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For the screening step, we used the xylE gene because catechol 2,3 dioxygenase activity is easily measured by spraying colonies with catechol and the amount of color produced is a rough measure of promoter activity [ 10 ] . In our screen, white, pale yellow, and bright yellow colonies were observed, indicating a wide range of promoter activity.
Lepianthes peltata plants contain alkaloids, carotenoids, anethol, chavicine, piperine and lignans [ 94 ] . S. aureus was partially inhibited by Lepianthes peltata . Lepianthes peltata methanolic extract had antioxidant activity attributed to the catechol derivative (4-nerolidylcatechol) [ 97 ] . Plants showed a significant analgesic effect lasting for 30 minutes [ 81 ] . The anti-inflammatory effectiveness of the methanol leaf extract supports this traditional use of Lepianthes peltata [ 94 ] . The plant's analgesic, antiinflammatory and antibacterial effects may help clear up any health problems of the dog that prevent it from successfully tracking a game animal.
Thus, aromatic hydroxylation of such compounds at the ortho-position would form a catechol ring (Table 3, #12) and produce metabolites that are structural analogues to dopamine.
One reporter gene, the aph gene which confers resistance to kanamycin, allows for selection of active promoters and a second reporter gene, the xylE gene which encodes catechol 2,3 dioxygenase, allows for screening for loss of promoter activity.
The following day, the plates were sprayed with 0.5 M catechol (Sigma) in 50 mM potassium phosphate (pH 7.5) to distinguish the xylE -expressing colonies (yellow) from the recombinant colonies (white).
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