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<p>By talking about your design work on this page, there is one medal criterion that you can attempt to meet, and one award that you can apply for. If your team is going for a gold medal by building a functional prototype, you should tell us what you did on this page. If you are going for the <a href="https://2015.igem.org/Judging/Awards#SpecialPrizes">Applied Design award</a>, you should also complete this page and tell us what you did.</p>
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<p>There are three main components in our project design this year:</p>
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<li><b>Chlorophyll Biosynthesis Pathway</b></li>
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<li>By adding 4 operons the protoporphyrin-IX molecule that <i>E. coli</i> uses to make heme can be transformed with enzymes to make the chlorophyll-<i>a</i> molecule.</li>
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<li><b>Photosystem II</b></li>
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<li>Through the expression of 5 operons we aim to induce <i>E. coli</i> to build the Photosystem II protein complex which contains the Oxygen Evolving Centre of photosynthesis.</li>
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<li><b>Hydrogenase</b></li>
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<li>A hydrogenase enzyme can take two protons and two electrons to build H<sub>2</sub> (molecular hydrogen).</li>
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<p>In order to be considered for the <a href="https://2015.igem.org/Judging/Awards#SpecialPrizes">Best Applied Design award</a> and/or the <a href="https://2015.igem.org/Judging/Awards#Medals">functional prototype gold medal criterion</a>, you must fill out this page.</p>
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<p>This is a prize for the team that has developed a synthetic biology product to solve a real world problem in the most elegant way. The students will have considered how well the product addresses the problem versus other potential solutions, how the product integrates or disrupts other products and processes, and how its lifecycle can more broadly impact our lives and environments in positive and negative ways.</p>
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<p>Please see our <a href="https://2015.igem.org/Team:Macquarie_Australia/Attributions/References">References page</a> for the list of citations.</p>
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<p>If you are working on art and design as your main project, please join the art and design track. If you are integrating art and design into the core of your main project, please apply for the award by completing this page.</p>
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Revision as of 13:16, 15 September 2015

Project Design
Link to Project page
Link to Project Description page
Link to Experiments & Protocols page
Link to Results page
Link to Design page
Link to Notebook page
Link to Safety page

Design

There are three main components in our project design this year:

  • Chlorophyll Biosynthesis Pathway
    • By adding 4 operons the protoporphyrin-IX molecule that E. coli uses to make heme can be transformed with enzymes to make the chlorophyll-a molecule.
  • Photosystem II
    • Through the expression of 5 operons we aim to induce E. coli to build the Photosystem II protein complex which contains the Oxygen Evolving Centre of photosynthesis.
  • Hydrogenase
    • A hydrogenase enzyme can take two protons and two electrons to build H2 (molecular hydrogen).

Chlorophyll Biosynthesis Pathway diagram

Photosystem II diagram
Hydrogenase diagram

Please see our References page for the list of citations.