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Aims. How to implement elementary computations? How to form a more complex one?. Concrete Example. Gates: NAND, NOR, NOT gates, 2 levels Wires: 3 wires, which can cross and branch off I/O: 2 inputs and 2 outputs. Concrete Example. Gates: NAND, NOR, NOT gates, 2 levels
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Aims • How to implement elementary computations? • How to form a more complex one?
Concrete Example • Gates: NAND, NOR, NOT gates, 2 levels • Wires: 3 wires, which can cross and branch off • I/O: 2 inputs and 2 outputs
Concrete Example • Gates: NAND, NOR, NOT gates, 2 levels • Wires: 3 wires, which can cross and branch off • I/O: 2 inputs and 2 outputs
Objectives • Transcriptional Regulation can be utilized to implement NAND, NOR, NOT gates in E.coli. • Transcriptional Factors can transmit message from one component to another.
Extensible Logic Circuit in Bacteria USTC iGEM 2007
Repression Model Bintu, L. et al. Transcriptional regulation by the numbers: models. Curr Opin Genet Dev (2005)
Repression Model Bintu, L. et al. Transcriptional regulation by the numbers: models. Curr Opin Genet Dev (2005)
Cis-acting Logic Promoters NOT Gate
Cis-acting Logic Promoters NOR Gate
Cis-acting Logic Promoters NAND Gate
Constructions and Measurements PCR Construction Solo-Repression Assay Co-Repression Assay 77 Promoter Synthesized ~ 400 Quantitative Assays
DNA-Looping [1] Müller, J., et al. Repression of lac promoter as a function of distance, phase and quality of an auxiliary lac operator. J. Mol. Bio. (1996) [2] Saiz, L. and Vilar, J. M. G. DNA looping: the consequences and its control., Curr Opin Struct Biol (2006)
Extensible Logic Circuit in Bacteria USTC iGEM 2007
Directed Evolution • Select Target Sites • Mutagenesis by PCR • Screen on Plates • Quality Control • Quantitative Measurements • Result Analysis
Directed Evolution • Select Target Sites • Mutagenesis by PCR • Screen on Plates • Quality Control • Quantitative Measurements • Result Analysis
Directed Evolution • Select Target Sites • Mutagenesis by PCR • Screen on Plates • Quality Control • Quantitative Measurements • Result Analysis 5000 colonies screened 3 artificial operators 400 candidates per operator 11 novel artificial repressors
Directed Evolution • Select Target Sites • Mutagenesis by PCR • Screen on Plates • Quality Control • Quantitative Measurements • Result Analysis
Directed Evolution • Select Target Sites • Mutagenesis by PCR • Screen on Plates • Quality Control • Quantitative Measurements • Result Analysis
Directed Evolution • Select Target Sites • Mutagenesis by PCR • Screen on Plates • Quality Control • Quantitative Measurements • Result Analysis Repression Matrix Diagonal Repression Matrix
Repressor Evolution in Silico Side chain conformation optimization Sequence evaluation Test the results in vivo Selection of target ligand and variable positions
Repressor Evolution in Silico Side chain conformation optimization Selection of target ligand and variable positions Sequence evaluation Test the results in vivo
Diagonal Repression Matrix 9 Repressors vs. 4 Operators 6 repressors bind to only 1 operator 3 repressors bind to 2 operators 3x3 array for the demo system
Extensible Logic Circuit in Bacteria USTC iGEM 2007
What we have done: Patterns for NAND, NOR, NOT gates Highly-specific artificial repressors A demonstration system 123 Parts Submitted 247 Part Sequences 77 Synthesized Promoters 11 Novel Artificial Repressors ~ 350 New Strains ~ 130 DNA Strands Sequenced > 5000 Colonies Screened ~ 400 Quantitative Assays Extensible Logic Circuit in Bacteria USTC iGEM 2007
Cis-acting Logic Gates Promoters with Cis-acting Elements • Work in vivo • Can be systematically constructed • Small in scale • About 2.0nm in width • 20 - 70nm in length • Can be cascaded to implement complex combinational logic computation
Wires without Interference Highly-Specific Artificial Repressor • The number can grow • Do not interrupt natural signaling network • Do not interrupt each other • Provide supports for cis-acting logic gates • DNA Recognition • Dimerization • Tetramerization
What We Plan To Do • Further Optimization • Size of the Wires • Response Time • More Input Signals • Better NOR pattern • Conductance Adjusting • Using different RBS • Using different operators
Further More The First Transistor 1947 The First Integrated Circuit 1958
USTC iGEM 2007 • Graduates • Zhan Jian • Ding Bo • Ma Rui • Ma Xiaoyu • Undergrads • Liu Ziqing • Su Xiaofeng • Zhao Yun • Advisors • Prof. HY Liu • Prof. JR Wu • Prof. ZH Hou
Acknowledgments We are sponsored by: Univ. of Sci. and Tech. of China NNSFC HHTech Co. Ltd.