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Results

Assemblies

To explore the questions on BioBricks characterisation, we planned the construction of the following strains:


Figure 1: Map of planned test strains. DNA construction images hiding RBS and transcription stop sequences.

The PAOX1 strains are basically different combinations of variants of only three DNA elements: the PAOX1 promoter, the RFP reporter protein and the modified Mxr1p transcription factor (aforementioned on Detecthol. Thanks to Life Technologies, the strain B1 and the Mxr1p modified and minimum were synthesised and this enabled the possibility of construction of all other strains.

Comparing the fluorescence time delay and intensity between strains Control 1, A1, and B1, we will be able to check the strength and the response velocity of the device with modified PAOX1 and the efficiency of codon-optimization on RFP for P. pastoris. The comparison between control strains 2 and 3 with A2 and B2 will draw the picture of PAOX1 behaviour with the modified Mxr1p transcription factor with the same variables from the last comparison, but also testing if the shorter version of Mxr1p—consisting in the sequence for the N-terminal 400 amino-acids from Mxr1p—cited on literature [2] will work properly.


Figure 2: {Precisamos de uma imagem que mostre a diferença da sequência entre o Paox modificado e o normal e o Mxr1p modificado e o mínino com o normal – aquela costumeira imagem de uma linha representando a dupla fita e linhas abaixo dela representando as outras duplas-fitas em comparação com a anterior}

To assembly those parts we… gel… o que a gente conseguiu construir, o que está na linha de produção... e etc.

Transformation

Characterisation

Pichia growth on ethanol solutions

To test the promoters response to the inputs, we did quick preliminary tests with P. pastoris to evaluate it survival ability to ethanol concentrations to define a specific ethanol range for input testing.


Figure 3: Growth curve of Pichia pastoris. Gray x mark the actual data; colored circles represents the mean and the line is the fitted logistic curve. Both curves represent the same conditions, but starting the measuring with two different initial ODs.

After making a growth curve of Pichia pastoris on simple YPD media (graph above), we defined the OD of the stationary phase. With this information we tested the yeast growth repression in presence of ethanol, measuring samples in different ethanol concentration solutions when the control sample (without ethanol) achieved the stationary phase. The results are following:


Figure 4

Some were also grow on YDP plates to qualitatively evaluate their viability:


Figure 4

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