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Imagine if you could direct bacterial populations towards a specific location. This ability could have amazing applications,
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Project Super Tar - <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:Technion_Israel/S.Tar_intro">S.Tar</a> in short, is designed to be a novel broadband platform for controlled chemotaxis. Our project focuses on expanding the repertoire of chemoreceptors found in nature.
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The base of our project is the <i> E. coli </i> Tar chemoreceptor or more specifically, its ligand binding domain (LBD). <br>We show that by mutating the native Tar LBD <b>(2)</b> or by interchanging it with that of other receptors <b>(3)</b>, the <i> E. coli </i> chemotaxis system can be programmed to respond to completely new ligands.<br>
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S.tar, by iGEM Technion 2016

S.tar, by iGEM Technion 2016

Our vision

Imagine if you could direct entire bacterial populations towards a specific location, this ability could have amazing applications such as research, bioremediation, substance detection and much more!

Project S.Tar aims to give the iGEM community this ability, with the hope that future teams may utilize it and find it useful. In addition, as an implementation of this ability, we designed FlashLab – a biological detection tool.



S.Tar

FlashLab

Chemotaxis




Chemotaxis is the movement of an organism in response to an external chemical stimulus.
This system is used by many organisms to navigate their immediate environment
The E. coli chemotaxis system is considered a model system that illustrates some of the core principles of chemotactic movement (1).
A detailed explanation on the chemotaxis system and the intercellular processes involved can be found here.

Fig. 1: Scheme of chemotaxis concept.

S.Tar – In control of chemotaxis




Project Super Tar - S.Tar in short, is designed to be a novel broadband platform for controlled chemotaxis. The foundation of our project is the E. coli Tar chemoreceptor or more specifically, its ligand binding domain (LBD).
We show that by mutating the native Tar LBD (2) or by interchanging it with that of other receptors (3), the E. coli chemotaxis system can be programmed to respond to completely new ligands.
Using S.Tar, scientists will be able to control the movement of bacteria and direct them towards or away from a target material.

Fig. 2: S.Tar project - Programming the chemoreceptors to respond to new ligands by modifying the ligand binding domain.

FlashLab – A S.Tar detector




As an application of our system, we have designed FlashLab - a user friendly fluidic chip, which utilizes the high sensitivity of the chemotactic response. FlashLab is a simple and low cost platform for the detection of any chemoeffector, using S.Tar bacteria.

Fig. 3: Flash Lab - our designed detection chip.

References:
1. Bi, S. and Lai, L., 2015. Bacterial chemoreceptors and chemoeffectors. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 72(4), pp.691-708.

2. Moretti, R., Bender, B.J., Allison, B. and Meiler, J., 2016. Rosetta and the Design of Ligand Binding Sites. Computational Design of Ligand Binding Proteins, pp.47-62.

3. Reyes‐Darias, J.A., Yang, Y., Sourjik, V. and Krell, T., 2015. Correlation between signal input and output in PctA and PctB amino acid chemoreceptor of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Molecular microbiology, 96(3), pp.513-525.




S.tar, by iGEM Technion 2016