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Notebook: April

02.04.2014

Digestion scheme:

[µL]	PSG1164 - uncut	PSG1164 - PciL (10 kU/mL)	PSG1164 - EcoRI-HF
DNA	261,3 ng/µL ca. 1 µg → 3,5 µL	261,3 ng/µL ca. 1 µg → 3,5 µL	261,3 ng/µL ca. 1 µg → 3,5 µL
Enzyme 1	-	PciI 1,0 µL	-
Enzyme 2	-	-	EcoRI-HF 0,5 µL
Buffer	-	10x 3.1 Buffer 1,5 µL	10x Cutsmart 1,5 µL
H₂O	11,5 µL	9,0 µL	9,5 µL
Total Volume	15 µL	15 µL	15 µL
Loading Dye (6x)	2,5 µL	2,5 µL	2,5 µL

Incubate samples for 60 min at 37 °C, then induce a heat shock for 2 min at 45 °C. 5 µL marker and 10 µL of the samples are loaded onto a 1% agarose gel.

Results:

03.04.2014

10.1 pMA12: Restriction Digest

Aim: linearizing the backbone for cloning of our Nose plasmid + destroying the lac promoter

Digestion scheme:

[µL]	pMA12 - uncut	pMA12 - HindIII + EcoRI-HF (20 kU/mL)
DNA	479,3 ng/µL ca. 1 µg →2,1 µL	479,3 ng/µL ca. 5 µg → 10,5 µL
Enzyme 1	-	HindIII 0,5 µL
Enzyme 2	-	EcoRI 0,5 µL
Buffer	-	10x -2.0 Buffer 1,5 µL
H₂O	12,9 µL	2 µL
Total Volume	15 µL	15 µL
Loading Dye (6x)	2,5 µL	2,5 µL

Results:

The restriction was successful.

10.3 Gel Extraction (QIAquick Gel Extraction Kit)

Gel extraction was performed according to the quiagen kit protocol.

DNA-concentration: 12 ng/µL

10.4 Test Transformation of E.Coli DH5α with isolated Plasmid Digest

04.04.2014

13.1 Vector Constructs

Dilution of primers:

Stock: dilution of primers with aqua bidest. to 100 µM
Working stock: 1:10 (10 µL primer stock, 90 µL water)

Oligo Name	µL for 100 µM
iGEM-001	292 µL
iGEM-002	236 µL
iGEM-003	397 µL
iGEM-004	291 µL
iGEM-005	364 µL
iGEM-006	273 µL

Dilution of templates:

Bacillus gDNA: 1:50 → 10 µL gDNA + 490 µL water
pKH-Stp: 10 ng/µL
PSG1164: 232 ng/µL → 1:20 → 10 µL plasmid + 190 µL water

Reaction Mix

	1&2 plasmid PSG1146 (856 bp)	3&4 Bacillus gDNA (543 bp)	5&6 plasmid KG-Stp (743 bp)
Fragment	chloramphenicol-resistance	amyE-gene	gfp
Template	1,5 µL	1,5 µL	1,5 µL
dNTPs	1 µL	1 µL	1 µL
Primer fwd	1 µL	1 µL	1 µL
Primer rev	1 µL	1 µL	1 µL
Phusion Buffer (5x)	10 µL	10 µL	10 µL
Phusion	1 µL	1 µL	1 µL
H₂O	34,5 µL	34,5 µL	34,5 µL
Total Volume	50 µL	50 µL	50 µL

Step	Temperature °C	Time
1	98	3 min
2	98	30 sec
3	55	30 sec
4	72	1 min
5	Go To 2	30x
6	72	4 min
7	8	infinite

4 µL Mix + 1 µL Loading dye
5 µL Gene ruler
5 µL 2-log ladder

Results

13.5 Purification of PCR Products

Purification according to the "Purification of PCR Products (QIAquick Gel Extraction Kit) short protocol".

Samples:

1' chloramphenicol-resistance
2' amyE-Gene
3' gfp
4' (=2+4+6)-Pool, all fragments

13.6 Yeast Transformation

[µL]	1''-Control	2''-P+frag	3''-P*+pool	4''-P**+pool
PEG 3350(50% w/v)	260 µL	260 µL	260 µL	260 µL
LiAc 1 M	36 µL	36 µL	36 µL	36 µL
Salmonsperm(2 mg/mL)	50 µL	50 µL	50 µL	50 µL
H₂O	14 µL	10 µL	2 µL	2 µL
Fragm. (GFP, Cat, AmyE)	-	4 µL	-	-
Pool (all fragments)	-	-	12 µL	12 µL
Total Volume	360 µL	360 µL	360 µL	360 µL

Salmonsperm for 10 min on 95 °C, then on ice
*pMA12 - digestion with HindIII + EcoRI
**pMA12 - parallel digestion with HindIII and EcoRI

resuspend yeast pellet in all samples
induce heat shock at 42 °C for 35 min
centrifuge for 30 sec - 1 min at 13.000 g
resuspend pellet in 200 µL sterile water
plate on selective medium
incubate at 30 °C for 3 days

07.04.2014

13.8 Miniprep of Yeast Culture

Miniprep of Yeast culture 2'', 3'' and 4''

flush cells from plate with 2 mL water
centrifuge for 1 min at 11.000 rpm
pellet cracking: add glass balls
→ miniprep accoding to the miniprep procotol (Omega)

13.9 Test PCR with Miniprep

Test PCR with Miniprep 2'', 3'' and 4''

Dilution of elution to 20 ng/µL:

2'': 72 ng/µL*X=10*20 ng/µL → 5,3:4,7
3'': 38 ng/µL*X=10*20 ng/µL → 3:7
4'': 66 ng/µL*X=10*20 ng/µL → 2,7:3,7

	2''' 20 ng	3''' 20 ng	4''' 20 ng
Content	P out of fragments	P out of pool	P (DS) out of pool
Template	1 µL	1 µL	1 µL
dNTPs	1 µL	1 µL	1 µL
Primer001 fwd	1 µL	1 µL	1 µL
Primer006 rev	1 µL	1 µL	1 µL
Buffer (10x)	3 µL	3 µL	3 µL
Taq-Pol	1 µL	1 µL	1 µL
H₂O	22,5 µL	22,5 µL	22,5 µL
Total Volume	30 µL	30 µL	30 µL

PCR for 3 h

The control PCR was not successful.

Results

13.11 Amplification in DH5α

Amplification of plasmid in E.coli DH5α.

transformation of 2'', 3'' and 4'' in DH5α
plating on each ampicillin and canamycin plates

13.12 Miniprep of E.coli pMA12: Preculture

Inoculation of preculture plates: 6 mL LB + 6 µL ampicillin + colony clone

08.04.2014

13.13 New PCR

[µL]	Master Mix (7x)	2''' (20 ng) x2	3''' (20 ng) x2	4''' (20 ng) x2
Template	Reaction mix	P out of fragments	P out of pool	P (DS) out of pool
dNTPs	-	1	1	1
Primer001 fwd	3,5	-	-	-
Primer006 rev	3,5	-	-	-
Buffer (10x) Thermo-Pol	17,5	-	-	-
Taq-Pol	0,7	-	-	-
H₂O	139,3	-	-	-
Master Mix	-	24	24	24
Total Volume	168	25	25	25

Step	Temperature °C	Time
1	95	2 min
2	95	20 sec
3	58	20 sec
4	68	2,5 min
5	Go To 2	40x
6	68	4 min
7	8	Infinite

The new control PCR was not successful either.

13.14 Picking Clones for Sequencing

Inoculation of 4x6 mL LB with a clone (trafo 13.11.14) from plate 2,3 and 4 (12 falcons). Incubation overnight.

14.1 PCR of PheA-Arc1p-C-8x

Aim: Amplify PheA-Arc1p-C-8x fragment for Gibson Assembly in pET-28a

The PCR with TG_PheA-Arc1p-C-8x FP und TG_PheA-Arc1p-C-8x RP should generate the 2346 bp fragment for Gibson Assembly from the synthesized template.

The used Primer concentration was 1 µM, the concentration of the template was 1 ng/µL and we used a hot start to avoid unspecific annealing of primers.

Content	Volume [µL]
Water	29.5
5x GC Buffer	10
DMSO	2.5
TG_PheA-Arc1p-C-8x FP	2.5
TG_PheA-Arc1p-C-8x RP	2.5
synthesized template	1
dNTPs	1
Phusion-Polymerase	1
Total Volume	50

Step	Temperature [°C]	Time [min:sec]
1	98	2:00
2	add Polymerase
3	98	0:10
4	67.5	0:30
5	72	1:40
6	go to 3	32x
7	72	10:00
8	4	hold

The amplified fragment was purified on an agarose gel on which it showed the correct size. It was extracted from the gel for further use in a Gibson Assembly yielding a concentration of 258 ng/µL.

14.2 Digestion of pET-28a

Aim: Linearize pET-28a to prepare it for Gibson Assembly

The pET-28a vector was cut with XhoI and NdeI in order to create the ends needed for the integration of the prepared PheA-Arc1p-C-8x construct via Gibson Assembly

Content	Volume [µL]
Water	34.2
CutSmart Buffer	5
pET-28a (128 ng/µL)	7.81
NdeI	1.5
XhoI	1.5
Total Volume	50

The reaction mixture was incubated for 3 h at 37 °C and 350 rpm. The resulting linearized vector was purified using an agarose gel from which it was extracted for further use yielding a concentration of 24 ng/µL.

14.3 Gibson Assembly

Aim: Integrate PheA-Arc1p-C-8x into linearized pET-28a(XhoI,NdeI) via Gibson Assembly

Content	Volume [µL]
Water	1.46
pET-28a(XhoI,NdeI) (24 ng/µL)	4.17
PheA-Arc1p-C-8x (30 ng/µL)	4.37
2x Gibson Mastermix	10
Total Volume	20

The reaction mixture was incubated for 1 h at 50 °C and 350 rpm. E. coli Top10 electrocompetent cells were transformed with a 1:3 and a 1:6 dilution of the mixture, incubated for 1 h at 37 °C and plated out on LB-Kan⁵⁰ plates that were incubated overnight at 37 °C.

13.12 Miniprep of E.coli pMA12

Miniprep according to the miniprep kit protocol (Omega) with overnight preculture.

DNA-concentration: 660 ng/µL

15.1 Cloning of Flagellin Construct

Dilution of Primers

dilution with aqua bidest to 100 µM
dilution 1:10 → 10 µL primers (100 µM) with 90 µL aqua bidest

Reaction Mix

[µL]	HagI (1145 bp)	HagII (859 bp)
Content	1	1
Template Flo Pet24-Hag	1	1
dNTPs	1	1
Primer iGEM-007 fwd (Hag-SpeI-F)	1	-
Primer iGEM-008 red (Hag-SpeI)	-	1
Primer 12 rev Flo	1	-
Primer 11 few Flo	-	1
Q5 Reaction Buffer 5x	5	5
Q5-Pol	1	1
H₂O	40	40
Total Volume	50	50

Step	Temperature °C	Time
1	95	3 min
2	95	30 sec
3	55	30 sec
4	72	1 min
5	Go To 2	30x
6	72	5 min
7	4	Infinite

The gel shows that the PCR fragments were amplified successfully in the correct size (Size HagI=639 bp HagII= 297 bp), The next step is a fusion PCR fusing the HagI/II constructs with homologous flanks for integration into the hag locus in B. subtilis genome.

09.04.2014

13.15 Miniprep

Miniprep of transformed E.coli DH5α was performed according to the miniprep kit protocol (Omega) with overnight preculture.

13.16/17 Restriction Digest with NcoI and Test-Plasmids

Restriction digest with NcoI and test-plasmids from the miniprep.

[µL]	Mastermix with NcoI - for 14 attempts	Attempt - NcoI (20 kU/mL) - 12 attempts
DNA	-	ca. 350 ng/µL → ca. 1 µg → 2,9 µL
NcoI	3,5 (0,25/attempt)
Master-Mix	-	12,1
Buffer 10x Tango	21
H₂O	144,9
Total Volume	169,4
Loading Dye 6x	-	2,5 /attempt

Incubation for 60 min at 37 °C. Then a heat shock was induced for 2 min at 45 °C.

Results

Expectations: 4 bands (167 bp - 1033 bp - 1056 bp - 4410 bp)

13.18 Restriction Digest of positive Clones with NdeI

[µL]	Attempt 2.1	Attempt 2.3	Attempt 2.4	Attempt 4.2
DNA	628,8 ng/µL → ca. 1 µg → 1,6 µL	477,2 ng/µL → ca. 1 µg → 2,1 µL	694,9 ng/µL → ca. 1 µg → 1,4 µL	406,8 ng/µL → ca. 1 µg → 2,46 µL
NdeI	0,5	0,5	0,5	0,5
Cutsmart-Buffer 10x	1,5	1,5	1,5	1,5
H₂O	11,4	10,9	11,6	10,5
Total Volume	15	15	15	15
Loading Dye 6x	2,5	2,5	2,5	2,5

Results

Expected bands: 464 bp - 2148 bp - 4054 bp

The expected bands were visible.

13.19 Restriction Digest of positive Clones with NcoI overnight

[µL]	Attempt 2.1	Attempt 2.3	Attempt 2.4	Attempt 4.2
DNA	628,8 ng/µL → ca. 5 µg → 8 µL	477,2 ng/µL → ca. 5 µg → 10,5 µL	694,9 ng/µL → ca. 5 µg → 7,2 µL	406,8 ng/µL → ca. 5 µg → 12,3 µL
NcoI	0,2	0,2	0,2	0,2
Tango Buffer 10x	1,5	1,5	1,5	1,5
H₂O	5,3	10,9	11,6	10,5
Total Volume	15	15	15	15

14.4 Overnight culture

Aim: Amplify Plasmid in an overnight culture

Six clones of the transformed Top10 cells were picked and used to inoculate overnight cultures (6 x 5 mL).

10.04.2014

15.4 PCR Hag-Flanks

Dilution of primers

Hag I: 601,7 ng/µL
Hag II: 548,2 ng/µL
Flank I: 226 ng/µL
Flank II: 221 ng/µL

Hag I dilution: 35 ng/µL

Hag I: 601,7 ng/µL * X = 10*35 ng/µL → 0,58:9,42
Hag II: 548,2 ng/µL * X = 10*35 ng/µL → 0,64:9,36
Flank I: 226 ng/µL * X = 10*35 ng/µL → 1,55:8,45
Flank II: 221 ng/µL * X = 10*35 ng/µL → 1,58:8,42

PCR Hag-Flanks Mix

Mix	Template Mix [µL]	Flank-Hag construct [µL]
Hag I(35 ng/µL)	2	-
Hag II(35 ng/µL)	2	-
Flank I(35 ng/µL)	2	-
Flank II(35 ng/µL)	2	-
Template Mix	-	3
Primer pMAD-Flank I fwd	-	1
Primer pMAD-Flank I rev	-	1
Q5-Mastermix 2x	-	25
H₂O	-	20
Total Volume	8	50

Step	Temperature °C	Time
1	95	3 min
2	95	30 sec
3	55	30 sec
4	72	2,5 min
5	Go To 2	35x
6	72	5 min
7	4	Infinite

Results

Expected bands: 2 kb band (whole Flank-Hag fragment)

The gel shows the successful amplification of the Hag-flank construct.

15.6 Gel Extraction

Gel extraction of 2,2 kb band:
27,6 ng/µL

13.20 Yeast Transformation with positive NcoI Digests and Mutagenesis Primer (iGEM 009-0011)

Attempts with 2 positive clones (2.1 NcoI cut & 2.3 NcoI cut)

Mix for trafo [µL]	p2.1 control	p2.3 control	p2.1 +oligos +amyE	p2.3 +oligos +amyE	p2.1 Anneal+oligo +amyE	p2.3 Anneal+oligos +amyE
p2.1	1	-	1	-	2	-
p2.3	-	1	-	1	-	2
iGEM-009	-	-	1	1	1	1
iGEM-010	-	-	1	1	1	1
iGEM-011	-	-	1	1	1	1
amyE-fragment	-	-	1	1	1	1
H₂O	-	-	-	-	14	14
PEG 3350 (50% w/v)	260	260	260	260	260	260
LiAc 1 M	36	36	36	36	36	36
Salmonsperm (2 mg/mL)	50	50	50	50	50	50
H₂O	13	13	9	9	-	-
Total Volume	360	360	360	360	-	-

13.21 Yeast Transformation with positive Clones

Mix [µL]	2.1 control	2.3 control	3'' - P* + pool	4'' - P** (DS) + pool
PEG 3350 (50% w/v)	260	260	260	260
LiAc 1 M	36	36	36	36
Salmonsperm (2 mg/mL)	50	50	50	50
H₂O	14	10	2	2
Fragm. (GFP, Cat, AmyE)	-	4	-	-
Pool (all 3 fragments)	-	-	12	12
Total Volume	360	360	360	360

Salmonsperm for 10 min on 95 °C, then on ice - all attempts on ice!
*pMA12 - digestion with HindIII + EcoRI
**pMA12 - parallel digestion of HindIII and EcoRI

13.22 Yeast Transformation

Resuspend yeast pellet in attempts
Heat shock at 42 °C for 35 min
Centrifugation for 30 sec - 1 min at 13.000 g
Resuspend pellet in 200 µL sterile water
Plate yeast on selective medium
Incubate at 30 °C till monday

14.5 Preparation of plasmids

Aim: Purify the amplified plasmids from overnight cultures

The plasmids were purified from the overnight cultures using Sigma GenElute Plasmid Miniprep Kit following the included protocol. The plasmids were eluted using 45 µL water.

14.6 Transformation of BL21 cells

Aim: Transform E. coli BL21(DE3) with PheA-Arc1p-C-8x-pET28a

40 µL E. coli BL21(DE3) electrocompetent cells were transformed with 1 ng of the previously purified plasmid PheA-Arc1p-C-8x-pET28a from two different clones, incubated for 1 h at 37 °C and plated out on LB-Kan⁵⁰ plates that were incubated overnight at 37 °C.

11.04.2014

15.7 Test PCR with PCR created Fragment as Template Flagellin Constructs

Mix [µL]	Test PCR
Template (Hag-Flank construct)	2
Primer pMAD-Flank I fwd	1
Primer pMAD-Flank II rev	1
Q5-Mastermix 2x	5
H₂O	1
Total Volume	10

Step	Temperature °C	Time
1	95	3 min
2	95	30 sec
3	55	30 sec
4	72	2,5 min
5	Go To 2	35x
6	72	5 min
7	4	Infinite

The extracted 2000 bp fragment was used as a PCR template for amplification of the Hag-flank construct for further cloning steps.

15.8 Digestion of Flagellin Fragment with NcoI/BamHI

Aim: Creating restriction sites for cloning into pMAD-vector.

Mix [µL]	Hag-Flank-Fragment digest NcoI/BamHI
DNA	9 ng/µL → 25 µL = 225 ng 27,6 ng/µL → 15 µL = 414 ng → 639 ng in 40 µL
Enzyme NcoI-HF	0,5
Enzyme BamHI-HF	0,5
Cutsmart Buffer (10x)	5
H₂O	4
Total Volume	50

12.04.2014/13.04.2014

13.22 Miniprep of Yeast Culture Transformation

The plasmid isolation was carried out according to the miniprep kit protocol.

13.23 Transformation of E.coli DH5α with prepared plasmids

Plasmids prepared above have been transformed into E.coli.
Colonies on transformation plates have been inoculated in shaking culture (16 colonies).

14.04.2014

13.24 Miniprep of Shaking Cultures

Miniprep according to the miniprep kit protocol (Omega).
2.1 and 2.3 different positive colonies from 09.04.2014.

13.25 Digestion

Aim: Check for elimination of NcoI-restriction sites.

Mix	[µl]
DNA	1
Enzyme NcoI-HF	0,75
Cutsmart Buffer 10x	1,5
H₂O	12,25
Total Volume	15

Results

One band was expected for a linearized plasmid, 4 bands occurred, the restriction sites have presumably not been removed. Expected sizes for plasmid with 4 NcoI-restriction sites: ~ 4400 bp, 2 x ~ 1000 bp, ~ 200 bp

13.26 Overnight Digestion

Aim: Check for elimination of NcoI-restriction sites

Overnight digestion of two samples with the highest DNA-concentration (2.1 2 and 3.1 A1

Mix [µL]	2.1 2	3.1 A1
DNA	10 µg/8 µL	10 µg/9 µL
Enzyme NcoI-HF	1	1
Cutsmart Buffer 10x	2	2
H₂O	9	8
Total Volume	20	20

14.7 Overnight culture

Aim: Inoculate Overnight culture of PheA-Arc1p-C-8x-pET28a

5 mL of LB-Kan⁵⁰ medium were inoculated with a clone from 14.6 bearing the PheA-Arc1p-C-8x-pET28a plasmid.

15.04.2014

13.27 Mutagenesis PCR

Aim: Mutate the NcoI-restriction sites, because earlier attempts were not successful

As template the restriction of the sample 3.1 A1 has been used. The mutagenesis primers have been chosen together with fitting reverse primers to create fragments without the NcoI-restriction sites. These fragments should further be transformed into yeast and assembled into the whole plasmid without the restriction sites for NcoI.

Mix [µL]	Fragment 1	Fragment 2	Fragment 3
Restriction mix 3.1 A1 (2,08 ng/µL)	1	1	1
iGEM-009 (10 mM)	1	-	-
Ag TWp7 (10 mM)	1	-	-
iGEM-010 (10 mM)	-	1	-
iGEM-003 (10 mM)	-	1	-
iGEM-011 (10 mM)	-	-	1
iGEM-006 (10 mM)	-	-	1
Q5-Mastermix 2x	25	25	25
H₂O	22	22	22
Total Volume	50	50	50

Every PCR has been carried out in double and was further analyzed on a 1% gel.

Results

Mutagenesis PCR for different fragments;
1: 2-log-DNA-ladder,
2 & 3: fragment 1,
4 & 5: fragment 2,
6 & 7: fragment 3.
Lane 1 & 2 contain the expected Fragments (~ 600 bp). In Lane 3 there is a very thin fragment with the expected size (~ 1100 bp) but smaller fragments can also be seen. Lane 5 does not contain any fragment at all and in lane 6 there is the fragment of the expected size (~ 600 bp). Both samples with fragment 1 were pooled, sample 3.1 was discarded and the whole PCR-product 2.1 has been separated in an agarosegel and the fragment with 1100 bp has been cut out and purified with the Gel Extraction Kit (c = 4,4 ng/µL). A second PCR for fragment 2 has been done in parallel. All parameters remained the same but the annealing-temperature has been changed to 62 °C.

Modified mutagenesis PCR for fragment 2; again there are two fragments with a too small size and the expected fragments are not high concentrated.

14.8 Test Expression

Aim: Test the expression of PheA-Arc1p-C-8x

Using the preculture from 14.7 60 mL of LB-Kan⁵⁰ medium were inoculated with 600 µL of the preculture and incubated at 37 °C and 220 rpm until OD₆₀₀ reached 0.5. The culture was cooled down to 18 °C and the protein production was induced with 12 µL of 500 mM IPTG. Over night the culture was incubated at 18 °C and 220 rpm. A glycerolstock of the strain containing the PheA-Arc1p-C-8x-pET28a plasmid was stored at -80 °C.

16.04.2014

13.27 Cloning of Promotor

To be sure to obtain just a fragment of the wanted size a PCR with the same Primers (iGEM-003 and iGEM-010) has been carried out with the thin fragment which was cut out of the gel yesterday.

PCR of the fragment 2;
1: 2-log-DNA-ladder,
2 & 3: fragment 2
Besides the expected fragment there are also other fragments which indicate that the primers partially bind unspecific. The rest of the PCR products has been separated with an agarose gel and the wanted fragment has been cut out and purified with the Gel Extraction Kit (c = 21 ng/µL).

13.28 Yeast Transformation with PCR fragments

Aim: Rebuild the plasmid via the yeast recombination system

The three obtained fragments together with the NcoI-digested plasmid pMA12 have been transformed into S. cerevisiae to get the whole plasmid again. The whole procedure has been done according to the protocol.

Mix for trafo [µL]	Volumes
NcoI-restriced pMA12 (2.1 1)	1
Fragment 1 (146 ng/µL)	1
Fragment 2 (21,7 ng/µL)	9
Fragment 3 (78,6 ng/µL)	3
PEG 3350(50% w/v)	260
LiAc 1 M	36
Salmonsperm (2 mg/mL)	50
H₂O	-
Total Volume	360

The transformed yeast cells are incubated at RT over the easter holidays.

14.9 Purification of test expression

Aim: Purify PheA-Arc1p-C-8x on a small scale

The cell culture from 14.8 was centrifuged (17000 rpm, 20 min, 4 °C) and the pellet resuspended in 3 mL buffer A. Lysozyme was added to a final concentration of 1 mg/mL and incubated on ice for 30 min. Afterwards the cells were lysed using ultra sound (2x 18 pulses, 30 s on ice inbetween). To clear the suspension of cell debris it was centrifuged (13000 rpm, 15 min, 4 °C). The supernatant was purified using QIAGEN Ni-NTA Spin Columns. An SDS-PAGE gel showed that the protein is produced and can be purified using Ni affinity chromatography.

60 mL LB-Kan⁵⁰ medium was inoculated from the glycerolstock prepared in 14.8 and incubated at 37 °C and 220 rpm over night.

17.04.2014

14.10 Expression of PheA-Arc1p-C-8x

Aim: Express PheA-Arc1p-C-8x for further use

10 x 500 mL LB-Kan⁵⁰ medium were inoculated with 5 mL of the overnight culture prepared in 14.9 and incubated at 37 °C and 220 rpm until OD₆₀₀ reached 0.5. The flasks were cooled to 18 °C and protein production was induced by adding 100 µL 500 mM IPTG. The cultures were incubated over night at 18 °C and 220 rpm. Afterwards the cells were collected by centrifugation (6000 rpm, 20 min, 4 °C), resuspended in buffer A and stored at -20 °C until further use.

22.04.2014

13.29 Miniprep of Transformed Yeast S.cerevisiae and Trafo of E.coli DH5Alpha

Aim: Increase the amount of plasmid DNA to perform restriction and further cloning steps.

Miniprep of Transformed Yeast S.cerevisiae from 21.04.2014 and Trafo of E.coli DH5Alpha.
Miniprep was performed according to the miniprep protocol (Omega).

Plasmid pMa12 with 3 inserts (cat, amyE and gfp) with removed NcoI restriction sites.
Concentration after plasmid prep= 7.5 ng/µL
Transformation of E.coli DH5α with 5 µL DNA (37.5 ng)
Over night incubation on LB-Amp plates.

14.11 Purification of PheA-Arc1p-C-8x

Aim: Purify PheA-Arc1p-C-8x in three steps

The resuspended cells from 14.10 were lysed using a french press. The lysate was incubated on ice with DNAseA and RNAseI for 10 min and centrifuged (27000 rpm, 45 min, 4 °C). The supernatant was filtered (0.45 µm) and PheA-Arc1p-C-8x purified from the cleared solution by NiNTA affinity chromatography. The combined elution fractions containing crude PheA-Arc1p-C were concentrated to a volume of 2 mL and further purified using an anion exchange column to get rid of possible tRNA contaminations. Finally the buffer was changed to dialysis buffer and the protein concentrated and stored at -80 °C in aliquods for further use.

23.04.2014

13.30 Transformation of pMA12-construct into E.coli DH5α

The transformation of the E.coli cells was not successful. So it has been repeated with the rest of the prepared plasmid.

15.9 PCR-Amplification of Flagellin constructs

Aim: PCR to amplify the product for ligation into pMAD

The concentration of the Hag-Flank-construct was too low (c = 5.8 ng/µL) to use it for the ligation into pMAD. A PCR has been run to increase the amount of the construct.

Mix [µL]	Test PCR
Template (Hag-Flank construct)	2 (12 ng)
Primer 89 from Florian	1
Primer 90 from Florian	1
Q5-Mastermix 2x	25
H₂O	21
Total Volume	50

PCR Q5 elongation for 2 kb fragments

Step	Temperature °C	Time
1	95	3 min
2	95	30 sec
3	55	30 sec
4	72	2,5 min
5	Go To 2	35x
6	72	5 min
7	4	Infinite

The PCR-product has been checked on an agarose gel (3 µL + 1 µL 6x Loading-Dye) Expected band: 2000 bp is there, but also 2 additional bands A band with the expected size of ca 2000 bp is visible but there are also two additional DNA-fragments with a lower size. The rest of the PCR-product (47 µL) has been separated on a gel and the expected DNA-fragment has been excised and purified with the Gel Extraction Kit. The purification led to a concentration of 45 ng/µL.

Results

Figure: PCR of the Hag-Flank-construct

14.12 Creating PheA-Arc1p-C-4x

Aim: Using Round-the-horn mutagenesis to create PheA-Arc1p-C-4x-pET28a

The PCR with 5' phosphorylated TG_2xGSSG FP und TG_2xGSSG RP should generate the 7545 bp fragment for ligation from the methylated template PheA-Arc1p-C-8x-pET28a from 14.5.

The used Primer concentration was 1 µM, the concentration of the template was 1 ng/µL and we used a hot start to avoid unspecific annealing of primers.

Content	Volume [µL]
Water	29.5
5x GC Buffer	10
DMSO	2.5
TG_2xGSSG FP	2.5
TG_2xGSSG RP	2.5
PheA-Arc1p-C-8x-pET28a	1
dNTPs	1
Phusion-Polymerase	1
Total Volume	50

Step	Temperature [°C]	Time [min:sec]
1	98	2:00
2	add Polymerase
3	98	0:10
4	67.5	0:30
5	72	4:00
6	go to 3	32x
7	72	10:00
8	4	hold

The amplified fragment was purified on an agarose gel on which it showed the correct size. The extracted linear template was then digested to degrade the original unmutated plasmid using DpnI.

Content	Volume [µL]
10x CutSmart Buffer	3.6
Plasmid	30
DpnI	3
Total Volume	36.6

The reaction mixture was incubated at 37 °C and 300 rpm for 1 h and afterwards heated to 80 °C for 20 min

In order to create the circular plasmid 100 ng of the linear template were mixed with 1 µL 10x T4-Ligasebuffer, 1 µL T4-Ligase and water to give a total volume of 10 µL. This mixture was incubated for 9 h at 16 °C. The resulting plasmid was dialysed with water to decrease the salt concentration for the following transformation of E. coli Top10 electrocompetent cells with the plasmid.

24.04.2014

13.31 Inoculation of Miniprep of Transformed DH5α

Aim: Increase the amount of plasmid DNA to perform restriction and further cloning steps.

Seven small colonies grew on the plate. The plate was further incubated until the afternoon. Each 6 mL LB-Amp have been inoculated with one of the colonies and incubated over night at 37°C.

15.10 Digestion with NcoI/BamHI of PCR-amplified Flagellin construct

Aim: Create restriction sites for ligation the fragment into pMad.

The hag-flank-construct which was amplified yesterday has been digested with NcoI and BamHI to create sticky ends for the following ligation.

Mix [µL]	Hag-Flank-Fragment digest NcoI/BamHI
DNA	1350 ng in 30 µL
Enzyme NcoI-HF	1
Enzyme BamHI-HF	1
Cutsmart-Buffer 10x	5
H₂O	13
Total Volume	50

The restriction was carried out at 37°C for 45 min and the digested fragment was purified with the Gel Extraction Kit (c = 24 ng/µL).

15.11 Ligation of pMAD and Flagellin Construct Digestion

Aim: Ligation of the flagellin-fragment with pMAD-vector

(20 ng of vector x kb size of insert/kb size of vector) x molar of ratio of (insert/vector)

0.6 µL of the pMAD-vector (30 ng) and 1 µL of the digested hag-flank-construct (18 ng) were used for the ligation.

Mix [µL]	Control atempt	2x attempt
Plasmid (pMAD)	0,6	0,6
Insert (construct)	-	1
T4 Ligase	1	1
T4 Ligase Buffer (10x)	2	2
H₂O	16,4	15,4
Total Volume	20	20

The ligation-mix was incubated at roomtemperature for 1 h followed by a transformation of E. coli DH5α with 10 µL of the ligation-mix. The transformation was incubated on a LB-Amp-plate at 37 °C over night.

14.13 Overnight culture

Aim: Amplify Plasmid in an overnight culture

Six clones of the transformed Top10 cells from 14.12 were picked and used to inoculate overnight cultures (6 x 5 mL).

25.04.2014

13.32 Miniprep of Transformed DH5&alpha

The seven cultures were used to do a miniprep. The miniprep was performed according to the miniprep protocol (Omega).

Clone	Concentration (ng/µL)
1	420
2	298,9
3	330
4	392
5	435,3
6	560
7	485

13.33 Restriction Digestion with NcoI

Aim: Check for elimination of NcoI-restriction sites.

[µL]	Attempt 1-7	Mastermix
Plasmid	1,5	-
Enzyme NcoI	-	1
Tango Buffer (10x)	2	16
H₂O	15,5	124
Total Volume	20	1

Results

The digest was further analyzed on a 1% agarose gel.

Restriction digest of the prepared pMa12-construct with NcoI; the star means in this lane was the pMa12-construct (before the installation of the mutated-fragments) digested with NcoI as a control.
The clones 2, 3, 4, 5 & 7 appeared to contain the plasmid with only one NcoI-restriction side. This clones were transferred into 6 mL LB-Amp and incubated at 37 &deg,C over night.

15.13 New Ligation of pMAD and Flagellin construct digest

Aim: Ligation of the flagellin-fragment with pMAD-vector.

The plates from 15.12 were empty which indicates an unsuccessful ligation. A new ligation was performed after calculation with a Ligation calculator: UT Dallas

Mix [µL]	Control attempt	2x attempt
Plasmid (pMAD)	1	1
Insert (construct)	-	1,9
T4 Ligase	1	1
T4 Ligase Buffer (10x)	2	2
H₂O	16	14,4
Total Volume	20	20

The ligation was incubated at roomtemperature for 1.5 h. Afterwards it was stored at -20 °C.

14.14 Preparation of plasmids

Aim: Purify the amplified plasmids from overnight cultures

The plasmids were purified from the overnight cultures created in 14.13 using Sigma GenElute Plasmid Miniprep Kit following the included protocol. The plasmids were eluted using 45 µL water.

28.04.2014

13.35 PCR with Primers iGEM-002 und iGEM-010

Aim: Create new mutation fragment for eliminating a NcoI-restriction site.

The plasmids prepared on Saturday seem to be smaller as expected. For this reason a new attempt to eliminate the restriction sites was carried out. The amplification of fragment 2 (with primers iGEM 003 and iGEM 010 on 15.04.2014) did not happen without any problems such as unspecific smaller bands in addition to the expected one (ca 1000 bp). So this time primer iGEM 003 was replaced by iGEM 002 which would result in a smaller fragment of approximately 600 bp. Later on the fragments 1 and 3 together with the new created one, the digested pMa12 construct and the amyE-fragment (to overlap the region between fragments) would be transformed into S. cerevisiae for recombination.

Mix [µL]	New Fragment 2
Restriction mix 3.1 A1 (2,08 ng/µL)	1
iGEM-010 (10 mM)	1
iGEM-002 (10 mM)	1
Q5-Mastermix 2x	25
H₂0	22
Total Volume	50

The PCR was performed according to the PCR protocol and the PCR-products were analyzed on a 1% agarose gel.

Step	Temperature °C	Time
1	95	3 min
2	95	30 sec
3	58	20 sec
4	72	1 min
5	Go To 2	35x
6	72	5 min
7	4	Infinite

Results

PCR with the primers iGEM-002 and iGEM-010 and the digested pMa12-vector The expected fragments with the sizes of ca 600 bp are visible.

13.35 Transformation of Yeast with the different Fragments

Aim: Recombination of the fragment to a whole plasmid in yeast.

Mix [µL]	Volumes
NcoI-digested pMA12 (2.1 1)	2
Fragment 1 (146 ng/µL)	2
New Fragment 2 (412,9 ng/µL)	2
Fragment 3 (78,6 ng/µL)	3
Fragment amyE (48,3 ng/µL)	5
PEG 3350(50% w/v)	260
LiAc 1 M	36
Salmonsperm(2mg/mL)	50
H₂O	-
Total Volume	360

The transformed yeast cells were incubated at 30 °C.

14.15 Transformation of BL21 cells

Aim: Transform E. coli BL21(DE3) with PheA-Arc1p-C-4x-pET28a

40 µL E. coli BL21(DE3) electrocompetent cells were transformed with 1 ng of the previously purified plasmid PheA-Arc1p-C-4x-pET28a from two different clones, incubated for 1 h at 37 °C and plated out on LB-Kan⁵⁰ plates that were incubated overnight at 37 °C.

29.04.2014

17.1 Making new competent E.coli DH5α

Aim: Making competent E.coli DH5α cells.

Some new competent E. coli DH5α cells were made because the last batch of cells have not yielded in good results in the last few transformations. The cells were made according to the protocol in the method section below. To test the cells they were plated on normal LB, LB-Amp, LB-Kan and a test-trafo was carried out with pMa12 which provides an ampicillin resistance.

15.14 New PCR-Amplification of different Attempts for the Hag-Flank-Construct

Aim: Amplification of construct after unsuccessful transformation for new digests.

The transformation of E. coli DH5α with the ligation of the pMAD-vector and the hag-flank-construct was not successful. Therefore the PCR for amplification of the construct was repeated by using the hag / flank-parts or the construct itself as template.

Mix [µL]	PCR 1	PCR 2	PCR 3
Template	2 (Template mix Hag I/II + Flanks 15,5)	1 (Flagellin-construct 15,6)	1 (Flagellin-construct digest (15,10)
Primer 89 from Florian	1	1	1
Primer 90 from Florian	1	1	1
Q5-Mastermix 2x	25	25	25
H₂O	21	22	22
Total Volume	50

PCR was performed according to the "PCR Q5 elongation for 2kb fragments" protocol and the PCR-products were analyzed on a 1% agarose gel.

Step	Temperature °C	Time
1	95	3 min
2	95	30 sec
3	55	30 sec
4	72	2,5 min
5	Go To 2	35x
6	72	5 min
7	4	Infinite

Results

PCR with primers 89 and 90 from Florian and different templates; lane 1: 2-log-ladder, lane 2: PCR1, lane 3: PCR2, lane 4: PCR3

Although the marker is barely visible the expected bands can detected at a relative height of 2000 in addition to some other unspecific fragments.

14.16 Overnight culture

Aim: Inoculate Overnight culture of PheA-Arc1p-C-4x-pET28a

5 mL of LB-Kan⁵⁰ medium were inoculated with a clone from 14.15 bearing the PheA-Arc1p-C-4x-pET28a plasmid.

30.04.2014

15.15 Restriction of the Hag-Flank-Construct and the pMAD-Vector

Aim: Create the fitting sticky ends for a ligation.

Since the last ligation attempts were not successful the plasmid pMAD is digested by us instead using the digested pMAD from Florian. The PCR-fragments of the hag-flank-construct were purified (PCR1: c = 62 ng/µL, PCR2: c = 55 ng/µL, PCR3: c = 46 ng/µL) and digested with the enzymes BamHI and NcoI.

[µL]	PCR 1	PCR 2	PCR 3	PCR 4
DNA	all	all	all	5 (300 ng/µL)
BamHI	1	1	1	1
NcoI	1	1	1	1
Cutsmart Buffer	4	4	4	2
H₂O	4	4	4	2
Total Volume	40	40	40	20

The restriction was incubated at 37 °C for 1 h and stored at -20 °C.

14.17 Test Expression

Aim: Test the expression of PheA-Arc1p-C-4x

Using the preculture from 14.16 60 mL of LB-Kan⁵⁰ medium were inoculated with 600 µL of the preculture and incubated at 37 °C and 220 rpm until OD₆₀₀ reached 0.5. The culture was cooled down to 18 °C and the protein production was induced with 12 µL of 500 mM IPTG. Over night the culture was incubated at 18 °C and 220 rpm. A glycerolstock of the strain containing the PheA-Arc1p-C-4x-pET28a plasmid was stored at -80 °C.

@@ Line 74: / Line 74: @@
          </tr>
      </table>
-	<p>Incubate samples for 60 min at 37 &deg;C, then induce a heat shock for 2 min at 45 &deg;C. 5 &micro;L marker and 10 &micro;L of the samples are loaded onto the SDS-gel.</p>
+	<p>Incubate samples for 60 min at 37 &deg;C, then induce a heat shock for 2 min at 45 &deg;C. 5 &micro;L marker and 10 &micro;L of the samples are loaded onto a 1% agarose gel.</p>
      </div>
 	<div class="exp-results">
@@ Line 92: / Line 92: @@
 <fieldset class="exp10">
      <legend><a name="exp10.1">10.1 pMA12: Restriction Digest</a></legend>
+	<div class="aim">
+	<p>Aim: linearizing the backbone for cloning of our Nose plasmid + destroying the lac promoter </p>
+	</div>
      <div class="exp-content">
 	<h3>Digestion scheme:</h3>
@@ Line 145: / Line 148: @@
      <h3>Results:</h3>
      <!-- exp10.2 -->
+	<img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/6/6b/MR_20140403_restriction_pMa12_HindIII_EcoRi.jpg" width="30%" />
+	<p>The restriction was successful.</p>
      </div>
 </fieldset>
@@ Line 224: / Line 229: @@
                <tr>
                  <th scope="row">Fragment</th>
-                 <td>Cat-resistance</td>
+                 <td>chloramphenicol-resistance</td>
-                 <td><i>amyE-gene</i></td>
+                 <td><i>amyE</i>-gene</td>
-                 <td>GFP</td>
+                 <td><i>gfp</i></td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                  <th scope="row">Template</th>
-                 <td>1,5</td>
+                 <td>1,5 &micro;L</td>
-                 <td>1,5</td>
+                 <td>1,5 &micro;L</td>
-                 <td>1,5</td>
+                 <td>1,5 &micro;L</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                  <th scope="row">dNTPs</th>
-                 <td>1</td>
+                 <td>1 &micro;L</td>
-                 <td>1</td>
+                 <td>1 &micro;L</td>
-                 <td>1</td>
+                 <td>1 &micro;L</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                  <th scope="row">Primer fwd</th>
-                 <td>1</td>
+                 <td>1 &micro;L</td>
-                 <td>1</td>
+                 <td>1 &micro;L</td>
-                 <td>1</td>
+                 <td>1 &micro;L</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                  <th scope="row">Primer rev</th>
-                 <td>1</td>
+                 <td>1 &micro;L</td>
-                 <td>1</td>
+                 <td>1 &micro;L</td>
-                 <td>1</td>
+                 <td>1 &micro;L</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                  <th scope="row">Phusion Buffer (5x) </th>
-                 <td>10</td>
+                 <td>10 &micro;L</td>
-                 <td>10</td>
+                 <td>10 &micro;L</td>
-                 <td>10</td>
+                 <td>10 &micro;L</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                  <th scope="row">Phusion</th>
-                 <td>1</td>
+                 <td>1 &micro;L</td>
-                 <td>1</td>
+                 <td>1 &micro;L</td>
-                 <td>1</td>
+                 <td>1 &micro;L</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                  <th scope="row">H<sub>2</sub>O</th>
-                 <td>34,5</td>
+                 <td>34,5 &micro;L</td>
-                 <td>34,5</td>
+                 <td>34,5 &micro;L</td>
-                 <td>34,5</td>
+                 <td>34,5 &micro;L</td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                  <th scope="row">Total Volume</th>
-                 <td>50</td>
+                 <td>50 &micro;L</td>
-                 <td>50</td>
+                 <td>50 &micro;L</td>
-                 <td>50</td>
+                 <td>50 &micro;L</td>
                </tr>
             </table>
@@ Line 341: / Line 346: @@
        <p>Samples:</p>
      	<ul class="samples">
-     		<li>1' Cat-resistance</li>
+     		<li>1' chloramphenicol-resistance</li>
      		<li>2' <i>amyE</i>-Gene</li>
-     		<li>3' GFP</li>
+     		<li>3' <i>gfp</i></li>
      		<li>4' (=2+4+6)-Pool, all fragments</li>
      	</ul>
@@ Line 357: / Line 362: @@
              <th scope="col">2''-P+frag</th>
              <th scope="col">3''-P*+pool</th>
-             <th scope="col">4''-P**(DS)+pool</th>
+             <th scope="col">4''-P**+pool</th>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <th scope="row">PEG 3350(50% w/v)</th>
-             <td>260</td>
+             <td>260 &micro;L</td>
-             <td>260</td>
+             <td>260 &micro;L</td>
-             <td>260</td>
+             <td>260 &micro;L</td>
-             <td>260</td>
+             <td>260 &micro;L</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <th scope="row">LiAc 1 M</th>
-             <td>36</td>
+             <td>36 &micro;L</td>
-             <td>36</td>
+             <td>36 &micro;L</td>
-             <td>36</td>
+             <td>36 &micro;L</td>
-             <td>36</td>
+             <td>36 &micro;L</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <th scope="row">Salmonsperm(2 mg/mL)</th>
-             <td>50</td>
+             <td>50 &micro;L</td>
-             <td>50</td>
+             <td>50 &micro;L</td>
-             <td>50</td>
+             <td>50 &micro;L</td>
-             <td>50</td>
+             <td>50 &micro;L</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <th scope="row">H<sub>2</sub>O</th>
-             <td>14</td>
+             <td>14 &micro;L</td>
-             <td>10</td>
+             <td>10 &micro;L</td>
-             <td>2</td>
+             <td>2 &micro;L</td>
-             <td>2</td>
+             <td>2 &micro;L</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <th scope="row">Fragm. (GFP, Cat, AmyE)</th>
              <td>-</td>
-             <td>4</td>
+             <td>4 &micro;L</td>
              <td>-</td>
              <td>-</td>
@@ Line 398: / Line 403: @@
              <td>-</td>
              <td>-</td>
-             <td>12</td>
+             <td>12 &micro;L</td>
-             <td>12</td>
+             <td>12 &micro;L</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <th scope="row">Total Volume</th>
-             <td>360</td>
+             <td>360 &micro;L</td>
-             <td>360</td>
+             <td>360 &micro;L</td>
-             <td>360</td>
+             <td>360 &micro;L</td>
-             <td>360</td>
+             <td>360 &micro;L</td>
            </tr>
          </table>
          <!-- exp13.7 -->
 		<p>Salmonsperm for 10 min on 95 &deg;C, then on ice<br />
-	    *pMA12 - cut with HindIII + EcoRI<br />
+	    *pMA12 - digestion with HindIII + EcoRI<br />
-	    **pMA12 - cut by Daniel Schindler</p>
+	    **pMA12 - parallel digestion with HindIII and EcoRI</p>
          <ul class="yeast">
          	<li>resuspend yeast pellet in all samples</li>
@@ Line 468: / Line 473: @@
            <tr>
              <th scope="row">Template</th>
-             <td>1</td>
+             <td>1 &micro;L</td>
-             <td>1</td>
+             <td>1 &micro;L</td>
-             <td>1</td>
+             <td>1 &micro;L</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <th scope="row">dNTPs</th>
-             <td>1</td>
+             <td>1 &micro;L</td>
-             <td>1</td>
+             <td>1 &micro;L</td>
-             <td>1</td>
+             <td>1 &micro;L</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <th scope="row">Primer001 fwd</th>
-             <td>1</td>
+             <td>1 &micro;L</td>
-             <td>1</td>
+             <td>1 &micro;L</td>
-             <td>1</td>
+             <td>1 &micro;L</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <th scope="row">Primer006 rev</th>
-             <td>1</td>
+             <td>1 &micro;L</td>
-             <td>1</td>
+             <td>1 &micro;L</td>
-             <td>1</td>
+             <td>1 &micro;L</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <th scope="row">Buffer (10x)</th>
-             <td>3</td>
+             <td>3 &micro;L</td>
-             <td>3</td>
+             <td>3 &micro;L</td>
-             <td>3</td>
+             <td>3 &micro;L</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <th scope="row">Taq-Pol</th>
-             <td>1</td>
+             <td>1 &micro;L</td>
-             <td>1</td>
+             <td>1 &micro;L</td>
-             <td>1</td>
+             <td>1 &micro;L</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <th scope="row">H<sub>2</sub>O</th>
-             <td>22,5</td>
+             <td>22,5 &micro;L</td>
-             <td>22,5</td>
+             <td>22,5 &micro;L</td>
-             <td>22,5</td>
+             <td>22,5 &micro;L</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <th scope="row">Total Volume</th>
-             <td>30</td>
+             <td>30 &micro;L</td>
-             <td>30</td>
+             <td>30 &micro;L</td>
-             <td>30</td>
+             <td>30 &micro;L</td>
            </tr>
          </table>
@@ Line 518: / Line 523: @@
      </div>
      <div class="results">
+	<img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/d/d9/2014-Apr-07_Test_PCR_pMa12_mit_amyE%2C_gfp_und_Cat.jpg" width="20%" />
+	<p>The control PCR was not successful.</p>
+	</div>
      <!-- exp13.10 -->
      	<h3>Results</h3>
@@ Line 532: / Line 540: @@
      </div>
 </fieldset>
-<fieldset class="exp14">
+<fieldset class="exp13">
-     <legend><a name="exp14.1">14.1 Miniprep of <i>E.coli</i> pMA12: Preculture</a></legend>
+     <legend><a name="exp13.12">13.12 Miniprep of <i>E.coli</i> pMA12: Preculture</a></legend>
 	<div class="exp-content">
     	  <P>Inoculation of preculture plates: 6 mL LB + 6 &micro;L ampicillin + colony clone</P>
@@ Line 665: / Line 673: @@
    </tr>
 </table>
+	<br />
+	<img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/4/42/2014-Apr-08_Test-PCR_Yeast_recombination.jpg" width="20%" />
+	<br />
+	<p>The new control PCR was not successful either.</p>
      </div>
 </fieldset>
@@ Line 673: / Line 685: @@
      </div>
 </fieldset>
+<!-- ROMAN -->
 <fieldset class="exp14">
-     <legend><a name="exp14.2">14.2 Miniprep of <i>E.coli</i> pMA12</a></legend>
+     <legend><a name="exp14.1">14.1 PCR of PheA-Arc1p-C-8x</a></legend>
+    <div class="aim">
+    <p>Aim: Amplify PheA-Arc1p-C-8x fragment for Gibson Assembly in pET-28a</p>
+    </div>
+    <div class="exp-content">
+    <p>The PCR with TG_PheA-Arc1p-C-8x FP und TG_PheA-Arc1p-C-8x RP should generate the 2346 bp fragment for Gibson Assembly from the synthesized template.</p>
+    <p>The used Primer concentration was 1
+    &micro;M, the concentration of the template was 1 ng/&micro;L and we used a hot start to avoid unspecific annealing of primers.</p>
+    <table width="100%" border="1">
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="col">Content</th>
+    <th scope="col">Volume [&micro;L]</th>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">Water</th>
+    <td>29.5</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">5x GC Buffer</th>
+    <td>10</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">DMSO</th>
+    <td>2.5</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">TG_PheA-Arc1p-C-8x FP</th>
+    <td>2.5</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">TG_PheA-Arc1p-C-8x RP</th>
+    <td>2.5</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">synthesized template</th>
+    <td>1</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">dNTPs</th>
+    <td>1</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">Phusion-Polymerase</th>
+    <td>1</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">Total Volume</th>
+    <td>50</td>
+  </tr>
+</table><br />
+<table width="100%" border="1">
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="col">Step</th>
+    <th scope="col">Temperature [&deg;C]</th>
+    <th scope="col">Time [min:sec]</th>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">1</th>
+    <td>98</td>
+    <td>2:00</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">2</th>
+    <td>add Polymerase</td>
+    <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">3</th>
+    <td>98</td>
+    <td>0:10</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">4</th>
+    <td>67.5</td>
+    <td>0:30</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">5</th>
+    <td>72</td>
+    <td>1:40</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">6</th>
+    <td>go to 3</td>
+    <td>32x</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">7</th>
+    <td>72</td>
+    <td>10:00</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">8</th>
+    <td>4</td>
+    <td>hold</td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+<p>The amplified fragment was purified on an agarose gel on which it showed the correct size. It was extracted from the gel for further use in a Gibson Assembly yielding a concentration of 258 ng/&micro;L.</p>
+</div>
+</fieldset>
+<fieldset class="exp14">
+ <legend><a name="exp14.2">14.2 Digestion of pET-28a</a></legend>
+    <div class="aim">
+    <p>Aim: Linearize pET-28a to prepare it for Gibson Assembly</p>
+    </div>
+    <div class="exp-content">
+    <p>The pET-28a vector was cut with XhoI and NdeI in order to create the ends needed for the integration of the prepared PheA-Arc1p-C-8x construct via Gibson Assembly</p>
+    <table width="100%" border="1">
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="col">Content</th>
+    <th scope="col">Volume [&micro;L]</th>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">Water</th>
+    <td>34.2</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">CutSmart Buffer</th>
+    <td>5</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">pET-28a (128 ng/&micro;L)</th>
+    <td>7.81</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">NdeI</th>
+    <td>1.5</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">XhoI</th>
+    <td>1.5</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">Total Volume</th>
+    <td>50</td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+<p>The reaction mixture was incubated for 3 h at 37 &deg;C and 350 rpm. The resulting linearized vector was purified using an agarose gel from which it was extracted for further use yielding a concentration of 24 ng/&micro;L.</p>
+    </div>
+</fieldset>
+<fieldset class="exp14">
+ <legend><a name="exp14.3">14.3 Gibson Assembly</a></legend>
+    <div class="aim">
+    <p>Aim: Integrate PheA-Arc1p-C-8x into linearized pET-28a(XhoI,NdeI) via Gibson Assembly</p>
+    </div>
+    <div class="exp-content">
+    <table width="100%" border="1">
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="col">Content</th>
+    <th scope="col">Volume [&micro;L]</th>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">Water</th>
+    <td>1.46</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">pET-28a(XhoI,NdeI) (24 ng/&micro;L)</th>
+    <td>4.17</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">PheA-Arc1p-C-8x (30 ng/&micro;L)</th>
+    <td>4.37</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">2x Gibson Mastermix</th>
+    <td>10</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">Total Volume</th>
+    <td>20</td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+    <p>The reaction mixture was incubated for 1 h at 50 &deg;C and 350 rpm. E. coli Top10 electrocompetent cells were transformed with a 1:3 and a 1:6 dilution of the mixture, incubated for 1 h at 37 &deg;C and plated out on LB-Kan<sup>50</sup> plates that were incubated overnight at 37 &deg;C.</p>
+    </div>
+</fieldset>
+<!-- //ROMAN -->
+<fieldset class="exp13">
+    <legend><a name="exp13.12">13.12 Miniprep of <i>E.coli</i> pMA12</a></legend>
 	<div class="exp-content">
     	  <P>Miniprep according to the miniprep kit protocol (Omega) with overnight preculture.</P>
@@ Line 802: / Line 999: @@
      <!-- exp15.3 -->
      <br />
-     	<img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/4/42/2014-04-08_flagellin.jpg" width="15%"/>
+     	<img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/b/b0/Amplification_hag_hagII_08.04.2014.jpg" width="15%"/>
-     </div>
+     <br />
+	<p>The gel shows that the PCR fragments were amplified successfully in the correct size &#040;Size HagI=639 bp  HagII= 297 bp&#041;, The next step is a fusion PCR fusing the HagI/II constructs with homologous flanks for integration into the hag locus in <i>B. subtilis</i> genome.</p>
+	</div>
 </fieldset>
 </div>
@@ Line 818: / Line 1,017: @@
 </fieldset>
 <fieldset class="exp13">
-     <legend><a name="exp13.16">13.16 Restriction Digest with NcoI and Test-Plasmids</a></legend>
+     <legend><a name="exp13.16/17">13.16/17 Restriction Digest with NcoI and Test-Plasmids</a></legend>
 	<div class="exp-content">Restriction digest with NcoI and test-plasmids from the miniprep.</div>
      <div class="exp-content">
@@ Line 932: / Line 1,131: @@
      <p>Expected bands: 464 bp - 2148 bp - 4054 bp</p>
      <img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/0/09/2014-04-09_NdeI.jpg" width="30%" />
-     </div>
+     <p>The expected bands were visible.</p>
+	</div>
 </fieldset>
 <fieldset class="exp13">
@@ Line 983: / Line 1,183: @@
      </div>
 </fieldset>
+<!-- ROMAN -->
+<fieldset class="exp14">
+ <legend><a name="exp14.4">14.4 Overnight culture</a></legend>
+    <div class="aim">
+    <p>Aim: Amplify Plasmid in an overnight culture</p>
+    </div>
+    <div class="exp-content">
+    <p>Six clones of the transformed Top10 cells were picked and used to inoculate overnight cultures (6 x 5 mL).</p>
+    </div>
+</fieldset>
+<!-- ROMAN -->
 </div>
@@ Line 1,122: / Line 1,335: @@
      <p>Expected bands: 2 kb band (whole Flank-Hag fragment)</p>
      <img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/8/81/2014-04-10_Hag_Flank2.jpg" width="15%"/>
-     </div>
+     <p>The gel shows the successful amplification of the Hag-flank construct.</p>
+	</div>
 </fieldset>
 <fieldset class="exp15">
@@ Line 1,328: / Line 1,542: @@
 </table>
 	<p>Salmonsperm for 10 min on 95 &deg;C, then on ice - all attempts on ice!<br />
-	<em>*pMA12 - cut with HindIII + EcoRI<br />
+	<em>*pMA12 - digestion with HindIII + EcoRI<br />
-	**pMA12 - cut by Daniel Schindler</em></p>
+	**pMA12 - parallel digestion of HindIII and EcoRI</em></p>
      </div>
 </fieldset>
@@ Line 1,343: / Line 1,557: @@
      	<li>Incubate at 30 &deg;C till monday</li>
      </ul>
-    <img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/a/ab/2014-04-10_Hag_Flank3.jpg" width="15%"  />
      </div>
 </fieldset>
+<fieldset class="exp14">
+ <legend><a name="exp14.5">14.5 Preparation of plasmids</a></legend>
+    <div class="aim">
+    <p>Aim: Purify the amplified plasmids from overnight cultures</p>
+    </div>
+    <div class="exp-content">
+    <p>The plasmids were purified from the overnight cultures using Sigma GenElute Plasmid Miniprep Kit following the included protocol. The plasmids were eluted using 45 &micro;L water.</p>
+    </div>
+</fieldset>
+<fieldset class="exp14">
+ <legend><a name="exp14.6">14.6 Transformation of BL21 cells</a></legend>
+    <div class="aim">
+    <p>Aim: Transform E. coli BL21(DE3) with PheA-Arc1p-C-8x-pET28a</p>
+    </div>
+    <div class="exp-content">
+    <p>40 &micro;L E. coli BL21(DE3) electrocompetent cells were transformed with 1 ng of the previously purified plasmid PheA-Arc1p-C-8x-pET28a from two different clones, incubated for 1 h at 37 &deg;C and plated out on LB-Kan<sup>50</sup> plates that were incubated overnight at 37 &deg;C.</p>
+    </div>
+</fieldset>
 </div>
@@ Line 1,352: / Line 1,586: @@
 <div class="notebooky-entry">
 <h2 class="title">
-	<a name="10.04.2014">10.04.2014</a>
+	<a name="11.04.2014">11.04.2014</a>
 </h2>
 <fieldset class="exp15">
@@ Line 1,430: / Line 1,664: @@
    </tr>
 </table>
-    </div>
+<br />
+<img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/a/ab/2014-04-10_Hag_Flank3.jpg" width="15%"  />
+<br />
+<p>The extracted 2000 bp fragment was used as a PCR template for amplification of the Hag-flank construct for further cloning steps.</p>
+	</div>
 </fieldset>
 <fieldset class="exp15">
-     <legend><a name="exp15.8">15.8 Digestion of Flagellin Fragment with NcoI/BamHI</a></legend>
+     <legend><a name="exp15.8">15.8 Digestion of Flagellin Fragment with <i>Nco</i>I/<i>Bam</i>HI</a></legend>
      <div class="aim">
      <p>Aim: Creating restriction sites for cloning into pMAD-vector.</p>
@@ Line 1,441: / Line 1,679: @@
    <tr>
      <th scope="col">Mix [&micro;L]</th>
-     <th scope="col">Hag-Flank-Fragment digest NcoI/BamHI</th>
+     <th scope="col">Hag-Flank-Fragment digest <i>Nco</i>I/<i>Bam</i>HI</th>
    </tr>
    <tr>
@@ Line 1,449: / Line 1,687: @@
    </tr>
    <tr>
-     <th scope="row">Enzyme NcoI-HF</th>
+     <th scope="row">Enzyme <i>NcoI</i>-HF</th>
      <td>0,5</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
-     <th scope="row">Enzyme BamHI-HF</th>
+     <th scope="row">Enzyme <i>BamHI</i>-HF</th>
      <td>0,5</td>
    </tr>
@@ Line 1,482: / Line 1,720: @@
      <legend><a name="exp13.22">13.22 Miniprep of Yeast Culture Transformation</a></legend>
      <div class="exp-content">
-     <p>From 10.04.2014, performed by Daniel</p>
+     <p>The plasmid isolation was carried out according to the miniprep kit protocol.</p>
      </div>
 </fieldset>
@@ Line 1,488: / Line 1,726: @@
      <legend><a name="exp13.23">13.23 Transformation of <i>E.coli</i> DH5<font face="arial">&alpha;</font> with prepared plasmids</a></legend>
      <div class="exp-content">
-     <p>Plasmids prepared above have been transformed into <i>E.coli</i>, performed by Daniel<br />
+     <p>Plasmids prepared above have been transformed into <i>E.coli</i>.<br />
        Colonies on transformation plates have been inoculated in shaking culture (16 colonies).
      </p>
@@ Line 1,512: / Line 1,750: @@
      <legend><a name="exp13.25">13.25 Digestion</a></legend>
      <div class="aim">
-     <p>Aim: Check for elimination of NcoI-restriction sites.</p>
+     <p>Aim: Check for elimination of <i>Nco</i>I-restriction sites.</p>
      </div>
      <div class="exp-content">
      <table width="100%" border="1">
    <tr>
-    <th scope="col">[&micro;L]</th>
      <th scope="col">Mix</th>
+    <th scope="col">[&micro;l]</th>
    </tr>
    <tr>
@@ Line 1,525: / Line 1,763: @@
    </tr>
    <tr>
-     <th scope="row">Enzyme NcoI-HF</th>
+     <th scope="row">Enzyme <i>Nco</i>I-HF</th>
      <td>0,75</td>
    </tr>
@@ Line 1,551: / Line 1,789: @@
      <legend><a name="exp13.26">13.26 Overnight Digestion</a></legend>
      <div class="aim">
-     <p>Aim: Check for elimination of NcoI-restriction sites</p>
+     <p>Aim: Check for elimination of <i>Nco</i>I-restriction sites</p>
      </div>
      <div class="exp-content">
@@ Line 1,567: / Line 1,805: @@
    </tr>
    <tr>
-     <th scope="row">Enzyme NcoI-HF</th>
+     <th scope="row">Enzyme <i>NcoI</i>-HF</th>
      <td>1</td>
      <td>1</td>
@@ Line 1,589: / Line 1,827: @@
      </div>
 </fieldset>
+<fieldset class="exp14">
+ <legend><a name="exp14.7">14.7 Overnight culture</a></legend>
+    <div class="aim">
+    <p>Aim: Inoculate Overnight culture of PheA-Arc1p-C-8x-pET28a</p>
+    </div>
+    <div class="exp-content">
+    <p>5 mL of LB-Kan<sup>50</sup> medium were inoculated with a clone from 14.6 bearing the PheA-Arc1p-C-8x-pET28a plasmid.</p>
+    </div>
+</fieldset>
 </div>
@@ Line 1,677: / Line 1,926: @@
      <h3>Results</h3>
      <img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/1/1f/2014-04-15_mutagenesis.jpg" width="30%" />
-     <p><strong>Figure : mutagenesis PCR for different fragments; <br />
+     <p><strong>Mutagenesis PCR for different fragments; <br />
 : 2-log-DNA-ladder, <br />
   &amp; 3: fragment 1, <br />
@@ Line 1,685: / Line 1,934: @@
        Lane 1 &amp; 2 contain the expected Fragments (~ 600  bp). In Lane 3 there is a very thin fragment with the expected size (~ 1100 bp)  but smaller fragments can also be seen. Lane 5 does not contain any fragment at  all and in lane 6 there is the fragment of the expected size (~ 600 bp).      Both samples with fragment 1 were pooled, sample 3.1  was discarded and the whole PCR-product 2.1 has been separated in an agarosegel  and the fragment with 1100 bp has been cut out and purified with the Gel  Extraction Kit (c = 4,4 ng/&micro;L). A second PCR for fragment 2 has been done in parallel.  All parameters remained the same but the annealing-temperature has been changed  to 62 &deg;C.</p>
        <img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/a/a0/2014-04-15_mutagenesis2.jpg" width="20%"  />
-       <p><strong>Figure : modified mutagenesis PCR for fragment 2; again there are two fragments with a too small size and the expected fragments are not high concentrated.</strong></p>
+       <p><strong>Modified mutagenesis PCR for fragment 2; again there are two fragments with a too small size and the expected fragments are not high concentrated.</strong></p>
 </div>
 </fieldset>
+<!-- ROMAN -->
+<fieldset class="exp14">
+ <legend><a name="exp14.8">14.8 Test Expression</a></legend>
+    <div class="aim">
+    <p>Aim: Test the expression of PheA-Arc1p-C-8x</p>
+    </div>
+    <div class="exp-content">
+    <p>Using the preculture from 14.7 60 mL of LB-Kan<sup>50</sup> medium were inoculated with 600 &micro;L of the preculture and incubated at 37 &deg;C and 220 rpm until OD<sub>600</sub> reached 0.5. The culture was cooled down to 18 &deg;C and the protein production was induced with 12 &micro;L of 500 mM IPTG. Over night the culture was incubated at 18 &deg;C and 220 rpm. A glycerolstock of the strain containing the PheA-Arc1p-C-8x-pET28a plasmid was stored at -80 &deg;C.</p>
+    </div>
+</fieldset>
+<!-- ROMAN -->
 </div>
@@ Line 1,701: / Line 1,965: @@
      <p>To be sure to obtain just a fragment of the wanted size a PCR with the same Primers (iGEM-003 and iGEM-010) has been carried out with the thin fragment which was cut out of the gel yesterday.</p>
      <img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/f/fe/2014-04-16_gel.jpg" width="15%" />
-     <p><strong>Figure : PCR of the fragment 2; <br />
+     <p><strong>PCR of the fragment 2; <br />
 : 2-log-DNA-ladder, <br />
 & 3: fragment 2
@@ Line 1,714: / Line 1,978: @@
      </div>
      <div class="exp-content">
-     <p>The three obtained fragments together with the NcoI-digested plasmid pMA12 have been transformed into <em>S. cerevisia</em>e to get the whole plasmid again. The whole procedure has been done according to the protocol.</p>
+     <p>The three obtained fragments together with the <i>Nco</i>I-digested plasmid pMA12 have been transformed into <em>S. cerevisia</em>e to get the whole plasmid again. The whole procedure has been done according to the protocol.</p>
      <table width="100%" border="1">
    <tr>
@@ Line 1,721: / Line 1,985: @@
    </tr>
    <tr>
-     <th scope="row">NcoI-restriced pMA12 (2.1 1)</th>
+     <th scope="row"><i>Nco</i>I-restriced pMA12 (2.1 1)</th>
      <td>1</td>
    </tr>
@@ Line 1,760: / Line 2,024: @@
      </div>
 </fieldset>
+<!-- ROMAN -->
+<fieldset class="exp14">
+ <legend><a name="exp14.9">14.9 Purification of test expression</a></legend>
+    <div class="aim">
+    <p>Aim: Purify PheA-Arc1p-C-8x on a small scale</p>
+    </div>
+    <div class="exp-content">
+    <p>The cell culture from 14.8 was centrifuged (17000 rpm, 20 min, 4 &deg;C) and the pellet resuspended in 3 mL buffer A. Lysozyme was added to a final concentration of 1 mg/mL and incubated on ice for 30 min. Afterwards the cells were lysed using ultra sound (2x 18 pulses, 30 s on ice inbetween). To clear the suspension of cell debris it was centrifuged (13000 rpm, 15 min, 4 &deg;C). The supernatant was purified using QIAGEN Ni-NTA Spin Columns. An SDS-PAGE gel showed that the protein is produced and can be purified using Ni affinity chromatography.</p>
+    <p>60 mL LB-Kan<sup>50</sup> medium was inoculated from the glycerolstock prepared in 14.8 and incubated at 37 &deg;C and 220 rpm over night.</p>
+    </div>
+</fieldset>
+<!-- // ROMAN -->
 </div>
-<!-- 22.04.14 -->
+<!-- ROMAN -->
 <div class="notebooky-entry">
-<h2 class="title">
+	<h2 class="title">
-	<a name="22.04.2014">22.04.2014</a>
+		<a name="17.04.2014">17.04.2014</a>
-</h2>
+	</h2>
-<fieldset class="exp13">
+	<fieldset class="exp14">
-    <legend><a name="exp13.29">13.29 Miniprep of Transformed Yeast <em>S.cerevisiae </em>and Trafo of <em>E.coli</em> DH5Alpha</a></legend>
+	 <legend><a name="exp14.10">14.10 Expression of PheA-Arc1p-C-8x</a></legend>
-    	<div class="Aim">
+		<div class="aim">
-        <p>Aim: Increase the amount of plasmid DNA to perform restriction and further cloning steps.</p>
+		<p>Aim: Express PheA-Arc1p-C-8x for further use</p>
-        </div>
+		</div>
-        <div class="exp-content">
+		<div class="exp-content">
-        <p>Miniprep of Transformed Yeast <em>S.cerevisiae</em> from 21.04.2014 and Trafo of <em>E.coli</em> DH5Alpha.<br />
+		<p>10 x 500 mL LB-Kan<sup>50</sup> medium were inoculated with 5 mL of the overnight culture prepared in 14.9 and incubated at 37 &deg;C and 220 rpm until OD<sub>600</sub> reached 0.5. The flasks were cooled to 18 &deg;C and protein production was induced by adding 100 &micro;L 500 mM IPTG. The cultures were incubated over night at 18 &deg;C and 220 rpm. Afterwards the cells were collected by centrifugation (6000 rpm, 20 min, 4 &deg;C), resuspended in buffer A and stored at -20 &deg;C until further use.</p>
-          Miniprep was performed according to the miniprep protocol (Omega).
+		</div>
-        </p>
+	</fieldset>
-        <p>Plasmid pMa12 with 3 inserts (cat, amyE and gfp) with removed NcoI restriction sites.<br />
-          Concentration after plasmid prep= 7.5 ng/&micro;L<br />
-          Transformation of <i>E.coli</i> DH5&alpha; with 5 &micro;L DNA (37.5 ng)<br />
-          Over night incubation on LB-Amp plates.</p>
 </div>
-</fieldset>
+<!-- %% ROMAN -->
+<!-- 22.04.14 -->
+<div class="notebooky-entry">
+	<h2 class="title">
+		<a name="22.04.2014">22.04.2014</a>
+	</h2>
+	<fieldset class="exp13">
+		<legend><a name="exp13.29">13.29 Miniprep of Transformed Yeast <em>S.cerevisiae </em>and Trafo of <em>E.coli</em> DH5Alpha</a></legend>
+			<div class="Aim">
+			<p>Aim: Increase the amount of plasmid DNA to perform restriction and further cloning steps.</p>
+			</div>
+			<div class="exp-content">
+			<p>Miniprep of Transformed Yeast <em>S.cerevisiae</em> from 21.04.2014 and Trafo of <em>E.coli</em> DH5Alpha.<br />
+			  Miniprep was performed according to the miniprep protocol (Omega).
+			</p>
+			<p>Plasmid pMa12 with 3 inserts (cat, amyE and gfp) with removed NcoI restriction sites.<br />
+			  Concentration after plasmid prep= 7.5 ng/&micro;L<br />
+			  Transformation of <i>E.coli</i> DH5&alpha; with 5 &micro;L DNA (37.5 ng)<br />
+			  Over night incubation on LB-Amp plates.</p>
+		</div>
+	</fieldset>
+<!-- ROMAN -->
+	<fieldset class="exp14">
+	 <legend><a name="exp14.11">14.11 Purification of PheA-Arc1p-C-8x</a></legend>
+		<div class="aim">
+		<p>Aim: Purify PheA-Arc1p-C-8x in three steps</p>
+		</div>
+		<div class="exp-content">
+		<p>The resuspended cells from 14.10 were lysed using a french press. The lysate was incubated on ice with DNAseA and RNAseI for 10 min and centrifuged (27000 rpm, 45 min, 4 &deg;C). The supernatant was filtered (0.45 &micro;m) and PheA-Arc1p-C-8x purified from the cleared solution by NiNTA affinity chromatography. The combined elution fractions containing crude PheA-Arc1p-C were concentrated to a volume of 2 mL and further purified using an anion exchange column to get rid of possible tRNA contaminations. Finally the buffer was changed to dialysis buffer and the protein concentrated and stored at -80 &deg;C in aliquods for further use.</p>
+		</div>
+	</fieldset>
+<!-- %% ROMAN -->
 </div>
@@ Line 1,877: / Line 2,184: @@
    </tr>
 </table>
-     <p>The PCR-product has been checked on a agarose gel (3 &micro;L + 1 &micro;L 6x Loading-Dye)
+     <p>The PCR-product has been checked on an agarose gel (3 &micro;L + 1 &micro;L 6x Loading-Dye)
 Expected band: 2000 bp is there, but also 2 additional bands
 A band with the expected size of ca 2000 bp is visible but there are also two additional DNA-fragments with a lower size. The rest of the PCR-product (47 &micro;L) has been separated on a gel and the expected DNA-fragment has been excised and purified with the Gel Extraction Kit. The purification led to a concentration of 45 ng/&micro;L.</p>
@@ Line 1,887: / Line 2,194: @@
      </div>
 </fieldset>
+<!-- ROMAN -->
+<fieldset class="exp14">
+ <legend><a name="exp14.12">14.12 Creating PheA-Arc1p-C-4x</a></legend>
+    <div class="aim">
+    <p>Aim: Using Round-the-horn mutagenesis to create PheA-Arc1p-C-4x-pET28a</p>
+    </div>
+    <div class="exp-content">
+    The PCR with 5' phosphorylated TG_2xGSSG FP und TG_2xGSSG RP should generate the 7545 bp fragment for ligation from the methylated template PheA-Arc1p-C-8x-pET28a from 14.5.</p>
+    <p>The used Primer concentration was 1
+    &micro;M, the concentration of the template was 1 ng/&micro;L and we used a hot start to avoid unspecific annealing of primers.</p>
+    <table width="100%" border="1">
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="col">Content</th>
+    <th scope="col">Volume [&micro;L]</th>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">Water</th>
+    <td>29.5</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">5x GC Buffer</th>
+    <td>10</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">DMSO</th>
+    <td>2.5</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">TG_2xGSSG FP</th>
+    <td>2.5</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">TG_2xGSSG RP</th>
+    <td>2.5</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">PheA-Arc1p-C-8x-pET28a</th>
+    <td>1</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">dNTPs</th>
+    <td>1</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">Phusion-Polymerase</th>
+    <td>1</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">Total Volume</th>
+    <td>50</td>
+  </tr>
+</table><br />
+<table width="100%" border="1">
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="col">Step</th>
+    <th scope="col">Temperature [&deg;C]</th>
+    <th scope="col">Time [min:sec]</th>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">1</th>
+    <td>98</td>
+    <td>2:00</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">2</th>
+    <td>add Polymerase</td>
+    <td>&nbsp;</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">3</th>
+    <td>98</td>
+    <td>0:10</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">4</th>
+    <td>67.5</td>
+    <td>0:30</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">5</th>
+    <td>72</td>
+    <td>4:00</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">6</th>
+    <td>go to 3</td>
+    <td>32x</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">7</th>
+    <td>72</td>
+    <td>10:00</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">8</th>
+    <td>4</td>
+    <td>hold</td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+<p>The amplified fragment was purified on an agarose gel on which it showed the correct size. The extracted linear template was then digested to degrade the original unmutated plasmid using DpnI.</p>
+<table width="100%" border="1">
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="col">Content</th>
+    <th scope="col">Volume [&micro;L]</th>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">10x CutSmart Buffer</th>
+    <td>3.6</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">Plasmid</th>
+    <td>30</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">DpnI</th>
+    <td>3</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th scope="row">Total Volume</th>
+    <td>36.6</td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+<p>The reaction mixture was incubated at 37 &deg;C and 300 rpm for 1 h and afterwards heated to 80 &deg;C for 20 min</p>
+<p>In order to create the circular plasmid 100 ng of the linear template were mixed with 1 &micro;L 10x T4-Ligasebuffer,  1 &micro;L T4-Ligase and water to give a total volume of 10 &micro;L. This mixture was incubated for 9 h at 16 &deg;C. The resulting plasmid was dialysed with water to decrease the salt concentration for the following transformation of E. coli Top10 electrocompetent cells with the plasmid.</p>
+    </div>
+</fieldset>
+<!-- %% ROMAN -->
 </div>
@@ Line 1,902: / Line 2,339: @@
      </div>
      <div class="exp-content">
-     <p>Seven small colonies grew on the plate. The plate was further incubated  until the afternoon. Each 6 mL LB-Amp have been inoculated with one of the  colonies and incubated over night at 37 &deg;C.</p>
+     <p>Seven small colonies grew on the plate. The plate was further incubated  until the afternoon. Each 6 mL LB-Amp have been inoculated with one of the  colonies and incubated over night at 37&deg;C.</p>
      </div>
 </fieldset>
 <fieldset class="exp15">
-     <legend><a name="exp15.10">15.10 Digestion with NcoI/BamHI of PCR-amplified Flagellin construct</a></legend>
+     <legend><a name="exp15.10">15.10 Digestion with <i>Nco</i>I/<i>Bam</i>HI of PCR-amplified Flagellin construct</a></legend>
      <div class="aim">
      <p>Aim: Create restriction sites for ligation the fragment into pMad.</p>
      </div>
      <div class="exp-content">
-     <p>The hag-flank-construct which was amplified yesterday has been digested with NcoI and BamHI to create sticky ends for the following ligation.</p>
+     <p>The hag-flank-construct which was amplified yesterday has been digested with <i>Nco</i>I and <i>Bam</i>HI to create sticky ends for the following ligation.</p>
      <table width="100%" border="1">
    <tr>
      <th scope="col">Mix [&micro;L]</th>
-     <th scope="col">Hag-Flank-Fragment digest NcoI/BamHI</th>
+     <th scope="col">Hag-Flank-Fragment digest <i>Nco</i>I/<i>Bam</i>HI</th>
    </tr>
    <tr>
@@ Line 1,922: / Line 2,359: @@
    </tr>
    <tr>
-     <th scope="row">Enzyme NcoI-HF</th>
+     <th scope="row">Enzyme <i>Nco</i>I-HF</th>
      <td>1</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
-     <th scope="row">Enzyme BamHI-HF</th>
+     <th scope="row">Enzyme <i>Bam</i>HI-HF</th>
      <td>1</td>
    </tr>
@@ Line 1,942: / Line 2,379: @@
    </tr>
 </table>
-	<p>The restriction was carried out at 37°C for 45 min and the digested fragment was purified with the Gel Extraction Kit (c = 24 ng/&micro;L).</p>
+	<p>The restriction was carried out at 37&deg;C for 45 min and the digested fragment was purified with the Gel Extraction Kit (c = 24 ng/&micro;L).</p>
      </div>
 </fieldset>
@@ Line 1,948: / Line 2,385: @@
      <legend><a name="exp15.11">15.11 Ligation of pMAD and Flagellin Construct Digestion</a></legend>
      <div class="aim">
-     <p>Aim: Ligation of the flaggelin-fragment with pMAD-vector</p>
+     <p>Aim: Ligation of the flagellin-fragment with pMAD-vector</p>
      </div>
      <div class="exp-content">
@@ Line 1,993: / Line 2,430: @@
      </div>
 </fieldset>
+<!-- ROMAN -->
+<fieldset class="exp14">
+ <legend><a name="exp14.13">14.13 Overnight culture</a></legend>
+    <div class="aim">
+    <p>Aim: Amplify Plasmid in an overnight culture</p>
+    </div>
+    <div class="exp-content">
+    <p>Six clones of the transformed Top10 cells from 14.12 were picked and used to inoculate overnight cultures (6 x 5 mL).</p>
+    </div>
+</fieldset>
+<!-- %% ROMAN -->
 </div>
@@ Line 2,044: / Line 2,496: @@
      <legend><a name="exp13.33">13.33 Restriction Digestion with NcoI</a></legend>
      <div class="aim">
-     <p>Aim: Check for elimination of NcoI-restriction sites.</p>
+     <p>Aim: Check for elimination of <i>Nco</i>I-restriction sites.</p>
      </div>
      <div class="exp-content">
@@ Line 2,059: / Line 2,511: @@
    </tr>
    <tr>
-     <th scope="row">Enzyme NcoI</th>
+     <th scope="row">Enzyme <i>Nco</i>I</th>
      <td>-</td>
      <td>1</td>
@@ Line 2,084: / Line 2,536: @@
      <p>The digest was further analyzed on a 1% agarose gel.</p>
      <img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/8/8d/2014-04-25_NcoI.jpg" width="30%" />
-     <p><strong>Figure: restriction digest of the prepared pMa12-construct with NcoI; the star means in this lane was the pMa12-construct (before the installation of the mutated-fragments) digested with NcoI as a control.</strong><br />
+     <p><strong>Restriction digest of the prepared pMa12-construct with NcoI; the star means in this lane was the pMa12-construct (before the installation of the mutated-fragments) digested with NcoI as a control.</strong><br />
        The clones 2, 3, 4, 5 & 7 appeared to contain the plasmid with only one NcoI-restriction side. This clones were transferred into 6 mL LB-Amp and incubated at 37 &deg,C over night.
 </p>
@@ Line 2,138: / Line 2,590: @@
      </div>
 </fieldset>
-</div>
-<!-- 26.04.14 -->
+<!-- ROMAN -->
-<div class="notebooky-entry">
+<fieldset class="exp14">
-<h2 class="title">
+ <legend><a name="exp14.14">14.14 Preparation of plasmids</a></legend>
-	<a name="26.04.2014">26.04.2014</a>
+    <div class="aim">
-</h2>
+     <p>Aim: Purify the amplified plasmids from overnight cultures</p>
-<fieldset class="exp13">
+    </div>
-     <legend><a name="exp13.34">13.34 Miniprep of Inoculated Cultures of Clones 2, 3, 4, 5 & 7</a></legend>
      <div class="exp-content">
-     <p>The plasmids were prepared and digested with ask Daniel for restriction used enzymes! Although there is a linear fragment it seems too small. The expected size of the plasmid should be 6666 bp.
+     <p>The plasmids were purified from the overnight cultures created in 14.13 using Sigma GenElute Plasmid Miniprep Kit following the included protocol. The plasmids were eluted using 45 &micro;L water.</p>
-</p>
      </div>
 </fieldset>
+<!-- %% ROMAN -->
 </div>
 <!-- 28.04.14 -->
@@ Line 2,198: / Line 2,652: @@
    </tr>
 </table>
-	<p>PCR was performed according to the PCR protocol and the PCR-products were analyzed on a 1% agarose gel.</p>
+	<p>The PCR was performed according to the PCR protocol and the PCR-products were analyzed on a 1% agarose gel.</p>
              <table width="100%" border="1">
    <tr>
@@ Line 2,245: / Line 2,699: @@
      <h3>Results</h3>
      <img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/c/c8/2014-04-28_iGEM-002_010.jpg" width="20%" />
-     <p><strong>Figure: PCR with the primers iGEM-002 and iGEM-010 and the digested pMa12-vector
+     <p>PCR with the primers iGEM-002 and iGEM-010 and the digested pMa12-vector
-The expected fragments with the sizes of ca 600 bp are visible.</strong></p>
+The expected fragments with the sizes of ca 600 bp are visible.</p>
      </div>
 </fieldset>
@@ Line 2,261: / Line 2,715: @@
    </tr>
    <tr>
-     <th scope="row">NcoI-digested pMA12 (2.1 1)</th>
+     <th scope="row"><i>Nco</i>I-digested pMA12 (2.1 1)</th>
      <td>2</td>
    </tr>
@@ Line 2,304: / Line 2,758: @@
      </div>
 </fieldset>
+<!-- ROMAN -->
+<fieldset class="exp14">
+ <legend><a name="exp14.15">14.15 Transformation of BL21 cells</a></legend>
+    <div class="aim">
+    <p>Aim: Transform E. coli BL21(DE3) with PheA-Arc1p-C-4x-pET28a</p>
+    </div>
+    <div class="exp-content">
+    <p>40 &micro;L E. coli BL21(DE3) electrocompetent cells were transformed with 1 ng of the previously purified plasmid PheA-Arc1p-C-4x-pET28a from two different clones, incubated for 1 h at 37 &deg;C and plated out on LB-Kan<sup>50</sup> plates that were incubated overnight at 37 &deg;C.</p>
+    </div>
+</fieldset>
+<!-- %% ROMAN -->
 </div>
@@ Line 2,419: / Line 2,888: @@
      <h3>Results</h3>
      <img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/3/3d/2014-04-29_hag_flank.jpg" width="30%" />
-     <p><strong>Figure: PCR with primers 89 and 90 from Florian and  different templates; lane 1: 2-log-ladder, lane 2: PCR1, lane 3: PCR2, lane 4:  PCR3</strong><br />
+     <p>PCR with primers 89 and 90 from Florian and  different templates; lane 1: 2-log-ladder, lane 2: PCR1, lane 3: PCR2, lane 4:  PCR3</p>
-      Although the marker is  barely visible the expected bands can detected at a relative height of 2000 in  addition to some other unspecific fragments.</p>
+    <p>Although the marker is  barely visible the expected bands can detected at a relative height of 2000 in  addition to some other unspecific fragments.</p>
 </div>
 </fieldset>
+<!-- ROMAN -->
+<fieldset class="exp14">
+ <legend><a name="exp14.16">14.16 Overnight culture</a></legend>
+    <div class="aim">
+    <p>Aim: Inoculate Overnight culture of PheA-Arc1p-C-4x-pET28a</p>
+    </div>
+    <div class="exp-content">
+    <p>5 mL of LB-Kan<sup>50</sup> medium were inoculated with a clone from 14.15 bearing the PheA-Arc1p-C-4x-pET28a plasmid.</p>
+    </div>
+</fieldset>
+<!-- %% ROMAN -->
 </div>
@@ Line 2,437: / Line 2,919: @@
      </div>
      <div class="exp-content">
-     <p>Since the last ligation attempts were not successful the plasmid pMAD is digested by us instead using the digested pMAD from Florian. The PCR-fragments of the hag-flank-construct were purified (PCR1: c = 62 ng/&micro;L, PCR2: c = 55 ng/&micro;L, PCR3: c = 46 ng/&micro;L) and digested with the enzymes BamHI and NcoI.</p>
+     <p>Since the last ligation attempts were not successful the plasmid pMAD is digested by us instead using the digested pMAD from Florian. The PCR-fragments of the hag-flank-construct were purified (PCR1: c = 62 ng/&micro;L, PCR2: c = 55 ng/&micro;L, PCR3: c = 46 ng/&micro;L) and digested with the enzymes <i>Bam</i>HI and <i>Nco</i>I.</p>
      <table width="100%" border="1">
    <tr>
@@ Line 2,454: / Line 2,936: @@
    </tr>
    <tr>
-     <th scope="row">BamHI</th>
+     <th scope="row"><i>Bam</i>HI</th>
      <td>1</td>
      <td>1</td>
@@ Line 2,461: / Line 2,943: @@
    </tr>
    <tr>
-     <th scope="row">NcoI</th>
+     <th scope="row"><i>NcoI</i></th>
      <td>1</td>
      <td>1</td>
@@ Line 2,492: / Line 2,974: @@
 	</div>
 </fieldset>
+<!-- ROMAN -->
+<fieldset class="exp14">
+ <legend><a name="exp14.17">14.17 Test Expression</a></legend>
+    <div class="aim">
+    <p>Aim: Test the expression of PheA-Arc1p-C-4x</p>
+    </div>
+    <div class="exp-content">
+    <p>Using the preculture from 14.16 60 mL of LB-Kan<sup>50</sup> medium were inoculated with 600 &micro;L of the preculture and incubated at 37 &deg;C and 220 rpm until OD<sub>600</sub> reached 0.5. The culture was cooled down to 18 &deg;C and the protein production was induced with 12 &micro;L of 500 mM IPTG. Over night the culture was incubated at 18 &deg;C and 220 rpm. A glycerolstock of the strain containing the PheA-Arc1p-C-4x-pET28a plasmid was stored at -80 &deg;C.</p>
+    </div>
+</fieldset>
+<!-- %% ROMAN -->
 </div>
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