Luminescence-based whole-cell-sensing systems for cadmium and lead using genetically engineered bacteria |
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Authors: | Ranjit?S?Shetty Sapna?K?Deo Puja?Shah Yan?Sun Barry?P?Rosen Email author" target="_blank">Sylvia?DaunertEmail author |
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Institution: | Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40506-0055, USA. |
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Abstract: | Whole-cell-based sensing systems that respond to cadmium and lead ions have been designed and developed using genetically engineered bacteria. These systems take advantage of the ability of certain bacteria to survive in environments polluted with cadmium and lead ions. The bacteria used in this investigation have been genetically engineered to produce reporter proteins in response to the toxic ions. This was achieved by modifying a strain of Escherichia colito harbor plasmids pYSC1 and pYS2/pYSG1. In these dual-plasmid-based sensing systems, the expression of the reporters beta-galactosidase and red-shifted green fluorescent protein (rs-GFP) was controlled by CadC, the regulatory protein of the cad operon. Regulation of the expression of the reporter proteins is related to the amount of cadmium and lead ions employed to induce the bacteria. The bacterial sensing systems were found to respond to cadmium, lead, and zinc ions, and had no significant response to nickel, copper, manganese, and cobalt. |
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