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=== XOR Ideas ===
 
 
XOR Based on LuxR and LasR Functioning as Activators or Repressors
 
 
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XOR Based on Tryptophan Anabolism and the TrpR Repressor
 
 
Could someone please make the following image smaller?  (-TE)
 
 
[[Image:TrpXOR.jpg]]<br>
 
 
 
=== * We are interested in building the [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K091100 pLac_lux promoter]. ===
 
=== * We are interested in building the [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K091100 pLac_lux promoter]. ===
 
[[Image:lac_lux.jpg]][[Image:PLac Lux logic.jpg]] <br>[[Image:K091100.jpg]]<br>
 
[[Image:lac_lux.jpg]][[Image:PLac Lux logic.jpg]] <br>[[Image:K091100.jpg]]<br>

Revision as of 20:20, 12 June 2008

IGEM2008 design.jpg

* We are interested in building the pLac_lux promoter.

Lac lux.jpgPLac Lux logic.jpg
K091100.jpg
If LuxR and LacIQ are always on.....when you have IPTG AND NOT AHL
PLac lux promoter.jpg
Lac lux pcr.jpg
Temperatures and cycles:
95 degrees for 5 min.
95 degrees for 30 sec.
29 degrees for 30 sec
72 degrees for 5 sec.
Go back to step 2 29x

100 ng of DNA was in the PCR (Is this supposed to say 10 ug? -TE)

* We need to get the Lux/AHL system working.

LuxR pLac.jpg

* We might need to get the Lsr/AI-2 system working.

Our summary of the Lsr system: Davidson/Missouri_Western_iGEM2008#Lsr_.28AI-2.29_cell_signaling_system

  • There are NO Lsr parts in the registry:
  • We will need to find information on the Lsr system:
  1. We need to find where the LsrA and LsrR promoters are located. We know that they must be located in the region between the LsrR and LsrA genes (1599514..1601049 E. coli K-12 Gene) but we cannot find any papers that describe specific sequences for these promoters. The sequences are unavailable through the MG1655 sequencing center because the site does not keep track of promotor sequences. The cooridantes for the promoters are also unavailable for this strain.
  2. We know that CAP binds to the LsrA promoter.
  • We will need to make BB parts for:
  1. LsrR and LsrK which are adjacent to each other in the E. coli genome. We could amplify them together with a total size of over 2600bp.
  2. Lsr promoter
  3. LuxS that produces DPD that somehow is converted to R-THMF.
  4. How do we get cells to make AI-2?

* We do NOT need to use additional chemical input signals (e.g., aTc and IPTG). We will use only AHL and AI-2 added exogenously.

* We need to have an XOR logic gate produced.

Existing Logic Gates

  • AND:

Existing But Complex AND AND Gate.png

Simple But Hypothetical AND Tet lac.jpg AND Table.jpg
We would need to have:

  1. Starts with pTetR
  2. over production of LacIQ repressor but note this link is plain LacI
  3. over production of TetR repressor
  4. Therefore, we will have to build 1) modified promoter and 2) LacIQ


  • NAND:
  1. I732914


  • OR:

Simple but Hypothetical OR Simple OR gate.jpgOR Logic.jpg

  • XOR:

See ETH's Designed but not build XOR gate. They also published this here
Also, there is a tunable quarum sensor here.
Simple but Hypothetical XOR Xor.jpgXOR Logic.jpg

  • NOR:
  1. I732916
  2. I732917


  • NOT (Inverters):
  1. I732205 (NOT/ Dual-repressed NOR)

Self-Contained Inverters

  1. J23040 (AHL-dependent inverter)

PoPS Output Inverters

  1. Q04121 (lac inverter)
  2. Q04400 (tet inverter)

* We need to figure out how to get cells to communicate in a sequence and not stop growing too soon.

  • What if AmpR is secreted and cells are not AmpR?

This would prevent cells down the chain from responding too soon. Erin and Pallavi have conducted experiments with this for both distance and timing.