DNA parts and gene constructs for plant biodesign

  • Yang Liu (Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States), TN (United States). Center for Bioenergy Innovation (CBI) (Creator)
  • Md Torikul Islam (Creator)
  • Ruchika Rajput (Creator)
  • Tao Yao (Creator)
  • Dan Hopp (Creator)
  • Stanton Martin (Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States), TN (United States). Center for Bioenergy Innovation (CBI) (Creator)
  • Jin Gui Chen (Creator)
  • Chung-Jui Tsai (Creator)
  • Paul Abraham (Creator)
  • Timothy Tschaplinski (Creator)
  • Gerald Tuskan (Creator)
  • Xiaohan Yan (Creator)

Dataset

Description

Plant biodesign requires the knowledge of DNA parts (e.g., genes, promoters, terminators), along with their combinations (as gene constructs) linked to engineered traits. DNA parts with validated or predicted functions in plants have been deposited in various online databases. However, these existing databases focus on basic biological functions of individual DNA parts, leaving a gap between basic knowledge and bioengineering applications. To fill this knowledge gap, we have created a user-friendly, open-ended database as a knowledge graph linking DNA parts to gene constructs to traits. This database contains experimentally validated DNA parts and gene constructs documented in peer-reviewed publications. The DNA parts include 1) molecular components with biological functions, such as genes involved in various biological processes (e.g., metabolic and signal transduction pathways) and 2) molecular components with technical functions, such as gene expression, genome engineering and sequence splicing. The gene constructs deposited in this database include both single-gene and multi-gene constructs. This database allows users to submit DNA parts and gene construct compositions linked to engineered traits described in peer-reviewed publications, providing a public digital repository for sharing the biodesign information among the researchers in the fields of plant biotechnology and plant synthetic biology.

Funding

FundersFunder number
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER). Earth & Environmental Systems Science (EESS)
USDOEAC05-00OR22725

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