Team:Paris Bettencourt/Notebook/Riboswitch
Ferment It Yourself
iGEM Paris-Bettencourt 2O15
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Vitamin A Vitamin B2 Vitamin B12 Phytase Riboswitch Differentiation on E. coli Differentiation on S. cerevisiae Manufacturing Idli and Micro-organisms July 27th
Goal
E coli DH5-alpha transformation with RFP from iGEM plate 4 - 2H (pSB1A3 backbone)Procedure
- I took iGEM plate 4 - 2H (RFP, BBa_J04450 in PSB1A3 backbone) and resuspend it in 10 uL of distilled water.
- Used E coli competent cells from NEB 2 tubes c2987 (50uL) : 1 control (C) and one for transformation (T)
- Introduced 2 uL (200-300pg/ul) of my suspended plasmid solution in T.
- Waiting 30 min in ice
- Heat shock 30 sec 42°C
- Then 5min in ice
- Add 200uL SOC medium
- Recovery 2 hours then plate it on 3 different 100ug/mL Ampicillin LB
- Incubate 37°C till tomorrow
Results
The day after I had colonies growing, nothing on my control-
I took 2 different colonies and do a 8 hours culture in two different tubes T1 an T2 in LB + Amp 100ug/mL, in order to do a glycerol stock.
July 29th
Goal
Making chemically competent cellsProcedure
I followed the following method- The day before, start an overnight Liquid Culture of the E. coli strain. (5mL of LB + Antibiotics + Single colony)
- The next day, set the Centrifuge at 4°C and place on ice a tube containing 15mL of 100mM CaCl2 and a tube containing 4mL of 100mM CaCl2 + 15% Glycerol.
- In an Erlenmeyer, add 50mL of LB and 250uL of the Liquid Culture, (for quicker growth, use a larger Erlenmeyer)
- Put the Erlenmeyer to shake at 37°C until the OD(600) reaches 0.4 - 0.5.
- When the OD(600) is reached, transfer in a 50mL Falcon tube and centrifuge 10min at 4°C.
- Remove the supernatant and resuspend in 15mL of ice cold 100mM CaCl2. -Leave on ice for 4h.
- Centrifuge 10min at 4°C.
- Remove the supernatant and resuspend in 4mL of ice cold 100mM CaCl2 + 15% Glycerol.
- Aliquot in 1.5mL eppendorf tubes and store at -80°C until use.
July 30th
Goal 1
PCR my G block and backboneProcedure
- PCR1 = Backbone + 068 and 069 primers, before purify
- PCR2 = FINAL + 068 and 069 primers, before purify
- Then PCR purification
- Nanodrop : PCR 1 = 61ng/uL ; PCR2 = 25,4 ng/uL
Goal 2
Digestion/Ligation/TransformationProcedure
First, digestion :- PCR1 ADN : 40uL = 2,4 ug 4uL EcoRI, PstI, FastAp 12 uL FD buffer 56 uL water TOT =120uL
- PCR2 ADN : 40uL = 1ug 6 uL EcoRI, PstI 12 uL FD buffer 64 uL water TOT= 128uL
- 10 min at 37°C
Then PCR purification- Nanodrop : nanodrop : PCR 1 = 20,7 ng/uL ;PCR2 = 25,7
For the ligation :- Vector PCR1 100 ng = 5 uL; Insert PCR 2 300 ng = 12uL T4 ligase buffer 2uL ; T4 ligase 1 uL ; Total 20 uL
- 20-40 min on the bench
- Nanodrop : L= 270 ng/uL
Then I did a heat shock transformation (following the iGEM protocol : http://parts.igem.org/Help:Protocols/Transformation )- C + = 10 ng/uL of RFP in pS1C3, 2 uL transformed (10pg/ul RFP Control (pSB1C3 w/ BBa_J04450)
- C - = nothing but efficients cells
- T = Plasmid construct 2uL transformed
- Each with 50 uL of chemically competents cells done yesterday.
Then I did 5 different plates :- 5 plates with 25ug/mL chloramphenicol in LB
- 200 uL control + , 20 uL control +
- 200 uL T , 20 uL T
- 200 uL C -
- Incubation overnight at 37°C
July 31th
Goal 1
Check the transformations I've done yesterdayProcedure
According to my plates my competent cells are working, red colonies on the C+. Transformation of my construction didn’t worked, I’ll start again all the process : PCR, purify, digest, ligate, integrate (heat shock), overnight culture.Goal 2
PCR my backbone and my insertProcedure
- PCR1' = Backbone + 068 and 069 primers, before purify
- PCR2' = FINAL + 068 and 069 primers, before purify
- After PCR and after purification : 1'p = 66,5 2'p =90,5 ng/uL
- The gel migration shows a bad result for PCR 1’ (Linearized pSB1C3)
August 1st
Goal
PCR my backbone and my insert again : 1" and 2"Procedure
PCR then purify
August 5th
Goal
Ligation/transformations (insertion of FINAL block from IDT in the pSB1C3 backbone, FINAL is my Riboswitch associated with an EGFP)Procedure
- Used 3 different insert PCR products
- Ligation after digestion and purification of PCR2’ = 94,6ng/uL , PCR2’’= 57,5 ng/uL , PCR2’’’=83,4 ng/uL ; Backbone pSB1C3 = 37,9ng/uL
' " "' Insert 4 7 5 Backbone 5 5 5 Buffer 2 2 2 Ligase 1 1 1 Water 8 5 7 TOTAL 20uL 20uL 20uL - C + : pSB1C3-RFP
- C - : just competent cells
- Plated on Cm 25 ug/mL
- 5 plates : ‘,’’,’’’,C+,C-
Results
- C- : nothing
- C+ : lot of red colonies
- ‘ : lot
- ‘’ : lot
- ‘’’ : lot
- I should have done a control transformation with just the backbone
August 6th
Goal 1
Cultivate my transformantsProcedure
- There is red and white transformant colonies, all resistant to Cm 25
- I selected some white colonies overnight culture
- On plate LB Cm —> it grew (some red, maybe contamination)
- On broth LB Cm —> it grew (some red, maybe contamination)
- Inoculated at 4:00 pm in LB Cm 25 bacteria from a culture ( red —> RFP ) with different AdoCbl concentrations in order to detect the minimal amount of B12 viable for e.coli : 5; 10; 20; 40; 80; 160 ng/mL
Goal 2
PCR the pSB1C3 backbone and my FINAL riboswitch constructionProcedure
- 2 PCR each
- I1 and I2 using primers 150 and 151
- LP1 and LP2 using primers 152 and 153
- Purification then nano drop : good for I2 : 112.4 ng/uL
Results
It shows a good length only for I2 at 1300 bp.
Goal 3
Do the PCR againProcedure
Template Primers MasterMix Water TOTAL Annealing T°C Elongation time I3 2ng = 2 uL 1 uL 25 uL 22 uL 50uL 56°C 2 min I4 2ng = 2 uL 2 uL 25 uL 21 uL 50uL LP3 25ng = 1uL 1 uL 25 uL 23 uL 50uL LP4 25ng = 1uL 2 uL 25 uL 22 uL 50uL Results
After PCR purify, nanodrop (ng/uL)I3 I4 LP3 LP4 30.7 177.6 86.7 93.9
Very good for LP4, good for LP3
Nothing for I3 and I4
August 7th
Goal 1
Digestion of LP4 and I2Procedure
LP4 I2 EcoRI 4uL 4uL PstI 4uL 4uL FastAP 4uL - FD Buffer 12uL 8uL DNA 2 ug (90 ng/uL) —> 20 uL 2ug (100 ng/uL) —> 20 uL Water 76 uL 44 uL TOTAL 120uL 80uL
Waited 15 min at 37°C
After digestion and PCR purification, nanodrop :
38.2 ng/uL for I2 (d. and p.)
31.2 ng/uL for LP4 (d. and p.)Goal 2
Ligation of LP4dp and I2dpProcedure
L* Vector LP4 dp 100 ng (31.2 ng/uL) —> 3uL Insert I2 dp 300 ng (38.2 ng/uL) —> 8uL T4 L,Buffer 2uL T4 ligase 1uL Water 6uL TOTAL 20 uL Goal 3
Transformation of L*Procedure
C- C+ T* ChemicallyCompetent Cells 50 uL 50 uL 50 uL L* - - 3 uL pSB1C3 with RFP 100ng/uL - 3 uL -
90 sec heat shock
On saturday they were growing but no fluorescence
August 10th
Goal 1
Colony PCR my T*Procedure
Pick up 16 colonies on my two T* plates
Put some bacteria in PCR tube + 2 uL of 148 and 149 (iGEM verification forward and backward) ;
10uM + 50 uL of Master Mix Phusion (last in the tubes) + 45 uL of water (first in the tube)
Waiting for a 1577 bp fragment on a gel Gel migration with a GR 1kb
It is quiet bad
August 11th
Goal 1
Do a new PCR of FINAL (G-block) and of pSB1C3 associated with RFPProcedure
Template Primers Master Mix Phusion Water Time of elongation (72°C) T°C annealing Lenght Primers Nanodrop after purify (ng/uL) LP1* 5ng 2uL 25uL QSP for 50uL 2 min 56°C 2078 152 - 153 68.3 LP2* 10ng 2uL 25uL QSP for 50uL 2 min 56°C 2078 152 - 153 133.5 LP3* 2ng 2uL 25uL QSP for 50uL 2 min 56°C 2078 152 - 153 127.8 F1* 2ng 2uL 25uL QSP for 50uL 1 min 58°C 1314 150 - 151 98 F2* 3ng 2uL 25uL QSP for 50uL 1 min 58°C 1314 150 - 151 102 F3* 1ng 2uL 25uL QSP for 50uL 1 min 58°C 1314 150 - 151 58 Results
Gel migration wit 1kb GRGoal 2
Digestion of pSB1C3 + RFPProcedure
Backbone+RFP Plasmid (100ng/uL) 10uL EcoRI 2uL PstI 2uL Buffer 6uL Water 38uL FastAP 2uL TOTAL 60uL Results
Gel migration : order = 1kb GR - Digested product x3
Then I cuted the 2100 fragment and did the gel extraction protocolGoal 3
Digestion of pSB1C3 linearized (LP1,2,3 *) and F1,2,3 *Procedure
F2d LP2d LP3d ADN 10 uL 10 uL 10 uL EcorRI 2 uL 2 uL 2 uL PstI 2 uL 2 uL 2 uL Buffer 4 uL 6 uL 6 uL Water 22 uL 38 uL 38 uL FastAP _ 2uL 2uL TOTAL 40 60 60 Goal 4
Ligations and transformationsProcedure
L1 L2 L3 Vector 100ng LP2d (40.1ng/uL),2uL LP3d (21.1ng/uL),4 uL Backbone from digestion + electrophoresis extraction (9.1ng/uL), 10 uL Insert 300 ng (8.1ng/uL) (F2d) 30 uL 20 uL 10 uL T4 ligase buffer 4 uL 4 uL 2 uL T4 ligase 2 uL 2 uL 1 uL Water 0 10 uL 0 TOTAL 40 uL 40 uL 20 uL
Used 3 uL for the transformations with 50 uL of competent cells
(iGEM protocol) Waited 15 min instead of 30 min after put the ligation product (on ice)
Heat shock 1 min 30
2 hours recovery
Plated C- (just chemically competents cells Heat Shocked) C (LP2 dp ! no ligation) L1, L2, L3
Results
Grew on L1, L2, L3 ; nothing on the two others
Number of colonies :
L1 ++ (50)
L2 ++ (50)
L3 +++ (100)
August 12th
Goal 1
Ligation of LP2 alone and transfo for a negative controlProcedure
Vector : LP2 (40.1ng/uL) 2 uL
No insert
T4 ligase buffer : 4 uL
T4 ligase : 2 uL
Water : 32 uL
TOTAL : 40 uL
Transfo : use 3 uL of ligated product
Result after culture on LB + Cm : nothing for the C and lot of colonies for L2
Goal 2
Colony PCR on yesterday transformations platesProcedure
Using primers 148 - 149 (10uM), 2 uL each
Dream Taq Master Mix : 10 uL
Water : 6uL
TOTAL : 20uL
Colony n° 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Comes from L2-1 L2-2 L2-3 L2-4 L2-5 L1-1 L1-2 L1-3 L1-4 L3-1 L3-2 L3-3 L3-4 Results
Nothing : ?
350 bp : recircularization (expected : 320 bp )
Expected = 1700 ! —> nothing
August 13th
Goal 1
DigestionProcedure
I will digest F1* this time and try to insert it in LP2* digested tooF1*d LP2*d ADN 2 ug (60,6 ng/uL) = 35 uL 2 ug (108,3 ng/uL) = 20 uL EcorI 4 uL 4 uL PstI 4 uL 4 uL FastAP - 4 uL Buffer 8 uL 12 uL Water 29 uL 76uL TOTAL 80 uL 120 uL Goal 2
LigationProcedure
L4 LC (control, no insert) Insert 195 ng (35 ng/uL) = 6 uL - Vector 100 ng (35ng/uL) = 3uL 3 uL Ligase 1 uL 1 uL Ligase Buffer 2 uL 2 uL Water 8 uL 14 uL TOTAL 20 uL 20 uL
And transformed 2uL of each tube in 50 uL of chemically competent cells.
Then plated 3 petri dish (Cm 25ng/uL : 100 uL of L4; 150 uL of L4; 100 uL of LC
37°C overnight.
Result
Number of colonies : 100 uL of L4 = 200 ; 150 uL of L4 = 300 ; 100 uL of LC = 3 The control is showing that my T4 colonies might have insertionsGoal 3
4 colony PCR on 24 colonies from L2 done yesterday with the controlProcedure
Made 4 tubes with 1 mL of water and introduced 6 colonies per tube in order to be able to do more screening. Let the tubes on the bench 1 hour (osmotic shock), then centrifugation 5 min 14 K rpm. Then took 8 uL of each suspension and put it in 4 PCR tubes.PCR1 PCR2 PCR3 C Colonies 1-6 ;8 uL 7-12 ; 8 uL 13-18 ; 8 uL 19-24 ; 8 uL Master Mix 10 uL 10 uL 10 uL 10 uL Primers 148 - 149 1 uL x 2 1 uL x 2 1 uL x 2 1 uL x 2 Water 6 uL 6 uL 6 uL 6 uL TOTAL 20 uL 20 uL 20 uL 20 uL
It might be a problem in the protocol, maybe 1mL is to much and it’s over diluted so not enough template ?
Maybe the cells didn’t exploded ?
August 14th
Goal
Colony PCR (16 colonies from T4)Procedure
Suspended T4 colony in 20 uL of water 6 uL Primers 148 - 149 1 uL x2 Master Mix Phusion 8 uL TOTAL 16 uL
Anealing 51°C
Elongation time : 1:30 min
35 cycles
Selected colony 6 for overnight culture in LB broth + Cm25
Also colony 5 for a control
The electrophoresis shows a bad level of insertion ( It is strange considering that my control - had just 3 colonies growing )
Why 2 bands in the 6th colony ? Maybe multiple plasmid insertion some with insertion, some without.
What to do?
Work on the 6th colony
Change my restriction enzymes
Use DpnI
August 17th
Goal
Miniprep and digest colonie 6 and 5 for controlProcedure
Using Promega SV Miniprep Kit
Nanodrop after
6 = 55 ng/uL
5 = 51 ng/uL
Digestion : Hind III enzyme (1 digestion site in my construction, inside my insert)5 6 Hind III 4 uL 4 uL FastAP 4 uL 4 uL FD buffer 8 uL 8 uL DNA (50ng/uL) 20 uL 20 uL Water 44 uL 44 uL TOTAL 80 uL 80 uL
August 18th
Goal1
New digestionProcedure
F2d' F3d' LP1d' LP3d' DNA 55ng/uL = 20uL 76 ng/uL = 15uL 76 ng/uL = 15uL 82ng/uL = 15uL FastAP 2uL 2uL EcoRI 2uL 2uL XbaI 2uL 2uL SpeI 2uL 2uL 2uL 2uL FD buffer 4uL 4uL 6uL 6uL Water 12uL 17uL 33uL 33uL TOTAL 40uL 40uL 60uL 60uL Nanodrop after purify 41 ng/uL 21 ng/uL 16 ng/uL 68 ng/uL Goal2
LigationProcedure
La (F2d’-LP1d’) La c Lb (F3d’-LP3d’) Lb c F2dp’ 6uL LP1dp’ 7uL 7uL F3dp’ 15uL LP3dp’ 2uL 2uL Ligase 1uL 1uL 1uL 1uL L buffer 2uL 2uL 2uL 2uL Water 4uL 10uL 15uL TOTAL 20uL 20uL 20uL 20uL
August 19th
Results
Yesterday plates : La (250uL) : 50
Lb (250uL) : 0
La c (50uL) : 1 colony
Lb c (50uL) : 1 colony
Nothing but competent cells : NOTHINGGoal
Colony PCRProcedure
Cells in 10 uL of water 2 uL Primers 1uL x 2 MasterMixDreamTaq 10 uL Water 6 uL Total 20 uL Result
Then m iniprep of 22, 23 (+24?), 24
Also plated LB + Cm
And liquid culture
August 21th
Goal
Digestion of my mini prep from yesterdayProcedure
Nanodrop :
22 = 23.5ng/uL
23 = 53.7ng/uL
24 = 25.5ng/uL
22 23 24 DNA 16 16 16 Buffer 2 2 2 Hind III 1 1 1 Nco I 1 1 1 TOTAL 20 20 20 Expected length 2040 bp (no insertion, recircularisation) 1315 and 2026 bp (insertion) 2040 bp
Gel order : GR1kb , 22, 23, 24, GR1kb
Exactly what I was expecting
Band 23 : 3700 = plasmid undigested ??
New gel
Order : GR 1kb, 23, 23 d, 24, 24d
PS : 23 is two bands now maybe because the digestion is now finished (it was on the bench for one hour)
23 sent to sequencing
August 31th
Goal 1
PCR for my Gibson 1 = Replace the RBS and first codon of the RFP in the classical pSB1C3 associated with Part:BBa J04450 by the riboswitch sequenceProcedure
PCRInsert Backbone Template 1ng = 2uL 1 uL 1ng = 2uL 1uL Primers 209-210
1uL210-211
1uLMasterMix 25 uL 25 uL Water 23 uL 24 uL 23 uL 24 uL TOTAL 50uL 50uL Elongation time 30 sec 2 min Expected length 243 3149 Results
Gel order : GR 1kb, B1, B2, I1, I2
Bad result for B1 , B2Goal 2
New PCR for the backboneProcedure
B2 B3 B4 Template 3uL (ng) 3uL (ng) 3uL (ng) MasterMixPhusion 25 uL 25 uL 25 uL DMSO 1uL 1uL 1uL Primers 1uL 1uL 1uL Water 20 uL 20 uL 20 uL T°C annealing 56°C 58°C 60°C Result
So badSeptember 1st
Goal 1
PCR FINAL for a new transformationProcedure
F1 F2 F3 Template 2ng 5ng 10ng Primers 150-151 2uL 2uL 2uL MasterMix 25uL 25 uL 25 uL Water 19 uL 16uL 11uL TOTAL 50 uL 50 uL 50 uL
1 - 58.8°C
2 - 58.4°C
3 - 57.9°C
4 - 57.2°C
5- 56.6°C
Result
Gel order : GR1KB-10-11-12-13-14-15- GR1KB-20-21-22-23-24-25- GR1KB-30-31-32-33-34-35
Goal 2
Gibson 1 - New PCRProcedure
B5 B6 B7 I3 I4 I5 Template 1ng 3ng 6ng 1ng 3ng 6ng Primers 2uL 2uL 2uL 2uL 2uL 2uL MasterMixPhusion 25uL 25uL 25uL 25uL 25uL 25uL Water 20 uL 20 uL 20 uL 20 uL 20 uL 20 uL TOT 50 uL 50 uL 50 uL 50 uL 50 uL 50 uL Primers used 211-212 209-210 T°C annealing 69°C 66°C Elongation time 2min 15sec Results
Gel order : - - - B5 B6 B7 I4 I5 ( I3 was lost )
September 2nd
Goal 1
Digestion/LigationProcedure
The PCR product was purified before.
Digestion :
F11d pSB1C3d DNA 1:3 55ng/uL, 1.5 ug —> 30 uL 96 ng/uL, 0.75 ug —> 8 uL Fast AP 2uL EcoRI 2uL 2uL SpeI 2uL 2uL FD Buffer 4uL 6uL Water 2uL 40uL TOTAL 40uL 60uL Nanodrop after purif 8.6 11 (after gel extract)
I extracted the 3kb band from the gel
Ligation :
La (F2d’-LP1d’) La c F11d 25 uL pSB1C3d 10uL 10uL Ligase 1uL 1uL L buffer 4uL 4uL Water 25uL TOTAL 40uL 40uL Goal 2
Back to my Gibson 1Procedure
~ 60 ng of backbone in ~ 5 uL for assembly so concentrations as low as 12 ng/uL are usually fine.
G11 G12 B5 100ng — > 3uL 100ng — > 3uL I5 7.7ng (equimolar) —> 1uL I2 7.7ng (equimolar according to NEB Bio Calculator) —> 1uL GibsonMix 15uL 15uL Water 1 uL 1 uL TOTAL 20uL 20uL
Then I did a transformation by Heat Shock using 2 uL of the product and I plated it.September 3rd
Result
Result of my plating from yesterday
G11: 200uL —> 300 colonies (3 were red)
20 uL —> 40 colonies (2 red)
G12 : 200uL —> 30 colonies (9 were red)
20uL —> 3 colonies (1 red)
Goal 1
Colony PCR (on colonies that don’t show any red fluo)Procedure
16 colonies : Master Mix dream Taq 10uL , Primers Fwd 148 1uL , Primer Rv 149 1uL, Water 8uL , TOTAL 20uL
1 min 45 elongation expected length 1566; T°Cannealing 52°C; 95°C 8min firstResult
Colony 1 to 16, GR 1kb between 8 and 9
Liquid culture in M9 (without B12) with Cm 25 for colonies 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 , 10Goal 2
Colony PCR on the red coloniesProcedure
Master Mix dream Taq 10uL , Primers Fwd 148 1uL , Primer Rv 149 1uL, Water 8uL , TOTAL 20uL
Result
Colony 11’ is quiet interesting, the 3' too
Liquid culture in M9 Cm25 of 1’, 2’, 3’, 11’ without B12 and with 5 mg/L of adenosylcobalamin and in LB Cm25September 4th
Goal 1
PCR my new G-block for Gibson 2Procedure
R (Riboswitch) B (pSB1C3) Template DNA 2ng 2ng Primers 1 (10uM) 2uL (213) 2uL (215) Primers 2 (10uM) 2uL (214) 2uL (216) Phusion Master Mix 25 uL 25 uL Water 19 uL 19 uL TOTAL 50 uL 50 uL T°C annealing 67°C 66°C Time elongation 25 sec 1 min 10 Length 476 3149 Result
Nothing