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- | ''' | + | '''2. Electrophoresis to verify |
- | if most of the digested plasmid has been linearized | + | if most of the digested plasmid has been linearized''' |
- | ''' | + | '''Loading system:'''(unit: ul) |
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the position of the band of digested plasmid is apparently lying behind that of | the position of the band of digested plasmid is apparently lying behind that of | ||
the original plasmid which hasn’t been digested by EcoRI, indicating that most | the original plasmid which hasn’t been digested by EcoRI, indicating that most | ||
- | of the plasmid in our digestion system has become linearized. | + | of the plasmid in our digestion system has become linearized. |
- | ''' | + | '''3. Heat-inactivation for the |
- | digestion system & Cold shock to prevent self-ligation | + | digestion system & Cold shock to prevent self-ligation''' |
- | + | 1. Heat-inactivation 75°C,10min | |
- | + | 2. Chill on ice, 15min | |
- | ''' | + | '''4. Do fill-in with T4 DNA |
- | polymerase | + | polymerase''' |
- | ''' | + | '''1. |
Discard 0.5ul DNA from the former inactivated digestion system, forming the | Discard 0.5ul DNA from the former inactivated digestion system, forming the | ||
- | final 19ul system. | + | final 19ul system.''' |
- | + | Till now, the concentration of DNA for: | |
- | + | Poly A: 21.1ng/ul | |
- | + | G-PB5: 29.36ng/ul | |
- | ''' | + | '''2. Fill-insystem:'''(unit: ul) |
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- | + | |T4 DNA polymerase(3U/ul) | |
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- | + | |Poly A(21.1ng/ul) | |
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- | + | [According to the manual provided by NEB:The NEBuffer 2.1 for EcoRI is also suitable for T4 DNA polymerase and, 1ug DNA ~ 1 unit enzyme; final concentration for dNTP: 100uM] | |
- | for T4 DNA polymerase and, | + | |
- | + | '''3. Protocol:''' | |
- | + | a. incubate the fill-in system at 12°C,15min | |
- | + | b. add 2ul EDTA(100mM) to 18ul reaction | |
+ | system to stop the polyreaction. | ||
- | + | c. put in 65°C,20min to | |
- | + | inactivate T4 DNA polymerase thoroughly. | |
- | + | '''4. Accident:''' | |
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- | + | To begin with, due to our carelessness, we | |
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added Taq DNA polymerase instead of T4 DNA polymerase to the 19ul system. But, | added Taq DNA polymerase instead of T4 DNA polymerase to the 19ul system. But, | ||
thinking that it might not cause any serious consequence, we then just added T4 | thinking that it might not cause any serious consequence, we then just added T4 | ||
- | DNA polymerase into the system with the same volume. | + | DNA polymerase into the system with the same volume. |
- | ''' | + | '''5. Electrophoresis & Agrose gel DNA extraction to remove enzymes and competent of Buffer''' |
- | ''' | + | '''DNA extraction:''' |
- | + | Performed as the protocol provided by | |
TIANgel Purification Kit, except that we eluted the DNA sample twice at the | TIANgel Purification Kit, except that we eluted the DNA sample twice at the | ||
- | last step (as we always done before). | + | last step (as we always done before). |
- | ''' | + | '''Concentration of the purified DNA fragments:''' |
- | + | Poly A: 19.3ng/ul | |
- | + | G-PB5: 18.8ng/ul | |
- | ''' | + | '''6. Blunt end ligation with |
- | T4 DNA ligase [Design a concentration gradient] | + | T4 DNA ligase [Design a concentration gradient]''' |
- | ''' | + | '''1) Ligation system:'''(unit: ul) |
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- | + | |Total volume | |
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- | + | |10X T4 DNA ligase buffer | |
- | + | |T4 ligase | |
- | + | |EcoRI (to reduce those sticky ends ligation) | |
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- | + | |(40ng rank) 1.2 tube | |
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- | + | a. incubate the ligation system at 16°C,15h [8.9 | |
+ | 1:30pm ~ 8.10 4:30am ] | ||
- | + | b. store at 4°C [8.10 4:30am ~10:00am] | |
- | + | c. Heat inactivation, 65°C, 10min | |
- | + | d. chill on ice | |
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- | ''' | + | '''7. Electrophoresis & |
+ | Agrose gel DNA extraction to remove enzymes and competent of Buffer''' | ||
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+ | Performed as the protocol… but, we forgot | ||
to change the collecting tubes into EP tubes before adding EB solution…So, the | to change the collecting tubes into EP tubes before adding EB solution…So, the | ||
most of the DNA was eluted into collecting tubes which might also contain many | most of the DNA was eluted into collecting tubes which might also contain many | ||
- | impurities(like ethanol, proteins…). | + | impurities(like ethanol, proteins…). |
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- | + | Anyway, we still transferred DNA in the | |
- | collecting tubes into new EP tubes, and then detect the concentration of them. | + | collecting tubes into new EP tubes, and then detect the concentration of them. |
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- | + | |Concentration (ng/ul) | |
- | + | |260/280 | |
- | + | |260/230 | |
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- | + | |G-PB5 1,2 | |
- | + | |24.6 | |
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- | + | |G-PB5 3,4 | |
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- | + | |G-PB5 5,6 | |
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- | + | |Poly A 1,2 | |
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- | + | Although everything seems normal, but we | |
- | still decided not to use them. | + | still decided not to use them. |
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- | + | To save our 2 day’s endeavor, we then put | |
CA2 tubes into new EP tubes, and add 20ul EB solution, wishing to elute some | CA2 tubes into new EP tubes, and add 20ul EB solution, wishing to elute some | ||
DNA that haven’t been washed off for the first time. Fortunately, after | DNA that haven’t been washed off for the first time. Fortunately, after | ||
- | two-time elution, we finally got relatively pure DNA samples. | + | two-time elution, we finally got relatively pure DNA samples. |
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- | + | |Concentration (ng/ul) | |
- | + | |260/280 | |
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- | + | |G-PB5 1,2 | |
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- | + | |G-PB5 5,6 | |
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- | ''''' | + | '''''One''' abnormal phenomenon is that, in |
our ligation system, the total amount of DNA is 200ng or so at most. But from | our ligation system, the total amount of DNA is 200ng or so at most. But from | ||
- | our extraction results, we can see that the quantity of DNA in each tube reaches 400ng around. So, where did these extra DNA come from? Or, is it just caused by the inaccurate measurement of Nanodrop? | + | our extraction results, we can see that the quantity of DNA in each tube reaches 400ng around. So, where did these extra DNA come from? Or, is it just caused by the inaccurate measurement of Nanodrop?'' |
- | ''' | + | '''8. Enzyme Digestion for recovered DNA, to relinearize those sticky-end self-ligations''' |
- | ''' | + | '''1) Digestion system''' [unit: ul] |
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- | ''' | + | '''2) |
- | Reserve the rest 10ul DNA as backups | + | Reserve the rest 10ul DNA as backups''' |
- | ''' | + | '''3) |
- | incubate the digestion system | + | incubate the digestion system''' 37°C, 4h [12:35am |
- | ~ 5:00am] | + | ~ 5:00am] |
- | ''' | + | '''9. Transformation''' |
- | '' | + | ''Performed as the usual protocol'' |
- | + | 1. Add 5ul DNA into 50ul competent cell. [Save the remaining 5ul DNA as backups] | |
- | + | 2. We also transformed bacteria with those | |
- | DNA that haven’t been digested by EcoRI as well. To make sure, if there were no colonies growing out, the reason shouldn’t lie in the ligation step. | + | DNA that haven’t been digested by EcoRI as well. To make sure, if there were no colonies growing out, the reason shouldn’t lie in the ligation step. |
- | + | 3. Recover step: 200rpm, 45min, 18:44pm~19:30pm | |
- | + | 4. Centrifuge before distributing on agar plate: 4000rpm, 5min | |
- | + | 5. Incubate, 37°C, overnight [2014.8.10 8:44pm~2014.8.11 10:00am] | |
- | ''' | + | '''Results:''' |
- | ''' | + | '''Digested groups:''' |
- | + | Except G1,2 group with digested plasmid have colonies grown out, all the other | |
digested groups have no colonies grown on. However, the colonies that grown on | digested groups have no colonies grown on. However, the colonies that grown on | ||
the G1,2 digested plates looked extremely abnormal. There are too many colonies | the G1,2 digested plates looked extremely abnormal. There are too many colonies | ||
- | growing on the plate that we nearly cannot distinguish any monocolones. Such strange result implied the failure of our second-time Fill-in. | + | growing on the plate that we nearly cannot distinguish any monocolones. Such strange result implied the failure of our second-time Fill-in. |
- | ''' | + | '''Undigested groups:''' |
- | + | Some | |
groups have colonies grown out on their undigested plates which can roughly | groups have colonies grown out on their undigested plates which can roughly | ||
- | indicate that our ligation was operative. | + | indicate that our ligation was operative. |
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- | ''' | + | '''Improvement:''' |
- | + | 1) Increase | |
- | the quantity of DNA in each system | + | the quantity of DNA in each system |
- | + | 2) Heat | |
- | inactivation before adding T4 DNA polymerase to avoid interplays. | + | inactivation before adding T4 DNA polymerase to avoid interplays. |
- | + | 3) | |
Perform restriction digestion directly after ligation step without DNA | Perform restriction digestion directly after ligation step without DNA | ||
- | extraction. | + | extraction. |
- | + | 4) If we failed again for the third time, | |
we plan to apply new method to eliminate the EcoRI site on UAS sequence. Such | we plan to apply new method to eliminate the EcoRI site on UAS sequence. Such | ||
- | as, site-specific mutagenesis, or isocaudarner ligation. | + | as, site-specific mutagenesis, or isocaudarner ligation.[[Category:VisualEditor]]* |
Revision as of 10:27, 8 October 2014
Notebook
Elements of the endeavor.
UAS Fill-in (The second time)
2014/8/9 The same as the first Fill-in experimentMaterials
The same as the first Fill-in experiment.
Methods
Restriction digestion for 5*UAS plasmid with EcoRI (unit: ul)
Total volume | 10X Buffer | DNA | EcoRI | ddH2O | |
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Poly A(168.8ng/ul) | 20 | 2 | 2.5 | 1 | 14.5 |
G-PB5(293.6ng/ul) | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
Time: 2014.8.8 10:00pm ~ 2014.8.9 9:30am ( Incubate overnight)
2. Electrophoresis to verify if most of the digested plasmid has been linearized
Loading system:(unit: ul)
Total volume/well | DNA | Dye | TAE |
12 | 0.5 | 2 | 9.5 |
Running conditions: 130V, 30min
Results of electrophoresis:
From the picture, we can see that, the position of the band of digested plasmid is apparently lying behind that of the original plasmid which hasn’t been digested by EcoRI, indicating that most of the plasmid in our digestion system has become linearized.
3. Heat-inactivation for the digestion system & Cold shock to prevent self-ligation
1. Heat-inactivation 75°C,10min
2. Chill on ice, 15min
4. Do fill-in with T4 DNA polymerase
1. Discard 0.5ul DNA from the former inactivated digestion system, forming the final 19ul system.
Till now, the concentration of DNA for:
Poly A: 21.1ng/ul
G-PB5: 29.36ng/ul
2. Fill-insystem:(unit: ul)
Total volume | DNA | T4 DNA polymerase(3U/ul) | dNTP (10mM) | ddH2O | |
Poly A(21.1ng/ul) | 20 | 19 | 0.2 (theoretical volume:0.13ul) | 0.2 | 0.6 |
G-PB5(29.36ng/ul) | 20 | 19 | 0.2 (theoretical volume:0.186ul) | 0.2 | 0.6 |
[According to the manual provided by NEB:The NEBuffer 2.1 for EcoRI is also suitable for T4 DNA polymerase and, 1ug DNA ~ 1 unit enzyme; final concentration for dNTP: 100uM]
3. Protocol:
a. incubate the fill-in system at 12°C,15min
b. add 2ul EDTA(100mM) to 18ul reaction system to stop the polyreaction.
c. put in 65°C,20min to inactivate T4 DNA polymerase thoroughly.
4. Accident:
To begin with, due to our carelessness, we added Taq DNA polymerase instead of T4 DNA polymerase to the 19ul system. But, thinking that it might not cause any serious consequence, we then just added T4 DNA polymerase into the system with the same volume.
5. Electrophoresis & Agrose gel DNA extraction to remove enzymes and competent of Buffer
DNA extraction:
Performed as the protocol provided by TIANgel Purification Kit, except that we eluted the DNA sample twice at the last step (as we always done before).
Concentration of the purified DNA fragments:
Poly A: 19.3ng/ul
G-PB5: 18.8ng/ul
6. Blunt end ligation with T4 DNA ligase [Design a concentration gradient]
1) Ligation system:(unit: ul)
Total volume | DNA | 10X T4 DNA ligase buffer | T4 ligase | EcoRI (to reduce those sticky ends ligation) | ddH2O | |
(40ng rank) 1.2 tube | 21 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
(100ng rank) 3,4 tube | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
(200ng rank) 5,6 tube | 21 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
2) Protocol:
a. incubate the ligation system at 16°C,15h [8.9 1:30pm ~ 8.10 4:30am ]
b. store at 4°C [8.10 4:30am ~10:00am]
c. Heat inactivation, 65°C, 10min
d. chill on ice
7. Electrophoresis & Agrose gel DNA extraction to remove enzymes and competent of Buffer
DNA extraction:
Performed as the protocol… but, we forgot to change the collecting tubes into EP tubes before adding EB solution…So, the most of the DNA was eluted into collecting tubes which might also contain many impurities(like ethanol, proteins…).
Anyway, we still transferred DNA in the collecting tubes into new EP tubes, and then detect the concentration of them.
Concentration (ng/ul) | 260/280 | 260/230 | |
G-PB5 1,2 | 24.6 | 6.83 | 0.07 |
G-PB5 3,4 | 17.5 | 7.43 | 0.04 |
G-PB5 5,6 | 31.1 | 5.42 | 0.06 |
Poly A 1,2 | 21.4 | 5.07 | 0.06 |
Poly A 3,4 | 23.5 | 6.31 | 0.05 |
Poly A 5,6 | 25.8 | 5.44 | 0.06 |
Although everything seems normal, but we still decided not to use them.
To save our 2 day’s endeavor, we then put CA2 tubes into new EP tubes, and add 20ul EB solution, wishing to elute some DNA that haven’t been washed off for the first time. Fortunately, after two-time elution, we finally got relatively pure DNA samples.
Concentration (ng/ul) | 260/280 | 260/230 | |
G-PB5 1,2 | 29.8 | 8.05 | 0.09 |
G-PB5 3,4 | 22.1 | 9.53 | 0.07 |
G-PB5 5,6 | 29.7 | 7.01 | 0.09 |
Poly A 1,2 | 22.9 | 11.53 | 0.07 |
Poly A 3,4 | 22.2 | 8.24 | 0.07 |
Poly A 5,6 | 19.9 | 11.63 | 0.06 |
One abnormal phenomenon is that, in our ligation system, the total amount of DNA is 200ng or so at most. But from our extraction results, we can see that the quantity of DNA in each tube reaches 400ng around. So, where did these extra DNA come from? Or, is it just caused by the inaccurate measurement of Nanodrop?
8. Enzyme Digestion for recovered DNA, to relinearize those sticky-end self-ligations
1) Digestion system [unit: ul]
Total volume | DNA | EcoRI | 10X
NEBuffer |- | 10 | 8.5 | 0.5 | 1 |
2) Reserve the rest 10ul DNA as backups
3) incubate the digestion system 37°C, 4h [12:35am ~ 5:00am]
9. Transformation
Performed as the usual protocol
1. Add 5ul DNA into 50ul competent cell. [Save the remaining 5ul DNA as backups]
2. We also transformed bacteria with those DNA that haven’t been digested by EcoRI as well. To make sure, if there were no colonies growing out, the reason shouldn’t lie in the ligation step.
3. Recover step: 200rpm, 45min, 18:44pm~19:30pm
4. Centrifuge before distributing on agar plate: 4000rpm, 5min
5. Incubate, 37°C, overnight [2014.8.10 8:44pm~2014.8.11 10:00am]
Results:
Digested groups:
Except G1,2 group with digested plasmid have colonies grown out, all the other digested groups have no colonies grown on. However, the colonies that grown on the G1,2 digested plates looked extremely abnormal. There are too many colonies growing on the plate that we nearly cannot distinguish any monocolones. Such strange result implied the failure of our second-time Fill-in.
Undigested groups:
Some groups have colonies grown out on their undigested plates which can roughly indicate that our ligation was operative.
Improvement:
1) Increase the quantity of DNA in each system
2) Heat inactivation before adding T4 DNA polymerase to avoid interplays.
3) Perform restriction digestion directly after ligation step without DNA extraction.
4) If we failed again for the third time, we plan to apply new method to eliminate the EcoRI site on UAS sequence. Such as, site-specific mutagenesis, or isocaudarner ligation.*