Oxford Genetics/pSF-CMV-Puro-NH2-6His-FrCFP-Thr (OG1309) N-terminal 6 His and CFP dual tag mammalian plasmid/OG1309/1 E

PlasmidInfo:

PlasmidPurpose:

Thisplasmidisdesignedtoexpresstaggedproteinsinmammaliancellseitherbytransienttransfectionorbycreatingstablecelllines.ItcontainsapuromycinresistanceexpressioncassetteusingthehumanUbiquitinpromotertodriveexpressionandallowfortheselectionofcellscontainingtheplasmid.

Thisplasmidalsoencodesaproteasecleavagesitethatisdesignedtobepositionedbetweenyourgeneofinterestandthetagtoallowtheremovalofthetagfollowingproteinpurificationorisolation.ThisplasmidcontainsaThrombincleavagetag.Theproteinsequenceofthecleavagetagis:LVPR?GS.ItcleavespreferentiallybetweentheArgandGlyresidues.Offtargetcleavagecanoftenoccuratnon-specificsitesnormallyfromothercontaminatingproteases.Toensuremaximalproteinintegritytheenzymereagentmustbehighlypure.

Formoreinformationonwhichcleavagetagtouseseeourcleavagetagguide.

ThisplasmidcontainsthemammalianCMVpromotertodrivegeneexpression.WehavetestedallofourmammalianpromotersinarangeofcelltypesandCMVisconsistentlythestrongestinthosewehavestudied.HowevertherearemanyreportsoftheCMVpromoterdemonstratingsilencingbymethylationinlong-termculture.ForthisreasonwestockarangeofotherpromotersthatarecompatIBLewiththisplasmidandareavailableonrequest.

Thisplasmidcontainsann-terminalnon-aequoreabasedcyan/bluefluorescentprotein(FrCFP)reportertagthatcanbefusedtoageneofinteresttoallowproteindetection.

ThisplasmidalsocontainsasecondaryHexa-Histidine(6His)proteintag.Thesequenceofthistagis:HHHHHH

Weprovidearangeofdualpeptidetagplasmids.ThisisbecausesomepeptidetagsprovidespecificBIOLOGicalproperties(e.gsmallmoleculeaffinitynewepitopessolubilityorproteinsecretion)thatarenotprovidedbyothers.

SequenceandMap:

OtherInfo:

Thisplasmidcontainsthreealternativetranscriptionterminatorsformammalianbacterialandbacteriophage(T7)expression.Thismeansthatonlythepromoterneedstobechangedtoaltertheexpressionsystemyouareusing.Wesellmultiplepromotersthatcanbeusedineachofthesesystems.Thepresenceofeachterminatordoesnotreduceexpressioninthealternativesystems.

Cloning:

ThisplasmidhasbeendesignedtoallowthreetypesofcloningintothemainMCStojoinacodingsequencewiththetag.

IfyouwouldliketofuseyourcodingsequencetothetagwithminimaladditionalbasesyoucanuseourSnapFusiontechnology.ThisprocessinvolvesamplifyingyourgenebyPCRtoaddspecificrestrictionsitesontotheends.WhenthesesitesarecuttheyproduceanoverhangthatiscompatiblewiththisplasmidcutwithBseRIorBsgI.

1:Amplifyyourgenewithprimersdesignedusingthisspreadsheet
2:CuttheplasmidwitheitherBseRIorBsgI.*
3:Cutyourgenewiththeenzymeyouaddedusingthespreadsheet(anyofAcuIBpmIBpuEIBseRIBsgIEciI).
4:ClonethegeneintotheplasmidusingDNAligase.

UsingthismethodwithanN-terminaltagplasmidwillresultinthetagcodingsequenceimmediatelyfollowedbyyourgenesATGstartcodonatthejoin.Thisresultsinaseamlessfusionofthetwosequenceswithnoextrabasesbeingadded.UsingthismethodonC-terminaltagplasmidswillconvertyourgenesstopcodonintoaTAC(TyrY)codonfollowedbytheplasmidtagcodingsequence.Thisresultsinnoextrabasesbetweenyourgeneandthetag.Seethediagrambelowformoreinformation.

*PleasenotethatinsectexpressionplasmidscannotbecutwithBsgIonlyBseRIbecauseofunavoidableconflictingsitesinthebackbone.AlsoYeastplasmidscannotbecutwithBseRIbecauseofunavoidablerestrictionsitesinthebackbone.

Usingthistechniquewillcreateagenefragmentthatcanbeligatedintoanyorour>1500peptideandreportertagplasmids.Ifyouuseoneoftheothertechniquesbelow(GibsonInFusionSeamlessorLIC)youwillneednewprimersforeveryvectoryoucloneintobecausethearmsofhomologywillchangeaccordingtothetagplasmidyouarecloninginto.

Ifyoufindthatyourgenesequencehassitesinitthatmakeusingthiscloningstrategydifficultyoucanstilluseoneofthealternativemethodsbelow(e.g.standardcloningorGibsoncloning).

OpenthePrimerDesignTooltohelpyoudesignprimersforcloningyourgeneinourSnapFusiontechnique.

Ifyouarenotconcernedaboutleavingafewextrabasesbetweenthetagcodingsequenceandyourgeneyoucancloneyourgeneintothevectorusingstandardcloningrestrictionenzymes.Thisstrategywillrequireyoutochoosewhichenzymesyouwanttousetocloneyourgene.

OpenthePrimerDesignToolwhichprovidesprimerswithdifferentenzymechoicespositioningyourgeneasclosetothetagaspossibleineachcase.Pleasenotethatstandardenzymeswillalwaysleaveadditionalnucleotidesbetweenyourgeneandthetagbutusingthespreadsheetwillensurethetagandgeneareinframe.

ThesecloningtechniquesusereagentssoldbyothercompaniesandallowyoutofusesequencestogetherusingenzymesthatchewbacktheDNAtoleaveoverlappingends/overhangs.ThesubsequentmethodofjoiningtheDNAdependsonthekitused.Touseoneofthesetechniquesyoucaneitherdesignyourownprimersoryoucanusethespreadsheetbelowtohelpwiththedesign.

OpenthePrimerDesignTooltohelpyoudesignprimersforcloningyourgeneusingGibsonassemblyInfusionHDGeneArtSeamlesscloningorLigaseIndependentCloning(LIC)techniques.

IPStatus:

ThisproductispartofourSnapFastplasmidrange,formoreinformationontheIntellectualpropertystatusofthisplasmidpleaseclickhere