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Heat stable proteins are valuable for…
- Industrial processes
- Research applications
e.g. Taq polymerase
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Heat stable proteins are valuable for…
e.g. Taq polymerase
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… maintaining DNA methylation patterns
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DETERMINANTS OF
Two accesible ends allow many degr gree ees of
Circu rcular pr proteins show remarkable resistance (Craik, Science, 2006) Existing approaches are not
andar ardized zed, therefore time consuming
(Vieille and Zeikus, MMBR, 2001)
PROTEINS STABILITY
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N’
O NHN Intein
O NHC’
C Intein
Mechan hanism of
intein in tra trans-sp splicing ng
Extein residues
SPLIT INTEINS - A VALUABLE TOOL FOR BIOENGINEERING
Autocatalytic protei ein splic licin ing act activity ty in vitro and in vivo
(Kane et al., Science,1990)
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O NHN’
N Intein
O NHC’
C Intein
O N HMechan hanism of
intein in tra trans-sp splicing ng
SPLIT INTEINS - A VALUABLE TOOL FOR BIOENGINEERING
Autocatalytic protei ein splic licin ing act activity ty in vitro and in vivo
(Kane et al., Science, 1990)
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N Intein C Intein
O N HProtein of Interest Protein of Interest
Intein splicing can be applied for circularization.
(Iwai and Plückthun, FEBS, 1999)
SPLIT INTEINS - A VALUABLE TOOL FOR BIOENGINEERING
Autocatalytic protei ein splic licin ing act activity ty in vitro and in vivo
(Kane et al., Science ,1990)
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SPLIT INTEINS - A VALUABLE TOOL FOR BIOENGINEERING
N C N C
Examples of circularization: β-Lactam amase ase
(Iwai and Plückthun, FEBS, 1999)
GFP
(Iwai et al., JBC, 2001)
4.6 Å
Our target: Xylanase anase from B. subtilis
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CIRCULAR XYLANASE FOR INDUSTRY
Introduction of terminal disulfide bonds contributed to sta tabil iliz izatio ion (Wakarchuk et al., Protein Eng. 1994) Close pro roxim imit ity of
allows direct circularization Biotechnological use for paper bleachin ing and biofuel produ duction
4.6 Å
Our target: Xylanase anase from B. subtilis
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linear circular
Com
excisi sion of split inteins verifies effic icie ient splicing process
CIRCULAR XYLANASE FOR INDUSTRY
Increased ele lectro trophoretic tic mobili ility ty
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Time me [ [mi min] Fl Fluo uoresc scen ence [rfu rfu]
CIRCULAR XYLANASE FOR INDUSTRY
37 37°C 63 63°C
Ce Cell lysate tesCompa parabl ble activities at 37 37°C Circ ircula lar Xylanase remains active ve afte ter r hea heat shock hock
Linea near 3 37°C Circ ircular 37 37°C Circ ircular 63 63°C C Linea near 6 63°C
Fl Fluo uoresc scen ence [rfu rfu] Time me [ [mi min] Δ Act ctivity ty
Circ ircular 37 37°C Linea near 3 37°C Cont ntrol 37 37°C
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IN SILICO DESIGN OF CIRCULARIZATION LINKERS
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free ends
Stability
rigid linker
Wang et. al, Nucl.
Hypothesis
flexible linker
Zhou, Acc Chem. Res., 2004
THERMOSTABILITY DEPENDS ON LINKER STRUCTURE
Restricted mobility of protein termini
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ROD AND ANGLE LINKERS MAINTAIN PROTEIN STRUCTURE
angle rod
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(Arai et al., Protein Eng., 2001)
RODS ARE BUILT FROM MODULAR, STABLE α-HELICES
angle rod For every rod
a fitting helix sequence:
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ANALYSIS OF 43,000 SUPERSECONDARY STRUCTURES REVEALS ANGLE-CREATING SEQUENCE MOTIFS
29. 29.7°, , NVL 35 35°, , LVA 36. 36.5°, , AAIAP 38. 38.7°, , KTA 60 60°, , AADGTL 74. 74.5°, , VNLTA 140 40°, , ASLPAA 160 60°, , ATGDLAFor every ang ngle a short sequence: angle rod 117 117°, , AAAHPEA
angle: sequence:
(ArchDB)
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angle rod For every ang ngle a short sequence:
(ArchDB)
29. 29.7°, , NVL 35 35°, , LVA 36. 36.5°, , AAIAP 38. 38.7°, , KTA 60 60°, , AADGTL 74. 74.5°, , VNLTA 140 40°, , ASLPAA 160 60°, , ATGDLA 117 17°, , AAAHPEAANALYSIS OF 43,000 SUPERSECONDARY STRUCTURES REVEALS ANGLE-CREATING SEQUENCE MOTIFS
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angle rod
CONFIRMATION OF LINKER MOTIF PROPERTIES
STRUCTURE SCREENING STRUCTURE MODELING
Confirmation of linker lengths
USING iGEM@HOME
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A LINKER DESIGN SOFTWARE WORKING ON ANY PROTEIN
OF UNLINKED TERMINI CIRCULARIZATION WITH RODS AND ANGLES
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THE CRAUT WORKFLOW
IN A NUTSHELL
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b. Angles
LINKERS ARE SCORED BASED ON FOUR STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES
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LINKER SCREENING
LINKERS
SUPERNATANT
DEGRADATION
We searched for a protein that:
USING LAMBDA LYSOZYME
and chose λ-Phage ge Lys ysozym zyme for the screening:
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LINKER SCREENING USING LAMBDA LYSOZYME
00
Activ tivit ity as assay ay
Time [min] Substrate [au] (Exemplary curve)
datapoints
re replicates Michaelis-Menten with product inhibition
ENYZME KINETICS MODELING
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CRAUT - OPTIMIZED RIGID LINKER ENHANCES THERMOSTABILITY
linear lysozyme linear lysozyme linear lysozyme
ENYZME KINETICS MODELING
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CRAUT - OPTIMIZED RIGID LINKER ENHANCES THERMOSTABILITY
linear lysozyme flexibel lysozyme linear lysozyme flexibel lysozyme linear lysozyme flexibel linker
ENYZME KINETICS MODELING
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CRAUT - OPTIMIZED RIGID LINKER ENHANCES THERMOSTABILITY
linear lysozyme linear lysozyme flexibel linker linear lysozyme linear lysozyme linear lysozyme linear lysozyme linear lysozyme flexibel lysozyme rigid linker (low score) linear lysozyme flexibel lysozyme rigid linker (low score) linear lysozyme flexibel linker rigid linker (low score)
ENYZME KINETICS MODELING
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CRAUT - OPTIMIZED RIGID LINKER ENHANCES THERMOSTABILITY
linear lysozyme linear lysozyme flexibel linker linear lysozyme flexibel lysozyme rigid linker (low score) linear lysozyme flexibel linker rigid linker (low score) linear lysozyme flexibel lysozyme rigid linker (high score) rigid linker (low score) linear lysozyme flexibel lysozyme rigid linker (low score) linear lysozyme flexibel linker rigid linker (high score) rigid linker (low score)
Δ
ENYZME KINETICS MODELING
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OUR IN SILICO LINKER DESIGN SOFTWARE WAS BASED
in p publico co
STRUCTURE SCREENING LYSOZYME ASSAY STRUCTURE MODELING
in n silic lico in vi vitro tro
ON A NOVEL MODEL AND VALIDATED IN VITRO
ENYZME KINETICS MODELING
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OUR IN SILICO LINKER DESIGN SOFTWARE WAS BASED ON A NOVEL MODEL AND VALIDATED IN VITRO
in p publico co
LYSOZYME ASSAY STRUCTURE MODELING
in n silic lico in vi vitro tro
STRUCTURE SCREENING ENYZME KINETICS MODELING
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BOINC NC project Feedback angle structure
iGEM@HOME FOR DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING
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User Activity
GLOBAL HUMAN PRACTICE APPROACH iGEM@HOME FOR A
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(6) Did you know iGEM before participating in iGEM@home?
No No [63. 63.4% 4%] N.A.[7.3%] Yes, I knew [29.3%]
GLOBAL HUMAN PRACTICE APPROACH iGEM@HOME FOR A 400
active users
40,000
slides shown
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OUTREACH ACTIVITIES ON A LOCAL LEVEL
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THE RING OF FIRE
STANDARDIZATION OF INTEIN MECHANISM ENGINEERING HEAT-STABLE XYLANASE APPLICATION FOR METHYLATION MAINTENANCE
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IN SILICO DESIGN OF CIRCULARIZATION LINKERS PCR 2.0
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C
CH3
DNA methylation
Epigenetic regulation in development and disease
Jaenisch et al., Nat. Genet., 2003
REVOLUZIONIZE PCR
Circular
DNA methyl- transferase
Maintaining methylation patterns in
PCR 2.0 EMPOWER EPIGENETICS
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DNMT1 MAINTAINS METHYLATION
C G G C
CH3 CH3
AFTER REPLICATION
C G G C
CH3 CH3
Fully methylated DNA
C G G C
CH3 CH3
Hemi-methylated DNA
C G G C
CH3
Parental strand Newly synthetized strandC G G C
CH3
Replication Methylation by DNMT1 PCR 2.0
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TRUNCATED DNMT1 NOW
Trun uncat ated m mDNMT1 T1 (731 31-160 602) Circular D DNMT NMT1
Linker
provided by P. Bashtrykov
CIRCULARIZED
48Å
PCR 2.0
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CIRCULAR DNMT1 WORKS
Methylated undigested Unmethylated
37°C
Activity of DNMT1 assayed after heat shock
using methylation sensitive restriction enzymes: Sau3AI, HpaII
(Bashtrykov et al., Chem. Biol., 2012)
AT HIGH TEMPERATURES
72°C 65°C
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CIRCULAR DNMT1 IS MORE HEAT-STABLE THAN LINEAR DNTM1
∆
Linear DNMT1 Circular DNMT1
PCR 2.0
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MOVING THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS
PCR2.0 with 6 cycles as simple proof of concept
each cycle Methylated Unmethylated
THE PCR 2.0
DNMT1 added amplified
Unmet. Fully met Specificity control
PCR PCR 2.0
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THE RING OF FIRE
STANDARDIZATION OF INTEIN MECHANISM ENGINEERING HEAT-STABLE XYLANASE APPLICATION FOR METHYLATION MAINTENANCE
PCR 2.0
IN SILICO DESIGN OF CIRCULARIZATION LINKERS
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THE INTEIN TOOLBOX PROTEIN SPLICING FOR EVERYONE
BBa_K1362000 BBa_K1362001 BBa_K1362002 BBa_K1362003 BBa_K1362054 BBa_K1362055 BBa_K1362056 BBa_K1362057 BBa_K1362058 BBa_K1362059 BBa_K1362060 BBa_K1362000 BBa_K1362001 BBa_K1362141 BBa_K1362142 BBa_K1362061 BBa_K1362110 BBa_K1362050 BBa_K1362051 BBa_K1362170 BBa_K1362171 BBa_K1362172 BBa_K1362173 BBa_K1362174
Circularization Purification Oligomerisation Fusion&Tagging On / Off favouri rite te pa part
BBa_K1362000
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GUIDES AND STANDARDS OUR TOOLBOX COMES TO YOU CLONING STANDARD
DNA overhang C I S G ... C L S G ... C L T G ... C F S G ... C L T Y ... I V H N V V H N L V H N F V H N I A S N N-intein Ssp DnaB Ter ThyX Ssp DnaX Ssp GyrB Ter DnaE3
TGCT CAAC
TOOLBOX GUIDE
C-intein
Find the right parts!
Step 1: Find 3D structure Step 2: Generate linker sequence Step 3: Use BBa_K1362000
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THE INTEIN TOOLBOX PROTEIN SPLICING FOR EVERYONE
On / Off Circularization Purification Oligomerisation Fusion&Tagging favouri rite te pa part
BBa_K1362000 BBa_K1362001 BBa_K1362002 BBa_K1362003 BBa_K1362054 BBa_K1362055 BBa_K1362056 BBa_K1362057 BBa_K1362058 BBa_K1362059 BBa_K1362060 BBa_K1362000 BBa_K1362001 BBa_K1362141 BBa_K1362142 BBa_K1362061 BBa_K1362110 BBa_K1362050 BBa_K1362051 BBa_K1362170 BBa_K1362171 BBa_K1362172 BBa_K1362173 BBa_K1362174 BBa_K1362000
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PROTEIN ACTIVATION VIA INTEINS RECONSTITUTING SPLIT INDC
splicing inteins non-splicing control
+
Readout via blue pigment Split indigoidine synthetase (130kD kDa)
IndCN IndCC On / Off
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THE RING OF FIRE
STANDARDIZATION OF INTEIN MECHANISM ENGINEERING HEAT-STABLE XYLANASE APPLICATION FOR METHYLATION MAINTENANCE
PCR 2.0
IN SILICO DESIGN OF CIRCULARIZATION LINKERS
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ACHIEVEMENTS
BRO ROUGH UGHT C T CIRCU CULAR ARIZATI ZATION FROM NATURE TO iGEM DEVEL ELOPED PED I IN SILICO CO D DESIGN GN C CON ONCE CEPT FOR PROTEIN LINKERS AP APPLI LIED CIRCULAR DNMT1 FOR METH THYL YLATI TION M N MAINTAI TAINING NG PCR STANDAR NDARDI DIZE ZED THE USE OF INTEINS
67 parts
LYS LYSOZYME DNMT MT1 XYLAN ANAS ASE
PCR 2.0
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Acknowledgements
External Cooperations
Xiaofeng Yu
Johanna Klughammer DKFZ Life-Science Lab
Bioquant/DKFZ
Mathias Utz Ute Koch
Stephanie Trauth
Dominik Niopek Tim Heinemann
Students
Konrad Herbst Florian Schmidt Ilja Kats Fanny Georgi Nikos Ignatiadis Stefan Holderbach Stefan Huber Lisa Theobald Leon Binder Michael Blessenohl
iGEM Teams
Team Tuebingen Team Aachen Team Freiburg Team Marburg
All iGEM@home Users!!!
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS WE THANK YOU ALL
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS WE THANK YOU ALL
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PROTEIN ACTIVATION VIA INTEINS RECONSTITUTION OF SPLIT GFP
Splic licin ing int ntei eins
5 µm 5 µmfluorescence (497 - 522 nm)
No Non-splic licin ing co contr trol
fluorescence (497 - 522 nm) events events
On / Off
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CIRCULAR DNMT1 IS MORE HEAT-STABLE
THAN LINEAR DNTM1 ∆
Linear DNMT1 Circular DNMT1