Team:HKUST/AttractantProduction

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<b> Main Parts</li> </b> Odorant Sensing</a></li> Attractant Production</a></li> Toxin Production</a></li>

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Lab Notebook</a></li> Parts Submitted </a></li> Protocol List</a></li> Other Resources</a></li> </ul> <ul> <li><a href="http://2009.igem.org/Team:Gallery">Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="http://2009.igem.org/Team:Biosafety">Biosafety</a></li> <li><a href="http://2009.igem.org/Team:Acknowledgement">Acknowledgement</a></li> </ul> a

In the 20th century, a large number of organic molecules have been identified as attractant towards drosophila, and many are now being produced for industrial use. Such compounds include 2-phenylethanol, eugenol, methyleugenol, isoeugenol, methylisoeugenol, ethanol, acetic acid and glucose, etc. This broad category of attractant molecules exhibit different levels of attraction for the insect. In this sub-project, we are trying to use the S. cerevisiae endogenous metabolic enzyme to produce a volatile insect attractant. Attractant production would be achieved by induced over-expression of an aromatic amino-transferase, the endogenous enzyme in yeast that can catalyze a reaction to yield 2-phenylethanol. This pathway will be triggered by the downstream signal from the GPCR, which activates the FUS1 promoter.

<li><a href="http://2009.igem.org/Team:HKUST/Back3">Background</a></li> <li><a href="http://2009.igem.org/Team:HKUST/Group3">Experimental Design</a></li> <li><a href="http://2009.igem.org/Team:HKUST/Part3">Parts Design</a></li> <li><a href="http://2009.igem.org/Team:HKUST/Result3">Experimental Results</a></li> <li><a href="http://2009.igem.org/Team:HKUST/Future3">Future Work</a></li> <li><a href="http://2009.igem.org/Team:HKUST/Ref3">References</a></li>

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