Oxford Genetics/pSFTEF1NH2Amy10His (OG1809) alphaamylase secretion and 10His tag plasmid/OG1809

PlasmidInfo:

PlasmidPurpose:

Thisplasmidisdesignedtoexpresstaggedproteinsinyeastcells(Saccharomycescerevisiae).TheplasmidcontainsanauxotrophicUracilselectionexpressioncassette(URA3)thatallowsforthepositiveselectionofyeastthataredeficientintheURA3gene(YEL021W).ThisistypicallyachievedbygrowingtheyeastinminimalmediathatisreconstitutedwiththeessentialaminoacidsandnucleotidesbutexcludingUracil.

PromoterExpressionLevel:

ThisplasmidcontainstheYeastElongationFactorAlphapromoter(TEF1).Thisisthestrongestoftheyeastpromotersthatwesell.Itisaconstitutivepromoterandrequiresnoinduction.IfyouareinterestedinweakerpromoterslevelsthanwealsostockplasmidsthatcontainthefollowingpromotersinorderofdecreasingstrengthTPI(strong)ADHI(medium)STE5(weak).WealsostockGalactoseinduciblepromoterplasmidsifinducibleexpressionisrequired.Pleasecontactusforfurtherinformation.

AboutthePeptideTag:

ThisplasmidcontainsanAlphaAmylase(Amy)secretorysignalpeptide(SP)toallowproteinstobeexportedfromthecytosol.Duringtranslocationfromthecytosolthesignalpeptideisremovedfromtheproteinbyendogenousproteases.

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

Weprovidearangeofdualpeptidetagplasmids.Thisisbecausesomepeptidetagsprovidespecificbiologicalproperties(e.gsmallmoleculeaffinitynewepitopessolubilityorproteinsecretion)thatarenotprovidedbyothers.

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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