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Short description: PhucO-HucR-ygfU
Long description:This circuit is composed of the promoter hucO, hypothetical uricase regulator which called HucR and uric acid transporter which called ygfU. When uric acid is absent, HucR protein binds to PhucO and blocks the binding of RNA polymerase, preventing the expression of related genes. When uric acid is present, the binding of HucR protein to PhucO is inhibited by uric acid molecules, making HucR protein unable to bind to PhucO, initiating the expression of related genes. ygfU can transport the external uric acid to the bacteria, and the addition of ygfU makes our sequence more sensitive to the concentration of uric acid.