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<p><font size="3">We have chosen to use <i>Pseudomonas</i> sp. as a chassis organism due to its rapid and abundant colonisation abilities within the rhizosphere. To ensure <i>Pseudomonas</i> sp. can colonise effectively, the metabolic load and resource drain of our system on the cell must be kept to a minimum in order to conserve natural homeostasis and minimise waste. As our system utilises enzymes found in flavonoid production, our naringenin synthesis pathway will be most taxing on resources used to maintain the natural homeostasis of flavonoid pathways. Some of these resources (ATP, CoA and Malonyl CoA, for example) are included but not restricted to flavonoid production. If we are to program a cell to produce an amount of naringenin per unit time, we need to consider what range of output works best in terms of maintaining the cells homeostasis.</font></p>
  
  
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Revision as of 12:11, 16 October 2018

Alternative Roots/Notebook

Background

We have chosen to use Pseudomonas sp. as a chassis organism due to its rapid and abundant colonisation abilities within the rhizosphere. To ensure Pseudomonas sp. can colonise effectively, the metabolic load and resource drain of our system on the cell must be kept to a minimum in order to conserve natural homeostasis and minimise waste. As our system utilises enzymes found in flavonoid production, our naringenin synthesis pathway will be most taxing on resources used to maintain the natural homeostasis of flavonoid pathways. Some of these resources (ATP, CoA and Malonyl CoA, for example) are included but not restricted to flavonoid production. If we are to program a cell to produce an amount of naringenin per unit time, we need to consider what range of output works best in terms of maintaining the cells homeostasis.