| Types | DnaRegion
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| Roles | Coding
CDS
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| Sequences | BBa_K1495000_sequence (Version 1)
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Description
This part contains the gene called KillerRed. It has been codon optimized for use in E. coli. This functions as a safety piece that can be used for all project. The KillerRed gene causes the cells to produce reactive oxygen species within the cell when exposed to white light. A tryptophan repressor has been included so that when E. coli transformed with this BioBrick is being used, tryptophan can keep the KillerRed gene from being expressed. Tryptophan is a less common amino acid and if the E. coli were to escape it's experimental environment, the E. coli would die.
Notes
This gene has been codon optimized for E. coli
Source
a mutant of hydrozoan chromoprotein anm2CP from Anthomedusae sp. DC-2005
