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June
M	T	W	T	F	S	S
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30

July
M	T	W	T	F	S	S
		1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
27	28	29	30	31

August
M	T	W	T	F	S	S
					1	2
3	4	5	6	7	8	9
10	11	12	13	14	15	16
17	18	19	20	21	22	23
24/31	25	26	27	28	29	30

September
M	T	W	T	F	S	S
	1	2	3	4	5	6
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28	29	30

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08/06/15

LB AGAR
7g of agar powder
200ml of dH₂O
Broth in 200ml flask and 10ml UB

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09/06/15

TRANSFORMATION
Transforming double terminator and promoter biobricks into TOP 10 E. coli cells
Double terminator- BBa_B0015- 2013/Plate 3/4F chloramp
TetR repressible promoter- BBa_R0040- 2013/Plate5/6I chloramp
#32 and 20- Double Terminator- BBa_B0015
#29 and 12- TetR promoter- BBa_R0040
#1-Double promoter
#13-Promoter
#21- control

Inoculated 6 plates. 2 with double terminator (1 plate @ 20 µl and the other 230 µl), 2 with promoter (1 plate @ 20 µl and the other 230 µl) and 2 with control (1p plate @ 20 µl and the other 230 µl).
Also inoculated 10 ml LB broth with T6 and T7 promoters for overnight growth.
-Are the parts compliant with iGEM standards
-Smallest parts/largest parts
-What are the ends (Z/X)

ILLUSTRATION

forward primer	0.5 µl	1 µl
reverse primer	0.5 µl	1 µl
template DNA	1 µl	2 µl
master mix	23 µl	46 µl
TOTAL VOLUME	25 µl	50 µl

PCR
95oC for 3 mins
95oC for 30 secs- 30 cycles
55oC for 40 secs- 30 cycles
72oC for 1 min- 30 cycles
72oC for 10 mins
(1%) Gel electrophoresis 100U for 40 mins

Well no.	Material in well
1	2µl of DNA ladder
2	PCR A (1µl of dye and 5 µl of product)
3	PCR B (1µl of dye and 5 µl of product)

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17/06/15

Making competent cells
Spectrophotometer set at OD 600nm
0.131 after 40 mins incubation need 0.3-0.4
0.238 after1 hr and 10mins
0.340 after 1 hr and 30 mins incubation
10ml overnight growth- 200ml LB broth

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18/06/15

No growth

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22/06/15

Make antibiotics
Make plates- melt agar
Transformation using control plasmid (check dilution of control plasmid)
Plate competent cells and check tomorrow

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23/06/15

No growth

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24/06/15

*KEEP STERILE
Once gets to 0.6 put flask on ice for 30 mins
Aliquot 50ml 4x50ml chilled falcon tubes
Centrifuge @ 3500rpm, @4 oC for 7 mins
-resuspend cells in 12.5ml 0.1M MgCl2
-centrifuge @ 3500rpm, @4 oC for 7 mins, discard supernatant
-resuspend each tube in 25ml of 0.1M CaCl2
-incubate for 30 mins then centrifuge
-resuspend each tube in 700 µl 0.1M CaCl2 and 300 µl of 50% glycerol to give final volume of 1ml in each tube.
-aliquot 50 µl into 1.5 ml sterile micro centrifuge tubes on ice.
-Store @ -80 oC
OD 600
0.125 after 1 hr- give an extra 45 mins
Rpm increased from 210 to 250
Want OD to get to 0.600
0.315 at 1 hr and 45mins
0.456 at 2 hrs and 15 mins
0.538 at 2 hours and 45 mins

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25/06/15

Shewanella oneidensis
→
MtrD/ MtrE/ MtrF/ OmcA/ MtrC/ MtrA/ MtrB
966/ 2139/ 1920/ 2208/ 2016/ 1022/ 2094

-Illegal (5-pst1, 1-Spe1)
-Size of each fragment
Biomass and electrical potential

#8 (old) High str BBa_J23100—(125 µl on LB and 125 µl on AMP)
#2 (old) low str BBa_J23103—(125 µl on LB and 125 µl on AMP)
#16 (old) control—(250 µl on AMP)
#84 (new) High str BBa_J23100—(20 µl on LB and 230 µl on AMP)
BBa_J23103- 2013 plate 5 18I
BBa_J23100- 2013 plate 5 18C

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01/07/15

Isolating high and low strength constitutive promoter from 2013 DNA plates.
BBa_J23100- High strength- 2013 plate 5 18C
BBa_J23103- Low strength- 2013 plate 5 18I

To test competent cells we will be using XL1-Blue competent cells (known to work) with an old batch (made in 2014) of TOP 10 and new batch (made 6/15) of TOP 10.
MtrB 56172-58265
MtrA 58278-59279
MtrC 59348-61363
OmcA 161693-63900

ILLUSTRATION
-TOP 10 competent cells recovered by iGEM
-To make TOP 10 recommended to use CCMB80 TEKNOVA
-Ask Mark bioinformatics work- where do we start?
- Before OmcA? End? Whole pathway?
-NEB Biolabs iGEM offer
-We want:
– HiFi DNA Assembly master mix to assemble gBlocks OR
– BioBrick assembly kit

Ampillicin (sodium salt) = M.W 371.40
1g in 10ml- 100mg/ µl
1g in 20ml- 50mg/ µl
For RDP illegal sites= BsaI and NotI


MtrC- PstI illegal site CTGCAG
Therefore mutate GCT (codes for alanine) to GCG (Ala) in order to remove illegal site

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02/07/15

gBlocks ordered- MtrA, MtrB, MtrC, OmcA, CymA
MtrA- 1002bp= 1 gBlock

MtrB- 2094bp in size therefore split into 3 gBlocks as gBlocks only come in 1kb size.
MtrB 1=1-850 to allow for Gibson assembly approximately 40bp overhang
MtrB 2=810-1660
MtrB 3=1620- 2094 (494bp in size)

MtrC- 2016bp in size = 3gBlocks
MtrC 1=1-750 to allow for Gibson assembly approximately 40bp overhang
MtrC 2=710-1460
MtrC 3=1420- 2016 (597bp in size)

OmcA- 2208bp in size
OmcA 1=1-750 to allow for Gibson assembly approximately 40bp overhang
OmcA 2=710-1460
OmcA 3=1420- 2208 (789bp in size)

CymA=approximately 500bp therefore 1gBlock

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07/07/15

Plasmid backbone
pSBIC3
pSBIA3
pSBIT3
Transformation using pUC19 as control plasmid using old (5) and new (111) competent cells
pUC19 10pg/µl
#5- old (50 µl) and (1 µl of pUC19)
#111- new (50 µl) and (1 µl of pUC19)
Will be adding 50 µl of transformed cells to ampicillin plates (100µg/ µl conc.) and storing excess cells in 4 oC

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21/07/15

BIOBRICKS

PART#	DESCRIPTION	LOCATION	RESISTANCE
BBa_R0010	LacI regulated inducible promoter	P5-W4G	Chloramphenicol
BBa_J23100	High strength promoter	P4-W17D	Ampicillin
BBa_ J23101	Medium strength promoter	P4-W17F	Ampicillin
BBa_ J23103	Low strength promoter	P4-W17J	Ampicillin
BBa_B0034	Strong RBS (Elowitz)	P4-W1N	Ampicillin
BBa_B0030	Strong RBS(Weiss)	P4-W4G	Chloramphenicol
BBa_B0015	Double terminator	P4-W3F	Chloramphenicol

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24/07/15

Double terminator #BBa_B0015- tube 1 (plate 3)
Strong RBS (Weiss) #BBa_B0030- tube 2 (plate 4)
LacI regulated inducible promoter #BBa_R0010- tube 3 (plate 5)
Tube 1- 230 µl- growth
-20 µl- growth
Tube 2- 230 µl- growth
-20 µl- no growth
Tube 3- 230 µl- growth
-20 µl- no growth
Added 10 µl (34mg/ml) chloramphenicol to 10ml LB broth for final concentration of 34µg/µl
Inoculated BBa_B0015, BBa_B0030 and BBa_R0010 and grew overnight (~16-17 hrs) at 37 oC

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30/07/15

Plasmid prepM
Centrifuging UB bottles at 12000rpm for 10 mins to sediment cells
BBa_R0010- 155.6 ng/µl
BBa_B0030- 91.3 ng/µl
BBa_B0015- 57.0 ng/µl

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07/08/15

Reagents received
-NEBuilder HiFi DNA assembly
-gBlock (NCR)
-Primers
-gBlock (mtrC, A, B, OmcA, CymA)
-Competent cells
-gBlock (ChiA, B, C)- from 2013 Westminster project in order to improve upon the parts as part of the Gold medal criteria
-PCR (high F) master mix
-DNA ladder
-Synbiota parts (His, Flg, Deg)

HiFi Assembly reaction
Joining MtrC-1 and MtrC-2
MtrB-1 and MtrB-2
OmcA-1 and OmcA-2suspending

Resuspending gBlocks
1. Centrifuge tube for 3-5 sec @ 3000xg
2. Add TE (for 24 months storage) or water (for 1 month storage) for final conc of 10ng/µl
3. Vortex
4. Incubate at 50 oC for 20 mins
5. Vortex and centrifuge
MtrC1 and MtrC2= 1000ng: Add 100 µl of TE
MtrB1 and MtrB2= 1000ng: Add 100 µl of TE
OmcA1 and OmcA2= 1000ng: Add 100 µl of TE
CymA= 500ng: Add 50 µl of TE
MtrA= 1000ng: Add 100 µl of TE
NEBuilder protocol
Need 0.03-0.2 pmols for 2-3 fragments
0.2-0.5 pmols for 4-6 fragments
50 µg of 1000bp dsDNAis about 0.3 pmols
Therefore 10 µg is around 0.06 pmols
MtrB
-2 µl of MtrB1 (0.12 pmols)
-2 µl of MtrB2 (0.12 pmols)
-10 µl master mix
-8 µl of dH20
TOTAL volume= 22 µl (this may be too much)
MtrC and OmcA
-2 µl of MtrC1/OmcA1
-2 µl of MtrC2/OmcA2
-10 µl master mix
-6 µl of dH20
TOTAL volume= 20 µl

Resuspending primers
Master Stock (100µM)
-25µmols primer + 250µl dH20
-10µmols primer + 1000µl dH20

Working Stock
1:9 or 10:90 = 10 µl of primer (Master): 90 µl of dH20

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11/08/15

ILLUSTRATION
1 µl of template DNA (gBlocks)
0.5 µl of forward primer
0.5 µl of reverse primer
12.5 µl of Master mix
10.5 µl of dH20
Total volume= 25 µl
1- MtrA BioBrick
2- MtrB BioBrick x
3- MtrC BioBrick x
4- OmcA BioBrick
5- CymA BioBrick x
6- MtrA RDP
7- MtrB RDP
8- MtrC RDP
9- OmcA RDP
10- CymA RDP

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12/08/15

Gel electrophoresis
Running two gels to check PCR results from yesterday/ First gel has BioBrick samples (1-5), and second gel has RDP samples (6-10)
Used 5 µl of PCR product (from when and which experiment) and 1 µl of purple 6x Loading dye. And 6 µl for DNA ladder.

Gel 1

DNA ladder

Sample 1

Sample 2

Sample 3

Sample 4

Sample 5

DNA Ladder

Empty

Gel 2

DNA ladder

Sample 6

Sample 7

Sample 8

Sample 9

Sample 10

DNA Ladder

Empty

All wells were loaded with 6 µl.
Sample 2, 3 and 10 did not work
PCR (round 2)
Due to these three PCR products not working we will be repeating the experiment
1- MtrB BioBrick – worked
2- MtrC BioBrick - worked
3- OmcA RDP- not worked x
Adding:
1 µl of template DNA
0.5 µl of forward primer
0.5 µl of reverse primer
12.5 µl of Master mix
10.5 µl of dH20

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13/08/15

Ran gel with 3 samples that previously did not work. MtrB and C worked and are the correct size. However OmcA did not work, this may be due to gBlock assembly not working.

Lane 1- DNA ladder
Lane 2- MtrB
Lane 3- MtrC
Lane 4- OmcA
1- OmcA BioBrick (PCR see above)
2-OmcA RDP
Running another gel (100V for 40 mins)
Lane 1- DNA ladder
Lane 2- OmcA BioBrick
Lane 3- OmcA RDP

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14/08/15

RDP construct
Example of MtrCAB
[Anchor- Pr-RBS-MtrC-His-ter-Pr-RBS- MtrA-His-ter- Pr- RBS-MtrB- His- Cap]
Used this method in order to produce constructs for each of our genes of interest- Mtr C, MtrA, MtrB, CymA and OmcA. Below is an illustration of how this will occur, in theory, with MtrA.


RESULTS
1. MtrA BioBrick- 15.1 ng/ µl
2. MtrB BioBrick- 8.9 ng/ µl
3. MtrC BioBrick- 9.61 ng/ µl
4. CymA BioBrick- 10.5ng/ µl
5. OmcA BioBrick- 6.3 ng/ µl

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18/08/15

PCR Cleanup
Have 20µl of PCR product left from the PCR reaction (5µl used in gel electrophoresis). Protocol states to add 4 units of B2 to 1 unit of DNA: 20 µl of PCR product + 80 µl of B2 binding buffer.
1. MtrA (6)
2. MtrB (7)
3. MtrC (8)
4. CymA (9)
5. OmcA (10)

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19/08/15

DNA Cleanup
Followed Synbiota protocol on how to clean DNA after Bsa1 digestion
Results were recorded using the Nanodrop.
MtrA- 11.6 ng/ µl = 0.02 pm/µl
MtrB- 3.7 ng/ µl = 0.012 pm/µl
MtrC- 5.5 ng/ µl = 0.018 pm/µl
CymA- 1.5 ng/ µl = 0.0013 pm/µl
OmcA- 5.7 ng/ µl = 0.018 pm/µl

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20/08/15

Gel electrophoresis
Checking the RDP digestion from yesterday using gel electrophoresis. 1 µl of DNA to 9µl of loading dye (LM) so that the total volume in each well = 10 µl

Lane 1	Lane 2	Lane 3	Lane 4	Lane 5	Lane 6	Lane 7	Lane 8
DNA ladder (10 µl)	MtrA(1µl) LM(9µl)	MtrB(1µl) LM(9µl)	MtrC(1µl) LM(9µl)	CymA(1µl) LM(9µl)	OmcA(1µl) LM(9µl)	DNA ladder (10 µl)	Empty

PCR
Followed the Synbiota protocol
1. MtrA
2. MtrB
3. MtrC
4. CymA
5. OmcA

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24/08/15

Running gel on PCR product (no cleanup)
Lane:
1- Synbiota ladder
2- MtrA (1µl) + LM (9µl)
3- MtrB (1µl) + LM (9µl)
4- MtrC (1µl) + LM (9µl)
5- CymA (1µl) + LM (9µl)
6- OmcA (1µl) + LM (9µl)
7- Empty
8- Empty
Next: PCR cleanup to remove contaminants
RESULTS
MtrA- 35.3 µg/ µl
MtrB- 18.3 µg/ µl
MtrC- 15.1 µg/ µl
OmcA- 26.9 µg/ µl
CymA- 21.8 µg/ µl

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25/08/15

RESULTS
Nanodrop
MtrA- 35.6 ng/ µl (1.3 kb)
MtrB- 24.3 ng/ µl (2.2 kb)
MtrC- 11.0 ng/ µl (2.3 kb)
OmcA- 24.6 ng/ µl (2.3 kb)
CymA- 26.3 ng/ µl (0.6 kb)

1 pm/µl = 670ng/µl /length of part (kb)

Range needed: pm/µl – 0.02- 0.04
MtrA = 670/1.3kb = 515.4
35.6/515.4 = 0.069 pm/µl
MtrB = 670/2.2kb = 304.5
24.3/304.5 = 0.079 pm/µl
MtrC = 670/2.3kb = 291.3
11.0/291.3 = 0.037 pm/µl
OmcA = 670/2.3kb = 291.3
24.6/291.3 = 0.084 pm/µl
CymA = 670/0.6kb = 1116.6
26.3/1116.6 = 0.024 pm/µl (quite low but should still work)

GEL

Lane 1	Lane 2	Lane 3	Lane 4	Lane 5	Lane 6	Lane 7	Lane 8
DNA ladder (10 µl)	MtrA(1µl) LM(9µl)	MtrB(1µl) LM(9µl)	MtrC(1µl) LM(9µl)	CymA(1µl) LM(9µl)	OmcA(1µl) LM(9µl)	Empty	Empty

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26/08/15

RDP CONSTRUCTS
MtrA


Blk= blocker in order to ensure that no other part can anneal to that specific part that it is anneal to.
MtrB
[Anchor-X-CPr-Z-RBS-X-MtrB-Z-His tag-X-Cap]
MtrC
[Anchor-X-CPr-Z-RBS-X-MtrC-Z-His tag-X-Cap]x2
OmcA
[Anchor-X-CPr-Z-RBS-X-OmcA-Z-His tag-X-Cap]
CymA
[Anchor-X-CPr-Z-RBS-X-CymA-Z-His tag-X-Cap]

Entry level RDP exercise



The Adp is added as the MtrA and GFP are not complimentary (MtrA ends in Z and GFP starts with X). Adp is an extra part that allows for complementarity of the parts for construct annealing.
RDP CONSTRUCTS
His-tag MtrA
A18-ChlrR-X X-Pr2-Z Z-RBS.3-X X-MtrA-Z Z- His- X X-Ori.2 dT20
GFP test construct
A18-ChlrR-X X-Pr2-Z Z-RBS.3-X X-MtrA-Z Z-Adp-X X-aGFP-Z Z-Ori.2 dT20

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27/08/15

RDP constructs

A18-ChlrR-X X-Pr2-Z Z-RBS.3-X X-MtrA-Z Z-pLkr.Xa-X X- His10- Z Z-Ori.3 dT18

This construct with MtrA, MtrB, MtrC, CymA and OmcA
Linker pLkr is a cleavage protein linker containing Factor Xa which is useful for recovering cleavage.
T4 DNA ligase calculation
Need 0.2 Weiss unit/µl in 1xligase buffer
(1 Weiss unit=~70 CE Units)
70x0.2=14 CE units/µl
In 1 construct will need 35 µl of ligase (7 parts) therefore in 5 constructs will need 175µl of ligase
175x 14 CE units= 2450 CE units (total volume)
T4 DNA ligase = 2,000,000 U/ml- 2,000 U/µl
2450U/2000U= 1.225 µl
Add 1.3 µl of T4 DNA ligase to 173.7 µl of DNA ligation buffer 1x

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01/09/15

Gel electrophoresis
The gel run last week had negative results. This was probably due to too little DNA added to the gel. So another gel was run adding 10 µl of DNA rather than 1 µl.
10 µl of construct DNA + 5 µl of loading dye
15 µl of ladder

Lane 1	Lane 2	Lane 3	Lane 4	Lane 5	Lane 6	Lane 7	Lane 8
DNA ladder (15 µl)	MtrA(10µl) LM(5µl)	MtrB(10µl) LM(5µl)	MtrC (10µl) LM(5µl)	CymA(10µl) LM(5µl)	OmcA (10µl) LM(5µl)	Empty	Empty

New construct:
The constructs made last week used the old RBS.3 which forms a hidden XbaI site. Therefore we are making a new construct using MtrC. Synbiota recommended not using the blockers after each step.

Anchor- Pr.2- RBS.3.1- MtrC- linker- His tag- Cap
T4 DNA ligase
T4 DNA ligase= 400,000 CE Units/µl- 4000U/µl
1 construct with 6 parts (@ 5µl per reaction) = 30µl
Need a final concentration of T4 DNA ligase of 14 U/µl in T4 DNA ligation buffer 1x
30µl x 14 units = 420 units in total
Therefore 420/400= 1.05µl
1.05µl of T4 DNA ligase to 28.95µl of 1x buffer
Turning 10x buffer to 1x
0.5 µl of buffer and 49.5 µl to get a final volume of 50 µl
Then we used 28.95 µl in making the T4 DNA ligase master mix.
TRANSFORMATION
No cell growth on the following plates:
9- MtrA
47-MtrC
68- CymA
Cell growth on the following TOP10 competent cells (used as a positive control):
1. MtrA- 8 colonies
2. MtrC- 100’s of colonies
3. CymA- ~ 50 colonies

Restriction digest of plasmid and part
Enzyme Master mix (for 5 runs - 30 µl) (for plasmid)
5 µl NEB Buffer 2 10x
0.5 µl BSA 10x
0.5 µl PstI
0.5 µl EcoRI
0.5 µl DpnI
23 µl dH2O
Add 4 µl linearized plasmid backbone
Add 6 µl of Enzyme master mix
Digest 370C/30mins- heat kill 800C/20mins



Master mix for part (total 30 µl)
5 µl NEB Buffer 2 10x
0.5 µl BSA 10x
0.5 µl PstI
0.5 µl EcoRI
23.5 µl dH2O

PCR tube
1-5= pSB1SC plasmid 4 µl
6-MtrA
7-MtrB
8-MtrC
9- CymA
10-OmcA


RDP plates- resuspending parts for RDP.


Magnetic holders attracting bead pellet whilst clearing the supernatant.


Tom preparing an RDP construct
Building RDP construct- MtrCAB
A18-ChlrR-X X-Pr2-Z Z-RBS.3.1-X X-MtrC-Z Z-RBS.3.1-X X-MtrA-Z Z-RBS.3.1-X X- MtrB- Z Z-Ori.3 dT18
After each step wash twice.


Ligation
-2.5 µl digested plasmid
-1 µl T4 DNA ligase buffer
- 0.5 µl T4 DNA ligas
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-6 µl of BioBricks 16 oC/30mins, heat kill 80 oC/20mins

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03/09/15

1. Plasmid prep
-Nanodrop (test DNA)
-Gel
2. Build RDP constructs (MtrA, MtrB, CymA and OmcA)
3. Transform mew RDP constructs and MtrCAB
RESULTS
Plasmid Prep Analysis 03/09/15

	ng/ µl	260/280	260/230
MtrA (a)	65.8	1.92	1.97
MtrA (b)	65.7	1.94	1.93
MtrA (c)	50.8	1.90	1.91
MtrC (a)	55.6	1.97	1.98
MtrC (b)	60.3	1.99	1.94
MtrC (c)	43.5	1.93	2.06
CymA (a)	59.8	1.97	1.90
CymA (b)	75.5	1.93	1.90
CymA (c)	77.2	1.96	1.95

Transformations: BioBricks with pSB1C3
1-MtrA
2-MtrB
3- MtrC
4-CymA
5-OmcA

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05/09/15

Making RDP constructs
1. MtrA
A18-ChlrR-X X-Pr2-Z Z-RBS.3.1-X X-MtrA-Z Z-linker-X X- His- Z Z-Cap
2. MtrB
A18-ChlrR-X X-Pr2-Z Z-RBS.3.1-X X-MtrB-Z Z-linker-X X- His- Z Z-Cap
3. CymA
A18-ChlrR-X X-Pr2-Z Z-RBS.3.1-X X-CymA-Z Z-linker-X X- His- Z Z-Cap
4. OmcA
A18-ChlrR-X X-Pr2-Z Z-RBS.3.1-X X-OmcA-Z Z-linker-X X- His- Z Z-Cap
5. MtrCAB
A18-ChlrR-X X-Pr2-Z Z-RBS.3.1-X X-MtrC-Z Z-RBS.3.1-X X-MtrA-Z Z-RBS.3.1-X X- MtrB- Z Z-Ori.3 dT18
6. OmcA-CymA construct
A18-ChlrR-X X-Pr2-Z Z-RBS.3.1-X X-OmcA-Z Z-RBS.3.1-X X-CymA-Z Z-Ori.3 dT18

25 parts x 5 µl= 125 µl
4.4 µl of T4	1:9
121 µl of buffer	10:90 20:180

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07/09/15

1. Run a gel and check with nanodrop the PCR product of BioBrick parts
1.1 If they are correct length and high enough concentration, need to digest and ligate to pSB1C3
1.2 Transform plasmid into TOP 10 competent cells
2. Check constructs made on 05/09/15 using gel to see if they are correct length.

Nanodrop (ng/µl )(checking concentration of PCR product)
MtrA- 138.4
MtrB- 122.3
MtrC- 124.5
OmcA-128.6
CymA-94.6

Gel electrophoresis (100V for 40mins). Checking BioBricks are correct size.
Lane:
1- DNA ladder 10 µl
2. MtrA BioBrick (9 µl LM and 1 µl DNA)
3. MtrB BioBrick (9 µl LM and 1 µl DNA)
4. MtrC BioBrick (9 µl LM and 1 µl DNA)
5. OmcA BioBrick (9 µl LM and 1 µl DNA)
6. CymA BioBrick (9 µl LM and 1 µl DNA)
Followed restriction enzyme protocol
-250ng DNA (2 µl)
Ligation protocol (1:3)
2 µl plasmid backbone
6 µl digested fragment
1 µl T4 ligation buffer
0.5 µl T4 ligase
0.5 µl dH2O

OmcA, MtrB and MtrA were streaked on plates.

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08/09/15

1. Check ligation from yesterday
1.1 Check larger constructs and His-tag

DNA digestion (more DNA than protocol used yesterday)
1 µl DNA
5 µl 10x buffer
1 µl EcoRI
1 µl PstI
42 µl dH2O
Total volume= 50 µl

1.2 Checking RDP constructs- gel electrophoresis
Add 10 µl of DNA construct to 5 µl of dye.
Lane:
1. DNA ladder (10 µl)
2. MtrA- His (3.3kb expected size)
3. MtrB-His (4.3kb)
4. MtrC-His (4.3kb)
5. OmcA-His (4.6kb)
6. CymA-His (~3kb)
7. MtrCAB (7.5kb)
8. OmcA-CymA (5.2kb)

2. Transform BioBricks that didn’t work into TOP 10 (MtrC and CymA)
2.1 Transform MtrCAB and CymA-OmcA into BL21 competent cells
Transformation
Transforming MtrCAB and CymA-OmcA into BL21 competent cells
Transforming MtrC and CymA into TOP 10 competent cells
1. MtrCAB
2. CymA-OmcA
3. MtrC
4. CymA

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09/09/15

PLASMID PREP
Purifying plasmids (protocol followed from Invitrogen)
STEP 1 Harvest- MtrA, MtrB and OmcA incubated overnight @37 oC. Centrifuged for 15mins @ 2820 rpm. Media (supernatant) was poured away from pellet and then centrifuged for a further 5 mins @ 2820rpm. OmcA had the most pellet whereas MtrA had the smallest.

STEP 2 Resuspend - resuspended in original LB bottles and transferred to Eppendorf tubes once resuspended.

STEP 3 Lyse- 250 µl lysis buffer added to each tube incubated for 5 mins @ room temperature (RT)

STEP 4 Precipitate- centrifuge for 10 mins @ 12000 x g. D ue to film on surface tubes were centrifuged for a further 5 mins @ 12000 x g, not before attempting to clear the film from the surface using pipette tips to gently stab the film away from the edge.

STEP 5 Bind- load onto spin column (MtrA, B, OmcA) and centrifuge for 1 min at same speed as step 4

STEP 6 Wash (optional) - incubate for 1 min and centrifuge at the same speed as step 4

STEP 7 Wash and ethanol removal- 700 µl wash buffer centrifuge for 1 min at the same speed as step 4

STEP 8 Elute- incubate for 1 min @ RT- TE buffer added to centre of each column

STEP 9 Recover- centrifuge for 2 mins at the same speed as step 4, discard column. Store plasmid at 4 oC.

Plasmids taken to be measured using nanodrop. Blanked with TE buffer. See results.

Double digest of plasmid DNA
After transforming and growing TOP 10 cells with inserted recombinant plasmids (MtrA, MtrB, OmcA) BioBricks we isolated a high yield of DNA. To test this plasmid DNA has the correct insert we will be digesting it with EcoRI and SpeI. Expected results: should see top band around 3.3kb (size of plasmid, and inserted BioBricks which range from 1- 2.6kb)

	MtrA (1)	MtrB (2)	OmcA (3)
DNA 1 µl -x µl	7 µl	10 µl	5 µl
10x NEBuffer 5 µl
EcoRI 1 µl
PstI 1 µl
dH2O -x µl	36 µl	33 µl	38 µl

RDP- BioBrick (PCR- 2hr)
Digestion and ligation (3-6 hrs)
Transformation (1 ½ days)(3hrs)
Plasmid Prep (1 ½ days)
PCR reaction

2µl Fwd (Anchor X-end)
2µl Reverse (Cap Z-end)
23µl PCR Master mix
2 µl DNA (MtrA-His, MtrB-His, MtrC-His, OmcA-His, CymA-His, MtrCAB, OmcA-CymA)
1µl dH2O
1. MtrA- His
2. MtrB-His
3. MtrC-His
4. OmcA-His
5. CymA-His
6. MtrCAB
7. OmcA-CymA

Results:
MtrA- 260/280= 1.86 260/230= 2.03
DNA present in TE buffer= 173.8ng/µl
MtrB- 260/280= 1.86 260/230= 1.90
DNA present in TE buffer= 87.0ng/µl
OmcA- 260/280= 1.87 260/230= 1.97
DNA present in TE buffer= 209.1ng/µl

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10/09/15

1. Plasmid prep on MtrC
2. Run a gel on PCR products (RDP constructs)
2.1 If positive result, digest/ligate into pSB1C3
The results from transformation were positive in TOP 10 MtrC and CymA, but negative in the BL21 cells. This could be due to the proteins being toxic to the cells.
Gel-checking PCR products of RDP constructs
Lane:
1. DNA ladder (10 µl)
2. MtrA- His
3. MtrB-His
4. CymA-His
5. MtrC-His
6. OmcA-His
7. MtrCAB
8. OmcA-CymA
Lane numbers 1, 2 and 4 worked

BioBricks
MtrA worked.
Inoculate MtrB, C, CymA, OmcA for plasmid prep tomorrow.
Digest and ligate MtrA-His, B-His, CymA-His and transform.
RDP constructs-MtrC-His, OmcA-His, MtrCAB, OmcA-CymA
1. MtrA-His BioBrick (add date on side)
2. MtrB-His BioBrick
3. CymA-His BioBrick
Nanodrop results of these three BioBricks
MtrA=104.1ng/µl
MtrB=102.2ng/µl
CymA=100.8ng/µl

Digestion protocol	MtrA (1)	MtrB (2)	CymA (3)
DNA (1 µl)	10 µl	10 µl	10 µl
10x NEBuffer (2.1)	5 µl	5 µl	5 µl
EcoRI	1 µl	1 µl	1 µl
PstI	1 µl	1 µl	1 µl
dH2O	33 µl	33 µl	33 µl

Total volume for digestion=50 µl

Ligation protocol	MtrA (1)	MtrB (2)	CymA (3)
plasmid backbone (25ng)	2 µl	2 µl	2 µl
digested fragment	6 µl	6 µl	6 µl
T4 ligation buffer	1 µl	1 µl	1 µl
T4 ligase	0.5 µl	0.5 µl	0.5 µl
dH2O	0.5 µl	0.5 µl	0.5 µl

Total volume for ligation= 20 µl

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11/09/15

Plasmid prep
1. Harvest
6 LB bottles incubated overnight with BL21 cells and:
Bottle no. 1. OmcA pSB1C5 (1)
Bottle no. 2. OmcA pSB1C5 (2)
Bottle no. 3. CymA pSB1C5 (1)
Bottle no. 4. CymA pSB1C5 (2)
Bottle no. 5. MtrC pSB1C5 (1)
Bottle no. 6. MtrC pSB1C5 (2)

All 6 LB bottles centrifuged for 15 mins @ 2880rpm. And then respun for a further 5 mins @ 2880 rpm. Supernatant (media) discarded.
OmcA=most pellet
CymA= smallest pellet

2. Resuspend- Pellet resuspended in LB bottles and then transferred to labelled eppendorf tubes.

3. Lyse- invert cap 5 times and incubated for 5 mins.

4. Precipitate- due to scum on surface of supernatant tubes were centrifuged for an extra 5 mins. Scum was swirled prior to centrifugation in order to clear from the edge using pipette tip.

5. Bind- some scum was still present on the surface. Carefully collected the supernatant to prevent collection of scum.

6. Wash (optional)- incubate column for 1 min

7. Wash and Ethanol Removal 2x centrifuge and 2x discard of flow through

8. Elute

9. Recover

Plasmids taken to be measured using nanodrop. Blanked with TE buffer. See results.

Run a gel in order to plasmid and insert
Lane:
1. DNA ladder
2. MtrC (1)
3. MtrC (2)
4. OmcA (1)
5. OmcA (2)
6. CymA (1)
7. CymA (2)
All the lanes appeared to demonstrate the sizes expected for each plasmid and insert.
Transformation of MtrA-His, MtrB-His, OmcA-His
Transformed into TOP 10 cells
1. MtrA-His
2. MtrB-His
3. OmcA-His
Measure 110µl GBX- split in half (55 µl)
Make half up to 236 µl
12.5 µl working solution
=6.25 µl detection reagent 1 + 6.25 µl detection reagent 2

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12/09/15

Yesterdays transformed cells had mixed results. OmcA-His grew 20-30 colonies whilst MtrA-His and MtrB-His had no growth.

Transformation
1. MtrC-His (TOP 10)
2. OmcA-His (TOP 10)
3. MtrCAB (BL21)
4. OmcA-CymA (BL21)
RDP constructs
1. MtrC-His construct

2. OmcA-His construct

3. OmcA-CymA construct

4. MtrCAB


28 parts x 5 µl= 140 µl
140x14=1960
1960/400=4.9 µl (round up to 5 µl)
135 µl of 1x buffer + 5 µl of T4 ligase

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13/09/15

Transformation
1. Transform MtrCAB and OmcA-CymA into TOP 10 cells.
1.1 Re-streak BL21 transformed cells.
2. Plasmid prep on OmcA-His
Transform
1. MtrCAB
2. OmcA-CymA

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14/09/15

Double digest
MtrA- 173.8 ng/µl
MtrB- 87 ng/µl
MtrC- 124.0, 166.7, 91.0 ng/µl
OmcA- 209.0, 114.5, 77.9 ng/µl
CymA- 183.5, 107.1 ng/µl
OmcA-His- 90.1 ng/µl
MtrB-His- 217.9 ng/µl
CymA-His- 234.5 ng/µl
MtrA-His- 150.8 ng/µl
MtrC-His- 46.5 ng/µl

Digestion protocol	MtrA	MtrB	MtrC (1)	MtrC (2)	MtrC (3)
DNA (1 µl)	6 µl	12 µl	8 µl	6 µl	11 µl
10x NEBuffer (2.1)	5 µl	5 µl	5 µl	5 µl	5 µl
EcoRI	1 µl	1 µl	1 µl	1 µl	1 µl
PstI	1 µl	1 µl	1 µl	1 µl	1 µl
dH2O	37 µl	31 µl	33 µl	37 µl	32 µl

Digestion protocol	OmcA (1)	OmcA (2)	OmcA (3)	CymA (1)	CymA (2)
DNA (1 µl)	5 µl	9 µl	13 µl	6 µl	10 µl
10x NEBuffer (2.1)	5 µl	5 µl	5 µl	5 µl	5 µl
EcoRI	1 µl	1 µl	1 µl	1 µl	1 µl
PstI	1 µl	1 µl	1 µl	1 µl	1 µl
dH2O	38 µl	34 µl	30 µl	37 µl	33 µl

Digestion protocol	OmcA-His	MtrB-His	CymA-His	MtrA-His	MtrC-His
DNA (1 µl)	11 µl	5 µl	5 µl	7 µl	21 µl
10x NEBuffer (2.1)	5 µl	5 µl	5 µl	5 µl	5 µl
EcoRI	1 µl	1 µl	1 µl	1 µl	1 µl
PstI	1 µl	1 µl	1 µl	1 µl	1 µl
dH2O	32 µl	38 µl	38 µl	36 µl	22 µl

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15/09/15

Plasmid prep
1. Harvest OmcA and CymA (1)
OmcA and CymA (2)
Centrifuge for 15mins + another 5 mins after most of the medium had been discarded.
Step 4 (precipitate) film formed on the surface and was punctured and swirled using a pipette tip to remove from the edge. Then the tube was centrifuged again for a further 5 mins to encourage the scum to the pellet.
Step 6 optional wash was undertaken.
Nanodrop results from plasmid prep
Blank with TE buffer
OmcA/CymA (1) - 260/280= 1.94 260/230=2.25
Total= 344.7ng/µl
OmcA/CymA (2) - 260/280= 1.94 260/230=2.25
Total= 340.0ng/µl

Inoculating 3 LB bottles with 10µl ampicillin (concentration ??) and MtrCAB RDP TOP 10. MtrCAB was incubated and grown overnight (14/09/15) and one colony from the five present on the amp plates was used in order to inoculate the LB bottles. Another colony was taken in order to streak another ampicillin plate (Amp Res) plate, inoculated 12/09/15. The plate was placed in 37 oC incubator. The Amp Res plate was used as it was observed that MtrCAB was not growing initially on chloramphenicol plates. It was discovered that the anchor used was not infat chloramphenicol as originally thought. It was ampicillin resistance. Therefore as of 14/09/15 MtrCAB was grown on amp plate with what appears to be positive results- 5 colonies. The colonies have yet to be tested further for positive confirmation.

PCR
PCR was used to turn MtrB, MtrC, OmcA and CymA into BioBricks
2µl forward primer (working stock)
2µl reverse primer (working stock)
23µl Master mix
71µl dH2O
2µl gBlock

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16/09/15

Results from the PCR products (Mtr B, MtrC, OmcA, CymA and MtrCAB) that were run overnight:
Tube 1 260/280=1.83 260/230=0.86
Total= 321.2ng/µl
Tube 2 260/280=1.88 260/230=0.76
Total= 190.4ng/µl
Tube 3 260/280=1.81 260/230=0.76
Total= 180.9ng/µl
Tube 4 260/280=1.83 260/230=0.78
Total= 179.6ng/µl
Tube 5 260/280=1.82 260/230=0.73
Total= 181.9ng/µl
Tube 6 260/280=1.82 260/230=0.76
Total= 193.4ng/µl
Tube 7 260/280=1.87 260/230=0.71
Total= 175.8ng/µl
Tube 8 260/280=1.83 260/230=0.71
Total= 169.4ng/µl
MtrCAB 260/280=1.83 260/230=0.74
Total= 186.8ng/µl

In order to calculate the quantity of DNA required for our digest experiment the following calculation was used:
250ng/concentration of DNA from the nanodrop results
Therefore for
Tube 1=250/321.2= 0.78 µl
Tube 2=250/190.4= 1.31 µl
Tube 3=250/180.9= 1.38 µl
Tube 4=250/179.6= 1.39 µl
Tube 5=250/181.9= 1.37 µl
Tube 6= 250/193.4= 1.29 µl
Tube 7= 250/175.8= 1.42 µl
Tube 8= 250/169.4= 1.48 µl
MtrCAB= 250/186.8= 1.34 µl
Below are the overall volumes of each reagent. The total volume was 20µl.

PCR product	Tube 1	Tube 2	Tube 3	Tube 4	Tube 5	Tube 6	Tube 7	Tube 8	MtrCAB
DNA (250ng)	0.8 µl	1.3 µl	1.4 µl	1.4 µl	1.4 µl	1.3 µl	1.4 µl	1.5 µl	1.3 µl
NEBuffer 2.1	2.5 µl	2.5 µl	2.5 µl	2.5 µl	2.5 µl	2.5 µl	2.5 µl	2.5 µl	2.5 µl
BSA	0.5 µl	0.5 µl	0.5 µl	0.5 µl	0.5 µl	0.5 µl	0.5 µl	0.5 µl	0.5 µl
EcoRI	0.5 µl	0.5 µl	0.5 µl	0.5 µl	0.5 µl	0.5 µl	0.5 µl	0.5 µl	0.5 µl
PstI	0.5 µl	0.5 µl	0.5 µl	0.5 µl	0.5 µl	0.5 µl	0.5 µl	0.5 µl	0.5 µl
dH2O	15.2µl	14.7µl	14.6µl	14.6µl	14.6µl	14.7µl	14.6µl	14.5µl	14.7 µl

Nanodrop results of the digested PCR product
Tube 1 260/280=1.26 260/230=0.35
Total= 86.1ng/µl
Tube 2 260/280=1.21 260/230=0.26
Total= 40.4ng/µl
Tube 3 260/280=1.15 260/230=0.30
Total= 43.1ng/µl
Tube 4 260/280=1.32 260/230=0.34
Total= 74.8ng/µl
Tube 5 260/280=1.31 260/230=0.37
Total= 87.4ng/µl
Tube 6 260/280=1.31 260/230=0.30
Total= 69.6ng/µl
Tube 7 260/280=1.21 260/230=0.34
Total= 51.1ng/µl
Tube 8 260/280=0.93 260/230=0.19
Total= 35.0ng/µl
MtrCAB 260/280=1.31 260/230=0.34
Total= 80.8ng/µl

These measurements are required for the next stage of the experiment- ligation. The aim is to ligate each part into plasmid pSB1C3 (tube 2,4,5,7 and MtrCAB) or pSB1A3 (tube 1, 3, 6 and 8).
The protocol used for the ligation was taken from iGEM. Total volume = 20 µl.

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11/09/15

Nanodrop results from plasmid prep
OmcA (1) - 260/280= 1.87 260/230=2.10
TOTAL= 114.5 ng/µl
OmcA (2) - 260/280= 1.88 260/230=2.13
TOTAL= 77.9 ng/µl
CymA (1) - 260/280= 1.86 260/230=2.13
TOTAL= 183.5ng/µl
CymA (2) - 260/280= 1.88 260/230=2.06
TOTAL= 107.1ng/µl
MtrC (1) - 260/280= 1.88 260/230=2.15
TOTAL= 166.7ng/µl
MtrC (2) - 260/280= 1.89 260/230=2.18
TOTAL= 91.1 ng/µl

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17/09/15

2 Gels of PCR products extracted yesterday morning (16/09/15) (tube 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, MtrCAB). Gel was run for 40 mins at 100V.
GEL 1

Lane 1	Lane 2	Lane 3	Lane 4	Lane 5	Lane 6	Lane 7	Lane 8
DNA ladder (10 µl)	MtrCAB (2 µl + 8 µl)	Tube 1 (2 µl + 8 µl)	Tube 2 (2 µl + 8 µl)	Tube 3 (2 µl + 8 µl)	Tube 4 (2 µl + 8 µl)	DNA ladder (10 µl)	Empty

Both ladders and MtrCAB were the only lanes with results.


GEL 2

Lane 1	Lane 2	Lane 3	Lane 4	Lane 5	Lane 6	Lane 7	Lane 8
DNA ladder (10 µl)	Tube 5 (2 µl + 8 µl)	Tube 6 (2 µl + 8 µl)	Tube 7 (2 µl + 8 µl)	Tube 8 (2 µl + 8 µl)	DNA ladder (10 µl)	Empty	Empty

Lane 3 was the only lane without results.


Plasmid prep
9 LB bottles were inoculated with amplicillin (100µg/ml) or chlorophenicol (34.5µg/ml) and plasmid pSB1C3 or pSB1A3 from yesterday’s transformation and left to incubate overnight (pSB1C3 =tube 2, 4, 5, 7 and MtrCAB; pSB1A3= tube 1, 3, 6, 8).

Steps	Tube 1,3,6,8 (Amp)	Tube 2,5,7 (all Chlr) MtrCAB,	Tube 4 Chlr
1. Harvest	Yes 15mins + extra 5 mins	Yes 15mins + extra 5 mins	Yes 15mins + extra 5 mins
2. Resuspend	yes	yes	yes
3. Lyse	yes	yes	yes
4. Precipitate	yes	yes	yes
5. Bind	yes	yes	yes
6. Wash (optional)	yes	yes	yes
7. Wash and Ethanol Removal	yes	yes	yes
8. Elute	yes	yes	yes
9. Recover	yes	yes	yes

Tube 3 (Amp) - resuspended with 340 µl rather than 250 µl
Tube 7 (Chlr) - 360 µl resuspension buffer added rather than 250 µl
Nanodrop results of plasmid prep
Amp 1- 260/280= 1.98 260/230=2.12
TOTAL= 83.0ng/µl
Chlr 2- 260/280= 1.89 260/230=2.11
TOTAL= 151.7ng/µl
Amp 3- 260/280= 1.91 260/230=2.12
TOTAL= 173.5ng/µl
Chlr 4- 260/280= 1.89 260/230=2.18
TOTAL= 92.1ng/µl
Chlr 5- 260/280= 1.93 260/230=2.23
TOTAL= 87.8ng/µl
Amp 6- 260/280= 1.92 260/230=2.15
TOTAL= 129.5ng/µl
Chlr 7- 260/280= 1.91 260/230=2.21
TOTAL= 80.4ng/µl
Chlr 8- 260/280= 1.94 260/230=2.11
TOTAL= 128.4ng/µl
MtrCAB- 260/280= 1.96 260/230=2.28
TOTAL= 38.3ng/µl

Below is the plate that the plasmid DNA that will be freeze dried

	1	2	3	4
A	1	9	17	25
B	2	10	18	26
C	3	11	19	27
D	4	12	20
E	5	13	21
F	6	14	22
G	7	15	23
H	8	16	24

1. MtrA pSB1C3 2. MtrB pSB1C3 3. MtrC pSB1C3 4. MtrC (1) 5. MtrC (2) 6. CymA (1) 7. CymA (2)

8. OmcA 9. OmcA (1) 10. OmcA (2) 11. MtrA-His 12. MtrB-His 13. MtrC-His 14. CymA-His 15. OmcA-His 16- OmcA-CymA(1)

17. OmcA-CymA (2) 18. MtrCAB 19. Chlr 2 20. Chlr 4 21. Chlr 5 22. Chlr 7