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The iGEM Marburg proudly presents: PHAECTORY
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{{:Team:Marburg/Template:ContentStart}}The use of proteins in medical treatment and diagnosis is steadily increasing. Many of these proteins (e.g. '''antibodies''') have a complex biological structure, which complicates their production. Also, these proteins need to be highly pure. Therefore, a major challenge is the development of systems that produce complex proteins with high purity - '''best at low costs'''!
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'''Phaectory: Producing high-value proteins in ''Phaeodactylum tricornutum'' '''
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The sunlight-driven microalgae ''[[Team:Marburg/Project:Ptricornutum|Phaeodactylum tricornutum]]'' has been used for the production of complex proteins. A major '''[[Team:Marburg/Project:Challenge|advantage]]''' of the algae is its ability to secrete proteins directly into the medium. This feature would greatly simplify purification of recombinant proteins, and lower production costs! Here we take advantage of the excellent secretion abilities of ''P. tricornutum'', and make this organism accessible to synthetic biology and the iGEM competition ([https://2013.igem.org/Team:Marburg/Project PHAECTORY]).
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The diatom ''Phaeodactylum tricornutum'' is a widely spread organism in marine and limnic waters. Together with about 6000 other species, diatoms belong to the phylum of heterokonts. As a group of great ecological relevance diatoms are responsible for up to 20% of the global CO<sub>2</sub> fixation and generate about 40 % of the marine biomass of primary producers (Falkowski ''et al.'', 1998, Field ''et al.'', 1998).
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Furthermore, we used a light-inducible promoter which we have characterized quantitatively in order to control protein expression in PHAECTORY ([https://2013.igem.org/Team:Marburg/Project:lightcontrol Light control]). Also, we introduced a transferable element to the registry, which allows autonomous targeting of proteins to the inner surface of cell membranes ([https://2013.igem.org/Team:Marburg/Project:RFP Improve a Brick]). We hope you enjoy reading about our project!
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In addition, diatoms represent an important source of lipids and silicate making them interesting for various biotechnological applications e.g. in biofuel industry, food industry and nanofabrication.
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"Classical" biotechnology is applied in bacteria,  yeast and other fungi. Both need to be fed with carbon sources and the purification of the desired products e.g. high-value proteins is cost intensive, very time consuming and difficult. This is due to the fact that the cells need to be disrupted hence proteins/metabolites have to be removed from the medium.
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By using a green cell factory of plants or algae  it is possible to produce all kinds of products even high-value proteins like human antibodies in a large scale background.  
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Looking at previous iGEM-projects we recognized that no green chassis was ever introduced into the competition although these organisms perform photosynthesis which enables a carbon dioxide neutral handling. In the photosynthetic process light energy is converted into chemical energy which can be used to fuel different cellular reactions in the cell. Concerning the problem of global warming these organisms offer the possibility to reduce the emission of green house gases and work against the extensive use of fossil fuels. Moreover it is not necessary to feed green algal cell factories with carbohydrates. The world population is continuously growing resulting in a scarceness of nutritions. Our team wants to introduce a green cell factory which is driven by sunlight, produces no carbon dioxide and above all does not compete with the nutrition producing sector.
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The microalgae ''P. tricornutum'' is a green organism incorporating all above mentioned advantages of a green bioreactor. This organism is living from CO<sub>2</sub> and light and is able to produce substances like bioplastic, biofuels, spider silk and complex proteins. In our project we decided to produce human antibodies against Hepatitis B. The benefit of proteins produced by "P. tricornutum" is that the posttranslational modifications fit the human system and need now further adaptations. Another important point is that the desired antibodies are secreted into the pure surrounding medium, so that the purification of the desired product can be omitted. As a plant, microalgae do not secret any other substances and therefore all products produced in Phaectory are already present in a high purity (Hempel ''et al.'', 2011).  
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In order to introduce this organism as a chassis to the iGEM community, we build a toolbox of expression vectors, promoters, selection markers, reporter proteins and signal peptides for ''P. tricornutum''. This allows every future iGEM team to produce their own complex proteins, which can easily be extracted.
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<center><b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mN9WnJ14-Yo" target="_blank">Video Introduction</a></b></center>
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<h2>Our Sponsors</h2><br />
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Latest revision as of 18:42, 28 October 2013

The iGEM Marburg proudly presents: PHAECTORY

The use of proteins in medical treatment and diagnosis is steadily increasing. Many of these proteins (e.g. antibodies) have a complex biological structure, which complicates their production. Also, these proteins need to be highly pure. Therefore, a major challenge is the development of systems that produce complex proteins with high purity - best at low costs!

The sunlight-driven microalgae Phaeodactylum tricornutum has been used for the production of complex proteins. A major advantage of the algae is its ability to secrete proteins directly into the medium. This feature would greatly simplify purification of recombinant proteins, and lower production costs! Here we take advantage of the excellent secretion abilities of P. tricornutum, and make this organism accessible to synthetic biology and the iGEM competition (PHAECTORY).

Furthermore, we used a light-inducible promoter which we have characterized quantitatively in order to control protein expression in PHAECTORY (Light control). Also, we introduced a transferable element to the registry, which allows autonomous targeting of proteins to the inner surface of cell membranes (Improve a Brick). We hope you enjoy reading about our project!

Video Introduction
YouTube Video
Human Practice


Our Sponsors


Our Sponsors Synmikro Hessen Trade & Invest Abbvie Siemens ERA SynBio

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