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==''Ralstonia'' BioBricks==
==''Ralstonia'' BioBricks==
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We cloned and generate biobricks for the three genes (phcA, phcS and phcR) involved in the sensing of the Quorum Sensing signal 3 OH-PAME especific of ''Ralstonia solanacearum'', in addition, we cloned the promoter of xpsR (PxpsR) wich is responsive to the presence of 3 OH-PAME. Image 1 shows enzymatic confirmation for all the four parts in the backbone pBS1C3. For a more extensive and more detailed of the cloning procedures here (Ralstonia Journal)
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We cloned and generated biobricks for the three genes (phcA, phcS and phcR) involved in the sensing of the Quorum Sensing signal 3 OH-PAME especific of ''Ralstonia solanacearum'', in addition, we cloned the promoter of xpsR (PxpsR) wich is responsive to the presence of 3 OH-PAME. Image 1 shows enzymatic confirmation for all the four parts in the backbone pBS1C3. For a more extensive and more detailed cloning procedures here (Ralstonia Journal)
==PxpsR Biosensor==
==PxpsR Biosensor==

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Ralstonia Experiments

Ralstonia BioBricks

We cloned and generated biobricks for the three genes (phcA, phcS and phcR) involved in the sensing of the Quorum Sensing signal 3 OH-PAME especific of Ralstonia solanacearum, in addition, we cloned the promoter of xpsR (PxpsR) wich is responsive to the presence of 3 OH-PAME. Image 1 shows enzymatic confirmation for all the four parts in the backbone pBS1C3. For a more extensive and more detailed cloning procedures here (Ralstonia Journal)

PxpsR Biosensor

In order to quantify the responsiveness of PxpsR to the presence of 3 OH-PAME we generated a PxpsR-eYFP reporter. The reporter was tested in the pSB1A2 however the part was ensambled into de pSB1C3 backbone and sended. Here we show the functionality and basal activity (in absence of 3 OH-PAME) of the PxpsR-eYFP reporter (Image 2).

Response of PxpsR to synthetic 3 OH-PAME

Objective To determine the response of PxpsR in a mute Ralstonia Solanacearum to the presence of 3 OH-PAME at different concentrations, using eYFP as a fluorescent reporter.

Description The PxpsR-eYFP biobrick was digested with XbaI and SpeI, and then was ligated to an XbaI digested pML123 plasmid. This one has a replication origin derived from pVS1, which allows it to be replicated in Xanthomonas, Pseudomonas and Ralstonia. To determine whether the biobrick had ligated in the opposite direction to the strong promoter npt (Figure 1), transformed colonies were confirmed via enzymatic digestions. This way the biobrick would not be induced by the npt promoter present in the plasmid, and therefore, the fluorescent response due to the presence of 3OH-PAME would depend solely on PxpsR.

We used as host a mute mutant of Ralstonia Solanacearum, which has a mutation in the gene phcB (3-OH-PAME synthetase). Although it has the ability to sense 3 OH-PAME, it cannot produce it (Figure 2), which allows to create an environment with a known concentration of 3-OH-PAME at all times, indepent of the number of bacterias present. We are currently transforming the mute strain with the PxpsR-eYFP reporter in pML123, once we obtain the transformants we will determine the fluorescent response at different concentrations of synthetic 3-OH-PAME (Figure 3). Based on the fluorescent response, we will be able to determine the inducibility of PxpsR.