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1 RiboTALE: A modular, inducible system for accurate gene expression control Navneet Rai, 1 Aura Ferreiro, Alexander Neckelmann, Amy Soon, Andrew Yao, 1, Justin Siegel, 1,, Marc Facciotti, 1, Ilias Tagkopoulos, 1,* 1 UC Davis Genome Center, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA, USA. Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA, USA. Department of Chemistry, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA, USA. Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA, USA. Department of Computer Science, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA, USA. UC Davis Undergraduate Program, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA, USA. *Corresponding author (itagkopoulos@ucdavis.edu). Supplementary material Contents Table S1 Constructs submitted to BioBrick registry... Table S List of primers... Table S List of synthesized gblocks... Table S Sequences of Riboswitch and TBS... Table S Strengths of P Const promoters and dissociation constants of TALE proteins... Figure S1. Repression of P Tet based target modules.... Figure S. Repression trajectories of P Tet based target modules... Figure S. Repression trajectories of P Const based target modules.... Figure S. Responses of cells expressing RiboTALE modules and P Const based target modules at single cell level

2 Table S1 Constructs submitted to BioBrick registry Construct BioBrick ID pribo1tale1 K1101 pribotale1 K11011 pribo1tale K1101 pribotale K1101 ptettbs1 K1101 ptettbs K1101 pc0tbs K1101 pc1tbs K110 pctbs K110 pctbs K110 Golden Gate compatible- K1100 -psbk Table S List of primers Primer Type Sequence ( ) TALE Forward TTTTTTGGTCTCACAAGATGTCCGACGCTTCGCCGG TALE Reverse AAAAAAGGTCTCAAAGCTCAACCGGTAGGATCCGGA GFP_lva Forward TTTTTTGGTCTCAGACAATGCGTAAAGGAGAAGAACT GFP_lva Reverse GGGCCTTTCTGCGTTTATAGCTTTGAGACCTTTTTT GFP_lva,_SDM Forward CCCAACGAAAAGAGAGATCACATGGTCCTTCTTGAG GFP_lva,_SDM Reverse CTCAAGAAGGACCATGTGATCTCTCTTTTCGTTGGG XbaI_TBS1 Forward ATAATGTCTAGATAAACAGATAAATAGACAA XbaI_TBS Forward ATAATGTCTAGATGAGTGCGGGAGCGTGGGG BBa_G00101 Reverse ATTACCGCCTTTGAGTGAGC psbk_sdm Forward CAGTGCTGCAATGATACCGCAAGACCCACGCTCACCGGCTC psbk_sdm Reverse GAGCCGGTGAGCGTGGGTCTTGCGGTATCATTGCAGCACTG Table S List of synthesized gblocks Part Oligonucleotide sequence ( ) pbad+ TATAGTGGTCTCAATGCACATTGATTATTTGCACGGCGTCACACTTTGCTAT Riboswitch-1 GCCATAGCAAGATAGTCCATAAGATTAGCGGATCCTACCTGACGCTTTTTAT +GFP CGCAACTCTCTACTGTTTCTCCATACCGTTTTTTTGGGCTAGCGGTGATACC AGCATCGTCTTGATGCCCTTGGCAGCACCCTGCTAAGGAGGTAACAACAAGT pbad+ Riboswitch- +GFP ptet+tbs1+ B00 ptet+tbs+ B00 GAGACCTCGATG TATAGTGGTCTCAATGCACATTGATTATTTGCACGGCGTCACACTTTGCTAT GCCATAGCAAGATAGTCCATAAGATTAGCGGATCCTACCTGACGCTTTTTAT CGCAACTCTCTACTGTTTCTCCATACCGTTTTTTTGGGCTAGCGGTGATACC AGCATCGTCTTGATGCCCTTGGCAGCACCCCGCTGCAGGACAACAAGTGAGA CCTCGATG TTTTTTGGTCTCAATGCTCCCTATCAGTGATAGAGATTGACATCCCTATCAG TGATAGAGATACTGAGCACTAAACAGATAAATAGAAAAGAGGAGAAAGACAT GAGACCAAAAAA TTTTTTGGTCTCAATGCTCCCTATCAGTGATAGAGATTGACATCCCTATCAG TGATAGAGATACTGAGCACTGAGTGCGGGAGCGTGGGGAAAGAGGAGAAAGA CATGAGACCAAAAAA

3 Table S Sequences of Riboswitch and TBS Sequences Riboswitch 1 Riboswitch GGUGAUACCAGCAUCGUCUUGAUGCCCUUGGCAGCACCCUGCUAAGGAGGUAACAACA AG GGUGAUACCAGCAUCGUCUUGAUGCCCUUGGCAGCACCCCGCUGCAGGACAACAAG TBS1 TAAACAGATAAATAGACAA TBS TGAGTGCGGGAGCGTGGGG Table S Strengths of PConst promoters and dissociation constants of TALE proteins Strengths of P Const promoters* Promoter BioBrick ID Relative promoter strengths* J100 1 J J10 0. J10 0. Dissociation constants (K D ) of TALEs 1 TALE1 0±0 nm TALE 1.±0. nm *parts.igem.org/promoters/catalog/anderson

4 Figure S1. Repression of P Tet based target modules. RiboTALE repression system that consists of (A) RiboTALE module pribotale1 and target module ptettbs1 at 0 ng/ml atc, (B) RiboTALE module pribotale1 and target module ptettbs1 at 100 ng/ml atc, (C) RiboTALE module pribotale and target module ptettbs at 0 ng/ml atc, (D) RiboTALE module pribotale and target module ptettbs at 100 ng/ml atc. KD of TALE1, 0±0 nm; KD of TALE, 1.±0. nm.. Error bars represent standard error of the mean (N=). 8

5 Figure S. Repression trajectories of P Tet based target modules. Repression trajectory, at saturating levels of atc (100 ng/ml), of RiboTALE repression system that consists of (A) RiboTALE module pribotale1 and target module ptettbs1, (B) RiboTALE module pribotale and target module ptettbs. Color bar indicates fold repression. KD of TALE1, 0±0 nm; KD of TALE, 1.±0. nm. 8

6 Figure S. Repression trajectories of P Const based target modules. Repression trajectory of RiboTALE repression system that consists of (A) RiboTALE module pribo1tale and target module pc0tbs, (B) RiboTALE module pribotale and target module pc0tbs, (C) RiboTALE module pribo1tale and target module pc1tbs, (D) RiboTALE module pribotale and target module pc1tbs. Color bar indicates fold repression.

7 Figure S. Responses of cells expressing RiboTALE modules and P Const based target modules at single cell level. (A) pribo1tale and pctbs, (B) pribotale and pctbs, (C) pribo1tale and pctbs, (D) pribotale and pctbs. (E) pribo1tale and pc0tbs, (F) pribotale and pc0tbs, (G) pribo1tale and pc1tbs, (H) pribotale and pc1tbs.

8 References 1 Meckler, J. F. et al. Quantitative analysis of TALE-DNA interactions suggests polarity effects. Nucleic Acids Res 1, (01). 8

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