Oxford Genetics/pSFOXB20COOHThrTRX (OG2741) Cterminal TRX tag bacterial plasmid/OG2741/1 Ea

PlasmidInfo:

PlasmidPurpose:

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

AbouttheCleavageTag:

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

Formoreinformationonwhichcleavagetagtouseseeourcleavagetagguide.

PromoterExpressionLevel:

Thisplasmidcontainsaconstitutivebacterialpromoterthatdoesnotrequireinduction.Itisthestrongestbacterialpromoterwesellandthiscancausesolubilityandexpressionproblemswithsomeproteins.Wealsoofferarangeofotherbacterialpromotersthatarecompatiblewiththisplasmidandareavailableonrequest.

AboutthePeptideTag:

Thisplasmidcontainsac-terminalThioredoxin(TRX)affinityandsolubilitytagthatcanbefusedtoageneofinteresttoallowproteindetectionand/orpurification.Thesequenceofthetagis:

SDKIIHLTDDSFDTDVLKADGAILVDFWAEWCGPCKMIAPILDEIADEYQGKLTVAKLNIDQNPGTAPKYGIRGIPTLLLFKNGEVAATKVGALSKGQLKEFLDANLAGS

Formoreinformationonthemethodsthatcanbeusedtopurifyproteinspleaseseeourproteintagguide.

SequenceandMap:

OtherInfo:

TranscriptionTermination:

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

Cloning:

MakingProteinFusions:

ThisplasmidhasbeendesignedtoallowthreetypesofcloningintothemainMCStojoinacodingsequencewiththetag.

SnapFusionCloning:

IfyouwouldliketofuseyourcodingsequencetothetagwithminimaladditionalbasesyoucanuseourSnapFusiontechnology.ThisprocessinvolvesamplifyingyourgenebyPCRtoaddspecificrestrictionsitesontotheends.WhenthesesitesarecuttheyproduceanoverhangthatiscompatiblewiththisplasmidcutwithBseRIorBsgI.

Toinsertyourgene:

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

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

*PleasenotethatinsectexpressionplasmidscannotbecutwithBsgIonlyBseRIbecauseofunavoidableconflictingsitesinthebackbone.AlsoYeastplasmidscanonlybecutwithBsgInotBseRIbecauseofconflictingsitesinthebackbone.

Usingthistechniquewillcreateagenefragmentthatcanbeligatedintoanyorour>1500peptideandreportertagplasmids.Ifyouuseoneoftheothertechniquesbelow(GibsonInFusionSeamlessorLIC)youwillneednewprimersforeveryvectoryoucloneintobecausethearmsofhomologywillchangeaccordingtothetagplasmidyouarecloninginto.

Ifyoufindthatyourgenesequencehassitesinitthatmakeusingthiscloningstrategydifficultyoucanstilluseoneofthealternativemethodsbelow(e.g.standardcloningorGibsoncloning).

OpenthePrimerDesignTooltohelpyoudesignprimersforcloningyourgeneinourSnapFusiontechnique.

StandardEnzymes:

Ifyouarenotconcernedaboutleavingafewextrabasesbetweenthetagcodingsequenceandyourgeneyoucancloneyourgeneintothevectorusingstandardcloningrestrictionenzymes.Thisstrategywillrequireyoutochoosewhichenzymesyouwanttousetocloneyourgene.

OpenthePrimerDesignToolwhichprovidesprimerswithdifferentenzymechoicespositioningyourgeneasclosetothetagaspossibleineachcase.Pleasenotethatstandardenzymeswillalwaysleaveadditionalnucleotidesbetweenyourgeneandthetagbutusingthespreadsheetwillensurethetagandgeneareinframe.

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

ThesecloningtechniquesusereagentssoldbyothercompaniesandallowyoutofusesequencestogetherusingenzymesthatchewbacktheDNAtoleaveoverlappingends/overhangs.ThesubsequentmethodofjoiningtheDNAdependsonthekitused.Touseoneofthesetechniquesyoucaneitherdesignyourownprimersoryoucanusethespreadsheetbelowtohelpwiththedesign.

OpenthePrimerDesignTooltohelpyoudesignprimersforcloningyourgeneusingGibsonassemblyInfusionHDGeneArtSeamlesscloningorLigaseIndependentCloning(LIC)techniques.

IPStatus:

IntellectualPropertyStatus

ThisproductispartofourSnapFastplasmidrange,formoreinformationontheIntellectualpropertystatusofthisplasmidpleaseclickhere