β
σ
β
(A) Random network (B) Scale-free network
DNA Systems
Devices
Parts
GTGGATTTCAGTTAATCAATTGGTTAATCTTTCAGGACCACCTAAGCAAATGCTAAAGTGGCAGAT
-10
-35 -35 -10
Pr1 Pr2
+1 +1
UAS UAS
IHF xylR
Pr XylR
XylS upper CH3
CH3
CH3 O OH
meta TCA XylR
CH3 CH3
CH3 O
OH TCA
XylR upper
XylS meta
NH2 HO
OCH3
OH CH3
Biolo gic al Di gita l
Site Habitat
Niche Community
Population Cell Genome Operon/pathway
Gene/enzyme
Complexity
ATG……TAA
P
UP element -35 Ext -10Dis + 1
RBS Ter
Activation
Repression
-24 -12 +
1
Transcription Translation
Degradation Degradation
Sigma70 family dependent promoters
Sigma54 dependent promoters Small molecule binding
Oligomerization Protein-protein interaction
Post-translational modification Translational
regulation
(I) (II) (III)
Activation
Y
1Y
2Y
N… X
Single Input Module (SIM)
X Y
Feedback Loop
Z W
X Y
Bifan
X Y Z
Feed Forward Loop (FFL)
Multiple Input Module (MIM)
Y
2Y
3… Y
NX
1Y
1X
2X
3X
N(A) (B) (C)
(D) (E) (F)
X Y Z
S
XS
Ycrp araC araBAD
cAMP Arabinose Type-1 coherent FFL
: Repression
(A) Amplifier (YES)
(B) NOT
(C) AND
P
P -35 -10
-35 -10 B A
P
-35 -10 A
B
A P 0 0 P 1 1
A
A P
A P B
A P 0 1 1 0
A B P 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1
(D) OR
P
-35 -10 A
A P
B B
A B P 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1
RNAP Symbology:
-35 -10 P
Promoter TF binding site
B A
TFs Cooperative interaction Degradation
(A) NOT AND (NAND)
P
-35 -10 A B
A P B
A B P 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 (B) AND NOT (ANDN)
P
-35 -10 A B
A B P 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 A P
B
(C) XOR
P’ P
-35 -10 B -35
-10 A A P
B
P P’
-35 -10 B -35
-10
B A (D) XNOR
A P B
(A) NOT OR (NOR)
P
A B P 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 -35 -10
A B A P
B
(B) OR NOT (ORN)
P
-35 -10 B A
A B P 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 A P
B
A B P 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0
A B P 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1
β
λ
α
β
Δ Δ
λ λ
λ
Δ
Δ
(
ori p15A Km
T1 gfplva
T0 pRV2
mcherry PlexA
-10
-35 +1
-10 -35
+1 PrecA
lexO lexO lexO
lexO (A)
ori pBR322 Ap
Ter lexA
pTrc-lexA lacIq
Ptrc (B)
xylR Pr
ori pUC Km
E B H
T7ter Pr
Sm oriT oriR6K
T0 T1
Tn7R Tn7LE H Gm
ori pUC Km
E B H
T7ter lacZ
Sm oriT oriR6K
T0 T1
Tn7R Tn7L
B Gm
Pr H
E
Tn7R
Tn7L Pr Gm
glmS PP5408
(I) (II)
(III) P. putida genome
P. putida genome
xylR’-’lacZ xylR’-’lacZ
xylR’-’lacZ
pUJ9 pNBTN7
pUJ9-Pr pTN7-PrZ
β
β
β
( ) ( )
θ θ
θ θ
( ) ( )
θ θ
( ) [ ( ) ( )]
θ θ
⁄
θ θ
θ
⁄ ( ) ( )
⁄ ( ) ( )
⁄ ( )
( ) ( ) ( )
⁄
⁄
⁄ ( ) ⁄
⁄ ⁄
( ) ⁄
⁄
⁄ ( ) ⁄
⁄
SOS Promoter RecA*
LexA
Nalidixic acidLacI
q(A) (B)
IPTGSOS Promoter LexA RecA*
Nalidixic acid
(C)
Nalidixic acid
IPTG
ssDNA RecA*
LacI
qGFP LexA
(D)
Nalidixic acid
IPTG
GFP
0
1 0 1
0
(E)
1
(A) (B)
(C) (D)
(C) (D)
ORN-P
lexAORN-P
lexA(A) (B)
ORN-P
recAORN-P
recA(A) ITPG (B) Nalidixic acid
ORN-PlexA ORN-PrecA
(A) (B)
ORN-P
lexAORN-P
recA(A) 75 min (D) 75 min
(B) 120 min (E) 120 min
(C) 165 min (F) 165 min
XylR
aXylR
iXylS
iXylS
hmeta operon upper operon
PmPu
XylS
aCH
3CH
3CH
3COOH
m-xylene 3MBz
Meta pathway TCA Upper pathway
Metabolism Gene regulation
xylS xylR
PrPs
σ σ
σ σ
σ
NOT A O
A O 0 1 1 0
A O B
AND
A B O 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1
A O B
OR
A B O 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 (A)
XylR m-xyl
(C)
XylRa
XylRi
XylSh
Pr xylR xylS
(B)
m-xyl
XylSi Ps2
upper
XylS
XylSh XylSa
CH3
COOH 3MBz
CH3
CH3
meta
TCA Ps1
σ
max k0+k1/g k1/g k0/g θ
zero s1 s5 s9 s11 s12 max
k0/g θ
zero s1 s5 s9 s11 s12 max
k0/g θ
zero s1 s5 s6
max k0+k1/g θ2 k0/g θ1
zero s1 s5 s6
max k0/g θ
zero s1 s5 s6 max
k0+k1/g k1/g k0/g θ
zero s1 s5 s6
XylR
max k0+k1/g θ2 k0/g θ1
zero s1 s5 s9 s11 s12 XylS
max k0/g θ
zero s1 s5 s9 s11 s12 upper
rmeta XylR
XylS
upper
rmeta (A)
(B)
stead-state
stead-state
θ θ
θ XylR
aupper
XylS
hX
?
(A)Single-input module like
max k0+k1/g θ2 k0/g θ1
zero s1 s5 s9 s11 s12 XylS max
k0/g θ
zero s1 s5 s9 s11 s12 upper (B)
σ σ
(C) (D)
(A)
Km oriT oriV trfA
T1 T0
pSEVA226 luxCDABE
SD
-24/-12
UAS -24/-12
-35/-10 XylS sites
Pu Ps
Pm UAS
P
(B) Control Induced
(A) XylRi
XylR
aupper
m-xyl
3MBz
TCA
XylS
iXylS
ameta XylS
hXylR
aXylS
hmeta XylS
aXylR
aXylS
hmeta meta XylS
aWild type
No XylS activation No XylS hyper-expression
(B)
max k
0+k
1/g k
1/g k
0/g θ zero
s1 s5 s9 s11 s12
Wild type max
k
0+k
1/g k
1/g k
0/g θ
zero s1 s5 s7 s9 s10 No XylS activation max
k
0+k
1/g k
1/g k
0/g θ
zero s1 s5 s7 s9 s10 No XylS hyper-
expression
(C)
Wild type (A)
XylR
aXylS
hmeta XylS
aCH3 HO
3MBA CH3
O O-
upper
3MBzXylR
aXylS
hmeta XylS
aCH3 O
O-
3MBz
XylR
aXylS
hmeta XylS
aCH3 CH3
o-xyl
(B) (C)
Cnt
o-xyl m-xyl
40 36 32 28 24 20 16
Time (h)
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5
(D) Pu-lux fusion (E)
No XylS hyper-expression
No XylS activation
Cnt
o-xyl
m-xyl
0 0.5 1 1.5 2
Time (h)
240 200 160 120 80
2.5 40
(A) (B)
(C) (D)
z
z
σ
σ σ σ σ
σ
σ
β
β β
IHF -70
UASd
UASp -10
-35 +1
-10
-35 +1 0
1 2 3
0 90 180 270 360
OD600
Time (min)
(A) (B)
(I)
(II)
(III) (IV)
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
- / - IHF/ - - /XylR IHF/XylR
Relative protmoer activity
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
- / - IHF/ - - /XylR IHF/XylR
Relative protmoer activity
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
- / - IHF/ - - /XylR IHF/XylR
Relative protmoer activity
(C) (D)
(E) (F)
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
- / - IHF/ - - /XylR IHF/XylR
Relative protmoer activity
Pr1
Pr2
β
β
β
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200
1 3 5 7 9 11
Time (h) wt
ihf
0 2 4 6 8 10
OD600
Time (h)
(A) 1 (B)
0.1
0.01
β-galactosidase activity (M.U.)
β
(A) Type-4 incoherent FFL (I4-FFL) X
Y
Z
SX
SY
IHF
XylR
Pu
m-xyl Stationary
Phase (B) TOL I4-FFL motif
-1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5
0 0.5 1
-1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5
0 0.5 1
-1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5
0 0.5 1
Time IHF
XylR
Pu (C)
β
β
0
200 400 600 800
lag early exp mid exp latter exp
β-galactosidase activity(M.U.)
Suc Glu
(A) (B)
0 2 4 6 8 10
Succinate
Glucose 1
0.1
0.01
Time (h)
OD600
lag early exp
mid exp
latter exp
β
β
β
β
σ
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500
wt crc
β-Galactosidase activity (M.U.)
Suc Glu
Type I coherent FFL
X
Y
Z SX
SY
Metabolic Amplifier Motif X
Y
Z SX
SY
W XylR
XylS
meta m-xyl
3MB
upper crp
araC
araBAD cAMP Arabinose
(A) (B)
β (A) I4-FFL stabilization by Crc
IHF
Pu
XylR
Stationary Phase
Crc m-xyl
Glu
Protein levels
OD600 XylR (B)
(C) OD600
XylR prodution rate
IHF Crc