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For all 6 groups, no colony forms.
For all 6 groups, no colony forms.

Revision as of 09:36, 12 October 2014

Team SUSTC-Shenzhen

mCherry BbsI point mutation

one step for constructing a universal usable gRNA-insertion plasmid

Contents


By Yicong Tao


Plasmid used: pBX-084 PB5-HS4-TRE-mCherrynuc-2A-BlaloxN-GpA-HS4-PB3 (from Wei Huang’s lab). Total length is 6843bp.

Point mutation primer design:

Forward(5’-3’): cagcccatggttttcttctgcattacggggccg 33nt

Reverse(5’-3’): cggccccgtaatgcagaagaaaaccatgggctg 33nt

The primer pair is intended to eliminate the BbsI site in the mCherry because we need to use BbsI to insert our gRNA into our plasmid. Designed by Agilent Technologies point-mutation primer online design tools. The primers are complement with each other.


8.13~8.14 Agilent's Pointmutation method

PCR reaction

(12:06~14:XX 13th Aug, about 2h)

300ul, 50ul/reaction:

Component Volume Final Concentration
Q5 master mix 2X 150ul 1X
DNA template (251.4ng/ul) 1.5ul 1.257ng/ul
Primer F (50uM) 3ul 500nM
Primer R (50uM) 3ul 500nM
ddH20 142.5ul -
Total 300ul -

PCR reaction conditions:

Step Temp (℃) Time (s)
Initial denaturation 98 60
18 cycles 98 10
58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65 15
72 360
Final extension 72 120
Hold 4

DpnI digestion

(13 Aug 15:05~19:06)

Add 1ul DpnI directly to the amplification system

Digest 4h

No termination

Stored at -20℃

Nanodrop test after digestion

Anneal Temp (℃) 58 60 61 62
Conc (ng/ul) 467.4 465.9 470.4 457.9
260/280 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.81
260/230 0.73 0.73 0.74 0.73

Bacteria transformation

(2014.8.13 22:08~2014.8.14 14:50)

Procedures:

  1. Immediately, place the tubes on ice, allow cell to thaw on ice, 10 min
  2. Check the cell to see if they have thawed, gently flick the cells 1-2 times to evenly resuspend the cells.
  3. Divide the competent cells into 6 tubes,50μL each tube, Mark them with 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65. Keep the bacteria in ice during the procedure.
  4. Add 5μL plasmid to each tube, shaking slightly
  5. Incubate on ice for 30min
  6. Heat shock, 42°C, 90s.
  7. Keep on ice, 2 min
  8. Add 200μl SOC medium to each tube, incubate 37°C, 200rpm, 45min
  9. Centrifuge, 4000rmp, 5min, RT. Discard most of the medium and reserve 50μL. Resuspend.
  10. Add 50μL bacteria to amp LB agar plate, distribute.
  11. Incubate the plates at 37°C, 16 hours.

Results:

58℃ 60℃ 61℃

For all 6 groups, no colony forms.

Gel electrophoresis

Making the agarose gel (1%)

Component Volume
TAE 25ml
Agarose 0.25g
Gene Green 0.5ul

Adding samples

Component Volume
PCR product 1ul
6X loading dye 2ul
TAE 9ul
Total 12ul

DNA marker (Takara DL5000, diluted): 10ul

Results:

The result of electrophoresis is not clear, so I redid the gel electrophoresis with the same sample.

No wanted band (6843bp) is observed.

Discussion: 1. PCR failed, so improving PCR conditions is the first choice. Try extending PCR cycles, denaturation time, annealing time and final extension time. 2. Do reaction termination after DpnI enzyme digestion (80℃ 20min) next time because reactive enzyme may binding to the DNA substrate and interfere the transformation efficiency. 3. The concentration of template DNA is also very essential, so using 2-step concentration ladder next time.


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