Team:UCLA/Notebook/Spider Silk Genetics/15 July 2015
Contents
7/15/2015
Sequence Verification
- ICA MaSp2 3-mer
- All are good
- MaSp2 6-mer
- Sequence failure for 1, 2.
- Sequence 3 is good.
- MaSp2 Seq AB
- 1: BAD: single bp deletion
- 2: GOOD
- 3: BAD: 20 bp insert
Restriction Enzyme Digestion, Subcloning Preparation
- Subcloning 3-mer and 6-mer into BBa_K525998 for expression.
- Cloning 9-mer into pSB1C3 for sequencing and biobrick making.
Restriction Enzymes | Amount to Digest | Post-Digest Processing | |
---|---|---|---|
BBa_K525998 | S, P | 1 ug of plasmid | PCR purify |
3-mer | X, P | 2 ug of plasmid | Gel purify |
6-mer | X, P | 2 ug of plasmid | Gel purify |
9-mer | E, P | 10 uL of solution | PCR purify |
- Digestion was in 50 uL reactions; all used 10x NEBuffer 2.1; used 1 uL of each enzyme.
- Digest at 37 C for 1.5 hrs, then heat kill at 65 C for 20 min.
Results
Concentration (ng/uL) | A 260/280 | |
---|---|---|
BBa_K525998 | 102.46 | 2.07 |
MaSp2 3-mer | 32.33 | 2.53 |
MaSp2 6-mer | 31.82 | 1.70 |
MaSp2 9-mer | 10.28 | .1.73 |
Ligation for Transformation Preparation
- Ligate MaSp2 3-mer, 6-mer into BBa_K525998.
- Ligate MaSp2 ICA 9-mer into pSB1C3.
- Used [http://www.insilico.uni-duesseldorf.de/Lig_Input.html Ligation Calculator] with the following parameters to determine relative DNA amounts:
- vector size: 2200 bp
- vector amount: 50 ng
- insert size:
- 3-mer: 406 bp
- 6-mer: 712 bp
- 9-mer: 1018 bp
- 3:1 ratio of insert:vector
- Ligation in 20 uL reactions with 1 uL of T4 Ligase.
- Ligated at 25 C for 25 min, then heat kill at 65 C for 10 min.
Transformation
- 2 uL of ligated product MaSp2 3-mer, 6-mer were transformed into BL21(DE3) chemical competent cells.
- Plated all the bacteria onto chloramphenicol plates.
- 3 uL of ligated MaSp2 ICA 9-mer were dialyzed against ultra-pure water.
- Transformed 2 uL of MaSp2 ICA 9-mer into DH5(alpha) electrocompetent cells.
- Plated all the bacteria onto chloramphenicol plates.