Team:Cambridge/Project/Violacein
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Revision as of 11:17, 4 August 2009
Categories :
Project :
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Overview
Sensitivity Tuner
--- Characterisation
--- Modelling
Colour Generators
--- Carotenoids (Orange/Red)
--- Melanin (Brown)
--- Violacein (Purple/Green)
The Future
Safety
Notebook :
Team Logistics :
Violacein Pigment
Introduction
The Violacein pigment is produced from L-tryptophan via a pathway involving four enzymes, vioA-D. This scheme is shown below:
As module 5 is Aqua, this gives us two different colour controlled by the four genes allowing the construction of logic gates.
Research by previous iGem teams
Previous biobricks:
Registry Code | Team | Sequence Description | Notes |
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Action plan of our team
Our action plan is as follows:
- 1.
Test activity of X
Mapping of Biobrick X: (image)
Construct composite Biobrick X
Plan mapping of X:
(image)