Patrick J Shilling, Diana Khananisho, Alister J Cumming, Bill Söderström, Daniel O Daley
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Abstract
araC pBAD is a genetic fragment that regulates the expression of the araBAD operon in bacteria, which is required for the metabolism of L-arabinose. It is widely used in bioengineering applications because it can drive regulatable and titratable expression of genes and genetic pathways in microbial cell factories. A notable limitation of araC pBAD is that it generates a low signal when induced with high concentrations of L-arabinose (the maximum ON state). Herein we have amplified the maximum ON state of araC pBAD by coupling it to a synthetically evolved translation initiation region (TIREVOL ). The coupling maintains regulatable and titratable expression from araC pBAD and yet increases the maximal ON state by >5-fold. The general principle demonstrated in the study can be applied to amplify the signal from similar genetic modules. Graphical Abstract.