Team:UCLA/Notebook/Spider Silk Genetics/29 July 2015

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7/29/2015

Sequencing Results for M2-12(1C3)

  • 1: Bad: No reverse priming site.
  • 2: long deletion in beginning.
  • 3: VF: good from beginning to 777. VR: good from 510 to end.

Gel Purification for M1-AB, BC, CA; M2-15; linear pSB1C3

  • Used Zymo Gel Recovery Kit.
Concentration (ng/uL) A 260/280
M1-AB 24.64 2.08
M1-BC 31.85 1.95
M1-CA 30.79 1.71
M2-15 15.75 1.41
pSB1C3 319.11 1.83

Digestion for M2-12(1C3), M2-15, pSB1C3

  • Digested each in 50 uL reactions, buffered with NEBuffer 2.1
  • Used 1 uL for each of the indicated enzymes.
Digestion Amount (ug) Enzymes Post-Digestion Purification Post-Digestion Concentration (ng/uL)
M2-12 3 XbaI, PstI Gel Purification 71.06
M2-15 0.375 EcoRI, PstI PCR Purify 16.93
pSB1C3 1 ug EcoRi, PstI PCR Purify 65.85

Ligation for M2-12 into BBa_K525998, M2-15 into pSB1C3

  • Used ligation calculator.
    • Vector size: 2070 bp
    • Vector amount: 50 ng
    • Insert size: 1324 (M2-12), 1630 (M2-15)
    • Vector to insert ratio: 1:3
  • Ligate:
    • 95.9 ng of M2-12 to 50 ng of vector.
    • 118.1 ng of M2-15 to 50 ng of vector.
  • Ligate for 1 hr at 25 C, heat kill at 65 C for 15 min.

Transformation

  • M2-12(T7) into BL21(DE3) chemically competent cells.
    • Transformed 5 uL DNA
  • M2-15(1C3) into DH5(alpha) electrically competent cells.
    • Dialyzed and transformed 2 uL of DNA.
    • Arc time: 5.5 ms