bp LrtA = 38 bp LuxCDABE = 5798 bp YF1 = 1131 bp pSB1C3 = 2070 bp Smaller pieces have a larger area, in which, by chance, to hit the correct USER-site
Hindered area (HA) Surface Area Surface Area
Some possible coil behavior in large DNA HA non accessible by larger DNA Increased chance of correct impact HA more Accessible by smaller DNA Decreased chance of correct impact A B C
CO2 consuming, sustainable, light source
REMOVE CO2 REDUCE ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION USE
We will light your way
Sponsors iGEM teams iGEM Chile iGEM Valencia iGEM Uppsala
(1): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/biolumniscence (2): http://www.pnas.org/content/97/18.cover-expansion
(3) Ohlendorf, R., Vidavski, R., Eldar, A., Moffat, K., and Möglich, A. 2012. From dusk till dawn: one-plasmid systems for light-regulated gene expression. J. Mol.
- Biol. 416:534-42.
External members: Caroline Have – Practical applications Charlotte Varslev-Pedersen – Practical applications Thomas Holst-Hansen – Mathematical models Lea Hansen - Ethics Supervisors Johan Ranberg-Andersen, Peter Naur Lab work performed at: Department of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Section for Plant Biochemistry Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen Parts provided Uppsala University YF1 (BBa_K592004), FixJ (BBa_K592005), FixK2 (BBa_K592006) Thomas Knight luxCDABE gene casette Charles Miller, Utah University lrtA promotor (BBa_K390008) Sponsors Novozymes Novo Nordisk