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Vector Design


To be able to test and quantify the expression of desired enzymes in yeast we designed an expression vector which is compatible to the iGEM RFC25 standard based on the commercially available pYES2 vector from Invitrogen.

Ethanol Inducible Promoter


The KlADH4-Promoter from the yeast ''Kluyveromyces lactis'' regulates the expression of a mitochondrial alcohol dehydrogenase in an ethanol-dependent way.

Light Switchable Promoter


The idea behind a lightswitchable system is to create a gene expression system which can be induced and deactivated by light of a certain wavelengths.

This system is extremely attractive, as induction does not require the addition of a specific substance. This makes induction cheap, fast, precise and also compatible to the bavarian purity law.