Translational control of enzyme scavenger expression with toxin-induced micro RNA switches
Abstract Biological computation requires in vivo control of molecular behavior to progress development of autonomous devices. miRNA switches represent excellent, easily engineerable synthetic biology tools to achieve user-defined gene regulation. Here we present the construction of a synthetic netwo...
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Nature Portfolio
2021
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| Résumé: | Abstract Biological computation requires in vivo control of molecular behavior to progress development of autonomous devices. miRNA switches represent excellent, easily engineerable synthetic biology tools to achieve user-defined gene regulation. Here we present the construction of a synthetic network to implement detoxification functionality. We employed a modular design strategy by engineering toxin-induced control of an enzyme scavenger. Our miRNA switch results show moderate synthetic expression control over a biologically active detoxification enzyme molecule, using an established design protocol. However, following a new design approach, we demonstrated an evolutionarily designed miRNA switch to more effectively activate enzyme activity than synthetically designed versions, allowing markedly improved extrinsic user-defined control with a toxin as inducer. Our straightforward new design approach is simple to implement and uses easily accessible web-based databases and prediction tools. The ability to exert control of toxicity demonstrates potential for modular detoxification systems that provide a pathway to new therapeutic and biocomputing applications. |
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