Team:NYMU-Taipei/Modeling/ModSensors

Function of the parts

trxC promoter is an oxyR-activated promoter. We use trxC promoter as a sensor/ switch to have the whole circuit opened when Nosema exists, and closed when Nosema is killed.

When Nosema enters the bees, it will trigger bees’ ROS (reactive oxygen species) production, which in turn launches E.coli’s OxyR production. After that ROS and OxyR will form a complex and binds to trxC promoter. To increase the sensitivity of this switch, we add an additional circuit expressing OxyR regulated by a constitutive promoter to enhance the basal OxyR expression in E.coli.

The purpose of this modeling:

1. To know the lag time between sensing the invasion and the production of the killing protein.
2. The minimal oxidative stress that can activate the switch by choosing the proper constitutive promoter for boosting OxyR's concentration
3. To know the relation between ROS input and the trxC promoter open strength.
4. To see to which degree will trxC promoter influence the production of LuxI, LuxR, and LacI, which will influence the second and the third circuit.

It is assumed that the concentration of ROS in bees is relative to the severity of Nosema infection, and that oxyR is so abundant that once ROS appears, it will soon bind to ROS to form ROSoxyR complex and reach equilibrium.

Equation1:

N = number of plasmid in a single cell

V = volume of a cel