Team:Amoy/Project/Results
RESULTS
Ⅰ. Enzyme and protein assays
1. IPTG Gradient Induction
We found that the concentration of IPTG could have an effect on the expression of our circuit, so we did IPTG gradient induction . After measuring the enzyme activity and ran SDS-PAGE, We found the optimal IPTG concentration . As shown in the graph, the enzyme activity data and SDS-PAGE show the most suitable concentration of the enzyme
Figure 2.1 SDS-PAGE of purified LeuDH (34+L) from DE3
Figure 2.2 Different concentrations of IPTG on the Enzyme activity of 34+L
Figure 2.3 SDS-PAGE of purified FDH(34+F) from DE3
Figure 2.4 Different concentrations of IPTG on the Enzyme activity of 34+F
Figure 2.5 SDS-PAGE of purified LeuDH (30+L)from DE3
Figure 2.6 Different concentrations of IPTG on the Enzyme activity of 30+L
Figure 2.7 SDS-PAGE of purified LeuDH(30+L) and FDH(34+F) from DE3
Figure 2.8 Different concentrations of IPTG on the Enzyme activity of 30+L+34+
Figure 2.9 SDS-PAGE of purified LeuDH (34+L)and FDH (34+L)from DE3
Figure 2.10 Different concentrations of IPTG on the Enzyme activity of 34+L+34+F
Figure 2.11 SDS-PAGE of purified LeuDH(32+L) and FDH(34+F) from DE3
Figure 2.12 Different concentrations of IPTG on the Enzyme activity of 32+L+34+F
Figure 2.13 SDS-PAGE of purified LeuDH(32+L) from DE3
Figure 2.14 Different concentrations of IPTG on the Enzyme activity of 32+L
2. HPLC
Under the conditions of optimum concentration, we carried out the next step of catalysis and induction, Apart from taking all three whole circuits into analysis, we detected circuits with LeuDH or FDH separately.
Figure 3.1 The conversion rate of isolated connection
Figure 3.2 The conversion rate of series connection
No matter which kind of RBS, the conversion rate does not show too much of change compared with each other, indicating that RBS control would not make an effect if the whole system is expressed separately. Obviously, the conversion rate of series connected circuits is much higher than the other. As we mentioned on the whole-cell biocatalyst part, our project which make two genes into series connection would largely promote the productivity and conversion rate of L-tert Leucine.we found RBS_B0030 make the best performance among these three kinds of RBSs which indicate that the most suitable strength of RBS is located at this range.
Figure 3.3 The e.e.value of series connection
The HPLC results also show the ideal e.e. value of our products. No matter which circuits of our project, the e.e. value all turns to be 99% which means the perfect optical purity of L-tert-leucine.
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