Melamine iteration
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The point of our research is to help prove the concept of Programmed Evolution. We will try to do this by creating a system in E. coli that uses melamine deaminase to create ammeline. The presence of ammeline will be shown by using a riboswitch that will turn on a biosensor module and a fitness module. Our first goal is to create a riboswitch system that works well to show the presence of ammeline and then to work to build a system that efficiently produces ammeline from melamine.
Goals For Summer
1) create an effective riboswitch system
- retest riboswitches with biosensors
- find best riboswitches, test them with the thyA fitness module (insert thyA riboswitch into mutant thyA- cells)
- use mathematical models to create new riboswitches
2) create an efficient melamine deanimase
- place melamine deaminase gene in the correct location in plasmid (MWSU)
- put both the gene and the riboswitch into the plasmid
- vary the promoter, RBS, and compy number to get efficient ammeline production
- note - change to RNA before using
