Difference between revisions of "Team:Kyoto/Parts"

Our best basic part is BBa_K3815000. This is composed of ELK16, PT linker, Mxe Gyr intein. It can be expressed by attaching the sequence of the targeted protein to the N-terminus of Intein. This part is used for the purification method called ELK16system, which past iGEM teams had not been used. In this ELK16system, the ELK16 part is self-condensing, so the fusion protein can be extracted only by centrifugation, and the intein part is self-cleaved by DTT, so the target protein can be easily separated. The ELK16system will help improve the technology of recombinant protein purification, although it has some problems such as the presence of many other impurities in the protein recovery process.