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PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 179, Issue 3, Pages 1001-1012Publisher
AMER SOC PLANT BIOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.1104/pp.18.01218
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- Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) [031L0009]
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Transcription activator-like effectors (TALEs) are bacterial Type-III effector proteins from phytopathogenic Xanthomonas species that act as transcription factors in plants. The modular DNA-binding domain of TALEs can be reprogrammed to target nearly any DNA sequence. Here, we designed and optimized a two-component AND-gate system for synthetic circuits in plants based on TALEs. In this system, named split-TALE (sTALE), the TALE DNA binding domain and the transcription activation domain are separated and each fused to protein interacting domains. Physical interaction of interacting domains leads to TALE-reconstitution and can be monitored by reporter gene induction. This setup was used for optimization of the sTALE scaffolds, which result in an AND-gate system with an improved signal-to-noise ratio. We also provide a toolkit of ready-to-use vectors and single modules compatible with Golden Gate cloning and MoClo syntax. In addition to its implementation in synthetic regulatory circuits, the sTALE system allows the analysis of protein-protein interactions in planta.
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