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<p>We tried to find a way for microorganisms to degrade heavy metal pollutants in the environment. We hope to solve the problem of heavy metal pollution more environmentally. Through literature search, we found a gene MbnS that can strongly adsorb copper ions in methanogens. It is responsible for the synthesis of a kind of methane oxysporine that can capture copper in the environment. We built this gene into a plasmid vector and put a copper ion detector in front of the gene. Once E. coli containing this plasmid has detected copper ions in the contaminants, it can initiate the high expression of copper ion adsorption genes, enrich the copper ions in the contaminants, form copper deposits, and purify the environment.</p>
  
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<p>We have constructed this vector that could potentially be used to treat Wilson's disease. Wilson's disease is a rare genetic disease in which patients cannot eliminate copper from food and cause copper to accumulate in the brain and liver. The chemically modified peptides secreted by our carrier have the function of antibiotics and can also be used for the development of new antibiotics.</p>
  
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<li><a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:Imperial_College/Description">2016 Imperial College</a></li>
 
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<li><a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:Wageningen_UR/Description">2016 Wageningen UR</a></li>
 
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<li><a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:UC_Davis/Project_Overview"> 2014 UC Davis</a></li>
 
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<li><a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:SYSU-Software/Overview">2014 SYSU Software</a></li>
 
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Revision as of 05:49, 28 June 2018

Project Description

We tried to find a way for microorganisms to degrade heavy metal pollutants in the environment. We hope to solve the problem of heavy metal pollution more environmentally. Through literature search, we found a gene MbnS that can strongly adsorb copper ions in methanogens. It is responsible for the synthesis of a kind of methane oxysporine that can capture copper in the environment. We built this gene into a plasmid vector and put a copper ion detector in front of the gene. Once E. coli containing this plasmid has detected copper ions in the contaminants, it can initiate the high expression of copper ion adsorption genes, enrich the copper ions in the contaminants, form copper deposits, and purify the environment.

We have constructed this vector that could potentially be used to treat Wilson's disease. Wilson's disease is a rare genetic disease in which patients cannot eliminate copper from food and cause copper to accumulate in the brain and liver. The chemically modified peptides secreted by our carrier have the function of antibiotics and can also be used for the development of new antibiotics.