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Plasmids transformation :
Add 20 ng of plasmid to 100 µL of competent cells thawed in ice
Incubate 30-45 min in ice
Thermal shock : put tubes in the Thermomixer at 42°C during 2 min
Incubate 5 min in ice
Add 900 µL of LB
Incubate 1 hour at 37°C with agitation
Spread 100 µL on LB limp (with antibiotic)
To make negative control, follow the same procedure but without add plasmids and spread 300 µL
Ligation transformation:
Add 20 ng of ligation’s product to 100 µL of competent cells thawed in ice
Incubate 30-45 min in ice
Thermal shock : put tubes in the Thermomixer at 42°C during 2 min
Incubate 5 min in ice
Add 900 µL of LB
Incubate 1 hour at 37°C with agitation
Centrifuge 5 min at 5000 rpm
Eliminate 850 µL of medium
Suspend the pellet
Spread 150 µL on LB limp (with antibiotic)
To make negative control, follow the same procedure but without add plasmids and spread 300 µL


Make a culture of your bacteria in LB medium and let it grow until bacteria are in exponential phase (OD600 = 0.5).
Cells are cold centrifuge 10 min at 3500 rpm.
The pellet is slowly suspended in 80 mL of Tfb1 buffer (300mM KOAc, 0.05M MnCl2, 0.1M KCl, 0.01M
CaCl2, 15% Glycerol (see next section “Preparation of Tbf1 and Tbf2 buffer”).
After another 5 min cold centrifugation at 3500 rpm, the pullet is suspended in 8 mL of Tbf2 Buffer
(0.01mM NaMOPS pH 7, 0.075M CaCl2, 0.01M KCl, 15% Glycerol)
Incubate 15 min in ice. Aliquot 200µL of cell suspension in sterile Eppendorf tubes. The cell
suspension is conserved at -80°C.


For 200 mL of culture:
Preparation of 80 mL of Tbf1 Buffer:
KAc 1M 2.4 mL
MnCl2 0.5M 8 mL
KCl 1 M 8 mL
CaCl2 0.1M 8 mL
Gly 80% 15 mL
H2O 38.6 mL
Preparation of 8 mL of Tbf2 Buffer:
NaMOPS 0.2M 400 µL
CaCl2 0.1M 6 mL
KCl 1 M 8 mL
Gly 80% 1.5 mL
KCl 1M 80 µL
H2O 500 µL


50% glycerol 6.25 mL Glycerol 80%
20 mM EDTA 0.4 mL EDTA 0.5 M
0.05% Bromophenol blue ≈0.05g Bromophenol blue
0.05% Xylene cyanol ≈0.05g xylene cyanol
1% SDS 1 mL SDS 10%


DNA Between 50 and 100 ng
EcoRI-HF 0.2 µL
PstI 0.2 µL
10X NEBuffer 2 2 µL
100X BSA 0.2 µL
H2O To 20 µL
Incubate all digest reactions at 37°C for 1 hour and then add 3 µL of SES 4X and migrate 30 min at
150V on a 1% agarose gel.


Upstream part :
Upstream part plasmid 500 ng
EcoRI-HF 1 µL
PstI 1 µL
10X NEBuffer 2 2.5 µL
100X BSA 0.5 µL
H2O To 50 µL

Downstream part :
Downstream part plasmid 500 ng
Xba I 1 µL
Spe I 1 µL
10X NEBuffer 2 2.5 µL
100X BSA 0.5 µL
H2O To 50 µL

Destination plasmid:
Destination plasmid 500 ng
EcoRI-HF 1 µL
PstI 1 µL
DpnI 1 µL
10X NEBuffer 2 2.5 µL
100X BSA 0.5 µL
H2O To 50 µL

Incubate the three restriction digest reactions at 37°C for 10 minutes and then heat inactivate at 80°C for 20 minutes.


Upstream part digestion 2 µL
Dowstream part digestion 2 µL
Destination plasmid 2 µL
10X T4 DNA ligase buffer 2 µL
T4 DNA ligase 1 µL
H2O 11 µL

Incubate at RT for 1 hour.


The sequences are already prepared like BioBrick Assembly, they also have the prefixe and suffixe
This protocol is made to prepare the DNA, digest, ligate and transform it.
  • 1- Resuspend gBlocks Gene fragment to a final concentration of 10 ng/µL in TE or AE (elution buffer). The tube contain 1000 ng of gBlocks Gene fragment so you have to add 100µL of AE
  • 2- Mix well, a vortex shall be used

Digestion E/P

Digest 100 ng in 50µL
Component 50 µL of reaction
DNA 10 µL
Net buffer 2.1 5 µL
H2O 33 µL
EcoRI 1 µL
Pst I 1 µL

1- Incubate for 45 min at 37°C 2- Incubate 20 min at 80°C (inactivation of restriction enzyme)
Component 50 µL of reaction
DNA 10 µL
Net buffer 2 (10X) 5 µL
BSA (100X) 0.5 µL
H2O 33 µL
EcoRI 1 µL
Pst I 1 µL

Ligation

  • 1- Ligate 50 ng vector with a 3X molar excess of gBlocks Gene fragments in fresh T4 DNA ligase buffer diluted to 1X and 400 U T4 DNA ligase for a total volume of 20 µL
Component 20 µL of reaction
PSBIC3 (or other vector) at 12.5 ng/µL 2 µL
insert digested (at 37.5 ng/µL) 12 µL
T4 ligase buffer 2 µL
T4 ligase 400U 1 µL
H2O 3 µL
  • 1- Incubate 2h at room temperature

Transformation

  • 1- Add 10 µL of ligation’s product to 100 µL of competent cells thawed in ice (TGI cells)
  • 2- Incubate 45 min in ice
  • 3- Thermal shock: put tubes in the thermomixer at 42°C during 2 min
  • 4- Incubate 5 min in ice
  • 5- Add 900 µL of LB
  • 6- Incubate 1 hour at 37°C with agitation
  • 7- Centrifuge 5 min at 5000 rpm
  • 8- Eliminate 850 µL of supernatant
  • 9- Suspend the pellet in the 150µL of remaining medium
  • 10- Spread 150 µL on LB limp (with antibiotic)

To make negative control, follow the same procedure but without add plasmids and spread 300 µL



Take the EconoTaq PLUS 2X Master Mix only when all your tubes are ready and keep it on ice all the time you need it.
Add the EconoTaq PLUS 2X Master Mix at the end, when your tubes contain all the other components..
25 µL Reaction 50 µL Reaction 100 µL Reaction Final concentration
EconoTaq PLUS 2X Master Mix 12.5 µL 25 µL 50 µL 1X
Forward Primer (100 pmol/µL) 0.5 µl 0.5 µL 1 µL 1 pmol/µL (1µM)
Reverse Primer (100 pmol/µL) 0.5 µL 0.5 µL 1 µL 1 pmol/µL (1µM)
DNA Template* 0.5 µL 1 µL 1 µL
Water nuclease-free 11 µL 23 µL 47 µL

*One colony in 50 µL of Water.15-20 min at 80°C. 5 min at 96°C.



Cycling Step Temperature Time Number of cycles
Initial denaturation 98°C 3 min 1
Denaturation 95°C 10 sec X 27
Annealing 50-65°C 40 sec X 27
Extension 72°C 1 min/kb X 27
Hold 16°C Indefinitely


Take the Q5 High Fidelity DNA Polymerase only when all your tubes are ready and keep it on ice all the time you need it.
Add the Q5 High Fidelity DNA Polymerase at the end, when your tubes contain all the other.

Component 50 µL reaction
5X Q5 Buffer 10 µL
dNTP (10 µM) 1 µL
Primer Forward 10 µM 2.5 µL
Primer Reverse 10 µM 2.5 µL
DNA 1 colony* or 1 µL
Q5 Polymerase 0.5 µL
Water To 50 µL

*One colony in 50 µL of Water. 15-20 min at 80°C. 5 min at 96°C.


Cycling Step Temperature Time Number of cycles
Initial denaturation 98°C 10 min if DNA is from a colony
else 3 min
1
Denaturation 98°C 10 sec X 27
Annealing 55°C 20 sec X 27
Extension 72°C 30 sec/kb X 27
Hold 16°C Indefinitely




Component 50 µL reaction
5X Q5 Buffer 10 µL
dNTP (10 µM) 1 µL
Primer Forward 10 µM 2.5 µL
Primer Reverse 10 µM 2.5 µL
DNA 1 colony or 1 µL
Q5 Polymerase 0.5 µL
Water To 50 µL

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