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Team:Macquarie Australia/parts
From 2013.igem.org
Gene registry ("Sellin' It") - The 2013 Macquarie iGEM team, have designed, developed and added many new genes to the gene registry. Our intention of assisting the expansion of the gene registry, was to allow future teams the access and documentation of genes, which were previously out of reach. The multitude of new genes we have added not only allows future team to continue with similar goals of harnessing photosynthetic properties, but to allow new and novel research tasks to be performed.
Parts Submitted - Under Construction
Our Team has successfully characterized the following parts and have submitted them to the registry:
Tetrapyrrole-binding protein - In Arabidopsis, GUN4 (Genomes uncoupled 4) is required for the functioning of the plastid mediated repression of nuclear transcription that is involved in controlling the levels of magnesium- protoporphyrin IX. GUN4 binds the product and substrate of Mg-chelatase, an enzyme that produces Mg-Proto, and activates Mg-chelatase. GUN4 is thought to participates in plastid-to-nucleus signaling by regulating magnesium-protoporphyrin IX synthesis or trafficking.
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In addition to the above parts which were submitted to the registry, we have also developed other parts that have not been submitted. This includes all the genes necessary to develop chlorophyll biosynthesis within E.coli. Details of all our developed parts can be found below.
