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Revision as of 13:12, 15 August 2012
Fluoride riboswitch
We also plan on implementing and characterising a Fluoride riboswitch. This, unlike the Magnesium construct, is a positive regulator. The riboswitch, originally isolated from Bacillus cereus, serves as a transcriptional attenuator in the abscence of fluoride. In the presence of fluoride its conformation changes and the repression is lifted. In B. cereus this serves to permit translation of a fluoride efflux pump, which allows the bacteria to cope with the, potentially toxic, elevated fluoride levels in which it finds itself.
The construct we hope to make is shown below:
References
- Jenny L. Baker et al., Widespread Genetic Switches and Toxicity Resistance Proteins for Fluoride, Science 335, 233-235.
