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LuxR mutant (Under Planning)

Design

Fig.　1 LuxR mutant

Probably, the most straightforward approach to make variations in delay time is to create a number of LuxR mutants with different sensitivity. We thought the higher the sensitivity is, the shorter the delay time would be. The lower the sensitivity is, the slower the switch response should be.

At least, two papers on LuxR mutants (1),(2) are available. Among the many candidates, we chose the following three mutations;

  1. Ile45Phe: This mutation make LuxR 10x more sensitive to Lux-type AHL(1)
  2. Leu42Ala: Sensitivity (to AHL) becomes 1/15 of the wildtype LuxR(2)
  3. Leu42Ser: Sensitivity (to AHL) becomes 1/1,000 of the wildtype LuxR(2)


Fig. 3 I45F mutation
Fig. 4 L42S mutation
Fig. 3 I45F mutation
Fig. 4 L42S mutation

Collins et.al. described the hyper-sensitive variants of luxR to AHL.(1) CollonsらとKockらによって、LuxRに変異を入れることでLuxRのAHLに対する感受性を変えることができると報告されている。(1),(2)

  1. I45F(Fig. 3)とするとAHLに対する感受性が約10倍上昇する(1)
  2. L42AとするとAHLに対する感受性が1/15に減少する(2)
  3. L42S(Fig. 4)とするとAHLに対する感受性が1/1000に減少する(2)

Fig. 3, Fig. 4　 Hypothetical positions of residues in TraR corresponding to those found to modulate acyl-HSL specificity in LuxR.　The crystal　structure of the LuxR homologue TraR (PDB 1L3L) has been determined　(Zhang et al., 2002).

Experiment

Mutant construction:
Using sewing PCR, we introduced each of three above mutations into LuxR. Some of the parts are await for sequence verification. Test communication:

  1. Transformed sender (Ptet-luxI), mutant LuxR Receiver (Ptet-mLuxR-Plux-GFP) and WT LuxR Receiver into E. coli strains (JW1908)
  2. Separately inoculated Sender, WT Receiver (wild type luxR/BW⊿FliC) and mutated Receiver (1point mutation/BW⊿FliC) in liquid media for 12 h at 37℃.
  3. Inoculated again in liquid media upto about OD600=2 at 37℃
  4. Washed, adjusted the cell density, and mixed them. (Sender:Receiver=1000μL:1000μL)
  5. Incubated at 30°C, measuring the fluorescent intensity intermittently 
Sender; LuxI plasmid transformed into E.coli strains (JW1908)
Receiver; LuxR-gfp plasmid transformed into E.coli strains (JW1908)
Culture/ Cndn.

# Both Sender and Receiver (+/- Mutation) were inoculated into small (2mL) culture and was shaken separately for 12h (at 37C)
# Inoculated into flesh media, shaken until cell density hit 2.0 in OD600
# Washed the cell and re-suspended. Cell density checked.
# Mixed Sender and Receiver (Sender/Receiver 1000μl/1000μl).
# Incubated at 30°C.
# Time-chased the fluorescence (485nm(excitation) and 527nm(emission)) by gfp.
  • Sender
  • Receivers
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  • mutant LuxR Receiver

Mutant-LuxR-genetic-circuit Chiba.gif

High-Copy-Receiver Chiba.gif

Reference

  1. Collins et.al. Directed evolution of Vibrio fischeri LuxR for increased sensitivity to a broad spectrum of acyl-homoserine lactones. Mol. Microbiol. 55, 712–723 (2005)
  2. B.Koch et.al.:The LuxR receptor: the sites of interaction with quorum-sensing signals and inhibitors. Microbiol. 2005 Nov;151(Pt 11):3589-602.

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Table 1 Seisitivity of LuxR mutants. Data modified from Collins et.al. Mol. Microbiol. 55, 712–723 (2005)
Table 2 Ahl activation of mutagenized LuxR molecules. Data modfied from B.Kock et al. Microbiology (2005), 151, 3589-3602
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