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Synthetic logic circuits using RNA aptamer against T7 RNA polymerase

Jongmin Kim, Juan F. Quijano, Enoch Yeung, Richard M. Murray
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/008771
Jongmin Kim
1Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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  • For correspondence: jongmin@dna.caltech.edu
Juan F. Quijano
2Licenciado en Biotecnología Genómica, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Nuevo León, Mexico
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Enoch Yeung
3Department of Control and Dynamical Systems, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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Richard M. Murray
1Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
3Department of Control and Dynamical Systems, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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Abstract

Recent advances in nucleic acids engineering introduced several RNA-based regulatory components for synthetic gene circuits, expanding the toolsets to engineer organisms. In this work, we designed genetic circuits implementing an RNA aptamer previously described to have the capability of binding to the T7 RNA polymerase and inhibiting its activity in vitro. Using in vitro transcription assays, we first demonstrated the utility of the RNA aptamer in combination with programmable synthetic transcription networks. As a step to quickly assess the feasibility of aptamer functions in vivo, a cell-free expression system was used as a breadboard to emulate the in vivo conditions of E. coli. We tested the aptamer and its three sequence variants in the cell-free expression system, verifying the aptamer functionality in the cell-free testbed. In vivo expression of aptamer and its variants demonstrated control over GFP expression driven by T7 RNA polymerase with different response curves, indicating its ability to serve as building blocks for both logic circuits and transcriptional cascades. This work elucidates the potential of RNA-based regulators for cell programming with improved controllability leveraging the fast production and degradation time scales of RNA molecules.

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Synthetic logic circuits using RNA aptamer against T7 RNA polymerase
Jongmin Kim, Juan F. Quijano, Enoch Yeung, Richard M. Murray
bioRxiv 008771; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/008771
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Synthetic logic circuits using RNA aptamer against T7 RNA polymerase
Jongmin Kim, Juan F. Quijano, Enoch Yeung, Richard M. Murray
bioRxiv 008771; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/008771

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