Oxford Genetics/pSF-OXB20-NH2-PelB-10His (OG3149) PelB secretion and 10His tag plasmid/OG3149/1 Ea

PlasmidInfo:

PlasmidPurpose:

ThisplasmidisdesignedtoexpresstaggedproteinsinE.coli.Theplasmidcontainsaconstitutivepromoter(OXB20)derivedfromtheregionupstreamoftheE.coliRecAgene.Itdoesnotrequireinductionoranyadditionalcomponentsforactivity.Itisthestrongestofthebacterialpromotersthatweprovideandthishighlevelofexpressioncancauseexpressionproblemswithsomeproteinswithpoorsolubility.Forthisreasonwesellarangeofbacterialpromoterswithdifferentexpressionlevels(OXB1(low)>OXB20(high))thatcanbeprovidedwiththepeptidetagsinthisplasmidonrequest.

Thisplasmidcontainsaconstitutivebacterialpromoterthatdoesnotrequireinduction.Itisthestrongestbacterialpromoterwesellandthiscancausesolubilityandexpressionproblemswithsomeproteins.WealsoofferarangeofotherbacterialpromotersthatarecompatIBLewiththisplasmidandareavailableonrequest.

ThisplasmidcontainsanPectateLyaseB(PelB)secretorysignalpeptide(SP)toallowproteinstobeexportedfromthecytosol.Duringtranslocationfromthecytosolthesignalpeptideisremovedfromtheproteinbyendogenousproteases.

ThisplasmidalsocontainsasecondaryDeca-Histidine(10His)proteintag.Thesequenceofthistagis:HHHHHHHHHH

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