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<div id= "page_title"><h1>Phosphate Sensor - <i>phoBRp</i></h1>
 
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<h1>Introduction</h1>
 
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<p>Phosphorus Phosphorus is vital to plant growth and is found in every living plant cell. It is a component of the nucleic acid structure of plants, which regulates protein synthesis. Phosphorus is, therefore, important in cell division and development of new tissue. It is also associated with complex energy transformations in the plant. Plants deficient in phosphorus are stunted in growth and often have an abnormal dark-green color.  
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<p>Phosphorus is vital to plant growth and is found in every living plant cell. It is a component of the nucleic acid structure of plants, which regulates protein synthesis. Therefore, it is important in cell division and development of new tissue. It is also associated with complex energy transformations in the plant. Plants deficient in phosphorus are stunted in growth and often have an abnormal dark-green color.  
 
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<p><i>phoBRp</i> promoter is cross-regulated by <i>phoB</i> and <i>phoR</i>. <i>phoR</i> behaves as an activator as well as an inactivator for phoB. When phosphate is limited, phoR will phosphorylate phoB and the phosphorylated <i>phoB</i> will directly activate the expression of <i>phoBRp</i> promoter. In contrast, when there is phosphate, <i>phoR</i> will repress <i>phoB</i> phosphorylation which in turns inactivates <i>phoBRp</i> promoter.  
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<p><i>phoBRp</i> promoter is cross-regulated by <i>phoB</i> and <i>phoR</i>. PhoR behaves as an activator as well as an inactivator for PhoB. When phosphate is limited, PhoR will phosphorylate PhoB and the phosphorylated PhoB will directly activate the expression of <i>phoBRp</i> promoter. In contrast, when there is phosphate, PhoR will repress PhoB phosphorylation which in turns inactivates <i>phoBRp</i> promoter.  
  
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For the constructs design, we have ligated GFP generator to the <i>phoBRp</i> promoter. As a result, under high phosphate concentration, the green fluorescence intensity will be repressed, while under low phosphate concentration, the situation will be vice versa.
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For the constructs design, we have ligated GFP generator to the <i>phoBRp</i> promoter. As a result, under high phosphate concentration, the green fluorescence intensity will be repressed, while under low phosphate concentration, green fluorescence will be expressed.
  
 
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<h1>Experiment that we did</h1>
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<p>We have done a characterization on pSB1C3-<i>phoBRp</i>-BBa_I13504 using Luria Broth (LB) medium. Quantitative characterization on the promoter was done by measuring the fluorescence signal intensity using an EnVision multilabel reader.
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<p>We characterized pSB1C3-<i>phoBRp</i>-BBa_I13504 using Luria Broth (LB) medium. Quantitative characterization on the promoter was done by measuring the fluorescence signal intensity using an EnVision multilabel reader.
  
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<br><br><i>E. coli</i> strain DH10B was used, and the concentration of the characterization of <i>phoBRp</i> promoter was from 0 to 300 µM phosphate, with an intervals of 50µM.
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<br><br><i>E. coli</i> strain DH10B was used, and the concentrations for the characterization of <i>phoBRp</i> was from 0 to 300 µM phosphate, with an intervals of 50 µM.
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<p style="font-size:200%"><u>Preparing test medium with different concentration of phosphate</u></p>
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<p style="font-size:200%"><u>Preparing test medium with different concentrations of phosphate</u></p>
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<p>We have prepared a solution of M9 minimal medium (J. Sambrook & D.W. Russell, 2001) and a solution of M9 minimal medium with Tris replacing phosphate. Test medium with different concentration of phosphate (0, 10, 30, 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300 µM) were made by mixing the 2 solution in the following ratio. </p>
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<p>We prepared a solution of M9 minimal medium (J. Sambrook & D.W. Russell, 2001) and a solution of M9 minimal medium with Tris replacing phosphate. Test medium with different concentrations of phosphate (0, 10, 30, 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, and 300 µM) were made by mixing the 2 solutions in the following ratio: </p>
  
 
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       <p style="font-size:200%"><u><i>phoBRp</i> promoter Characterization</u></p>
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       <p style="font-size:200%"><u><i>phoBRp</i> characterization</u></p>
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<p>pSB1C3-<i>phoBRp</i>-BBa_I13504, positive control and negative control were first grown overnight in 5 ml Luria Broth (LB) medium containing chloramphenicol at 37<sup>o</sup>C. The bacteria were then washed twice with 3 ml M9 minimal medium without phosphate (replaced by Tris), containing Ampicillin. Then, the cells were resuspended in 5ml M9 minimal medium without phosphate(replaced by Tris) to obtain a final  OD<sub>600</sub> of 4.50 μl of the prepared cell suspension were then added into 950μl of test medium with different concentrations of phosphate (containing Chloramphenicol) in the 96-well deep well plate and further incubate at 37<sup>o</sup>C until the OD<sub>600</sub> of the cells reaches the mid-log phase. The fluorescence output were then measured using EnVision multilabel reader.  
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<p>To characterize pSB1C3-<i>phoBRp</i>-BBa_I13504, positive and negative controls were first grown overnight in 5 ml Luria Broth (LB) medium containing chloramphenicol at 37<sup>o</sup>C. The bacteria were then washed twice with 3 ml M9 minimal medium without phosphate (replaced by Tris), containing ampicillin. Then, the cells were resuspended in 5 ml M9 minimal medium without phosphate(replaced by Tris) to obtain a final  OD<sub>600</sub> of 4. 50 μl of the prepared cell suspension were then added into 950 μl of test medium with different concentrations of phosphate (containing chloramphenicol) in a 96-well deep well plate and further incubated at 37<sup>o</sup>C until the OD<sub>600</sub> of the cells reached the mid-log phase. The fluorescence output was then measured using EnVision multilabel reader.  
  
 
<br><br>This result was obtained by combining 3 characterization trials.</p>
 
<br><br>This result was obtained by combining 3 characterization trials.</p>
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