Oxford Genetics/pSFOXB20NH2CMyc3C (OG2790) Nterminal CMyc tag bacterial plasmid/OG2790/1 Ea

PlasmidInfo:

PlasmidPurpose:

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

AbouttheCleavageTag:

Thisplasmidalsoencodesaproteasecleavagesitethatisdesignedtobepositionedbetweenyourgeneofinterestandthetagtoallowtheremovalofthetagfollowingproteinpurificationorisolation.Thisplasmidcontainsa3Ccleavagetag.Theproteinsequenceofthecleavagetagis:LEVLFQ?GP.HumanRhinovirus(HRV)3CProteaseisahighlyspecificproteasethatcleavesbetweentheGluandGlyresiduesofitsrecognitionsite.ItisoftenproducedwiththetrademnamePreScissionprotease.

Formoreinformationonwhichcleavagetagtouseseeourcleavagetagguide.

PromoterExpressionLevel:

Thisplasmidcontainsaconstitutivebacterialpromoterthatdoesnotrequireinduction.Itisthestrongestbacterialpromoterwesellandthiscancausesolubilityandexpressionproblemswithsomeproteins.Wealsoofferarangeofotherbacterialpromotersthatarecompatiblewiththisplasmidandareavailableonrequest.

AboutthePeptideTag:

Thisplasmidcontainsann-terminalC-Mycepitopetagthatcanbefusedtoageneofinteresttoallowproteindetectionand/orpurification.Thesequenceofthetagis:EQKLISEEDL

Formoreinformationonthemethodsthatcanbeusedtopurifyproteinspleaseseeourproteintagguide.

SequenceandMap:

OtherInfo:

TranscriptionTermination:

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

Cloning:

MakingProteinFusions:

ThisplasmidhasbeendesignedtoallowthreetypesofcloningintothemainMCStojoinacodingsequencewiththetag.

1:SnapFusionCloning:

IfyouwouldliketofuseyourcodingsequencetothetagwithminimaladditionalbasesyoucanuseourSnapFusiontechnology.ThisprocessinvolvesamplifyingyourgenebyPCRtoaddspecificrestrictionsitesontotheends.WhenthesesitesarecuttheyproduceanoverhangthatiscompatiblewiththisplasmidcutwithBseRIorBsgI.

Toinsertyourgene:

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.

2:StandardEnzymes:

Ifyouarenotconcernedaboutleavingafewextrabasesbetweenthetagcodingsequenceandyourgeneyoucancloneyourgeneintothevectorusingstandardcloningrestrictionenzymes.Thisstrategywillrequireyoutochoosewhichenzymesyouwanttousetocloneyourgene.

OpenthePrimerDesignToolwhichprovidesprimerswithdifferentenzymechoicespositioningyourgeneasclosetothetagaspossibleineachcase.Pleasenotethatstandardenzymeswillalwaysleaveadditionalnucleotidesbetweenyourgeneandthetagbutusingthespreadsheetwillensurethetagandgeneareinframe.

3:Gibsoncloning/InfusionHD/GeneArtSeamless/LigaseIndependentCloning(LIC)Methods:

ThesecloningtechniquesusereagentssoldbyothercompaniesandallowyoutofusesequencestogetherusingenzymesthatchewbacktheDNAtoleaveoverlappingends/overhangs.ThesubsequentmethodofjoiningtheDNAdependsonthekitused.Touseoneofthesetechniquesyoucaneitherdesignyourownprimersoryoucanusethespreadsheetbelowtohelpwiththedesign.

OpenthePrimerDesignTooltohelpyoudesignprimersforcloningyourgeneusingGibsonassemblyInfusionHDGeneArtSeamlesscloningorLigaseIndependentCloning(LIC)techniques.

IPStatus:

IntellectualPropertyStatus

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