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Revision as of 21:07, 24 October 2007

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On this page, you may find information about how educatETH e.coli was implemented in the lab. More specifically, you will find information on the plasmid strains we used, the modifications we did to them in order to be compatible with the Biobrick library and our cloning plan. Moreover, in this page you may find here an (unfortunately not complete) electronic copy of our lab notebook. If you are here because you are interested in implementing educatETH E.coli in your lab, then our System Implementation and the System Parts pages may be of help to you!


Introduction

For all our cloning procedures we used standard protocols according to SAMBROOK and RUSSELL Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual.


Strains

We used the following E. coli strains:


[http://openwetware.org/wiki/E._coli_genotypes#TOP10_.28Invitrogen.29|E. coli Top10 (Invitrogen):]

  • This strain has a streptomycin resistance
  • Genotype: F’ {tetR}, mcrA, Δ(mrr-hsdRMS-mcrBC), φ80 lacZ ΔM15, ΔlacX74, deoR, recA1, araD139 Δ(ara-leu)7679, galU, galK, λ-, rpsL,endA1, nupG
  • For further information please [http://openwetware.org/wiki/E._coli_genotypes#TOP10_.28Invitrogen.29| click here]
  • References:
    • Casdaban, M. and Cohen, S. (1980) J Mol Biol 138:179 PMID 6997493
    • Grant, S.G.N. et al. (1990) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 87: 4645-4649 PMID 2162051


[http://openwetware.org/wiki/E._coli_genotypes#JM101|E. coli JM101:]

  • We call them Jimmys
  • This strain is the original blue/white cloning strain
  • Genotype: glnV44, thi-1, Δ(lac-proAB), F'[lacIqZΔM15 traD36 proAB+]
  • For further information please [http://openwetware.org/wiki/E._coli_genotypes#JM101| click here]
  • Reference:
    • Messing, J. et al. (1981) Nucleic Acids Res. 9, 309; Yanisch-Perron, C., Vieira, J., and Messing, J. (1985) Gene 33, 103


Plasmids

For our system we needed three plasmids with different origins of replication and antibiotic resistances. We decided to take low copy plasmids. We decided to use the following plasmids, which we wanted modify so that they would become compatible to the Biobrick Library multiple cloning site:

Basic plasmids

Plasmid Resistances Copy number Origin Map
pBR322 Ampicillin, Tetracyline 15-20 [1] pMB1
pBR322 Map
pCK01 Chloramphenicol 5-12 [1] pSC101
pCK01 Map
pACYC177 Ampicillin, Kanamycin 10-12 [1] p15A
pACYC177 Map


Changes to the plasmids

In order to get the Biobrick multiple cloning site into the plasmids, we had to make several changes to the plasmids:


Plasmid Changes New name New resistance New Map
pBR322
  • Site directed mutagenesis: Changed the GCA codon of the PstI site of the bla gene into GTA
  • Cloned in linker oligos (EcoRI/BamHI)

BBa_I739201

Ampicillin

BBa_I739201 Map
pBR322
  • Cloned in linker oligos (EcoRI/PstI)

BBa_I739203

Tetracycline

BBa_I739203 Map
pCK01
  • Site directed mutagenesis: Changed the ACT codon of the SpeI site in the origin of replication into ATT
  • Cloned in linker oligos (AgeI/AseI)

BBa_I739202

Chloramphenicol

BBa_I739202 Map
pACYC177
  • Cloned in linker oligos (BamHI/PstI)

BBa_I739204

Kanamycin

BBa_I739204 Map




Cloning plan

Parts assignment into plasmids

The plan was to put the following parts into the three plasmids:

Plasmids and contents
plasmid resistance copy type contents comments
BBa_I739201 ampicillin low 1,2,3 constitutive subsystem
BBa_I739202 chloramphenicol low 4,5,8,9 reporting subsystem
BBa_I739204 kanamycin low 6,7,10,11 learning subsystem, reporting subsystem

It is important to insert parts responsible for the production of fluorescent proteins in low copy plasmids, as they are potentially harmful for the cell. Unfortunately, working with low copy plasmids makes the procedure more demanding in the lab.

Linkers

Because the plasmids used were not standard plasmids found in the registry, but came from the lab where we work, linkers compatible with the standard BioBrick assembly have to be used in order to work with them. The list of all linkers is the following:

Linkers for plasmids
Linker Plasmid
pbr322-1 pbr322
pbr322-2 pbr322
pbr322-3 pbr322
pbr322-4 pbr322
pck01 pck01
pck01-2 pck01
pacyc177-1 pacyc177
pacyc177-2 pacyc177

Note that four linkers are tested for pbr322, as two are used for the tetracycline-resistance version of pbr322 and two are used for the ampicillin-resistnace version.

Procedure

The standard BioBrick assembly will be used to put the parts in the plasmids. Detailed information on how the BioBrick part fabrication works can be found [http://openwetware.org/wiki/Synthetic_Biology:BioBricks/Part_fabrication here]. For a shorter explanation of how to assemble 2 parts together check [http://partsregistry.org/Assembly:Standard_assembly here].
DNA assembly process ([1]) (Fig. 4)
Note that the composite part is constructed from the end to the beginning, i.e. each new part is inserted before the existing one. In the following, the plasmid containing the new part to be inserted will be referred to as the donor and the plasmid accepting the new part will be referred to as the acceptor. Composite pars made of parts a and b are denoted a.b.

Plasmid 1 (pbr322ap)

  1. Put parts 1,2,3 in pbr322ap plasmids.
  2. Merge plasmid containing part 2 (donor) with plasmid containing part 3 (acceptor). You should get a plasmid containing a 2.3 composite part.
  3. Merge plasmid containing part 1 (donor) with plasmid containing composite part 2.3 (acceptor). You should get a plasmid containing a 1.2.3 composite part.

Plasmid 2 (pck01cm)

  1. Put parts 4,5,8,9 in pck01cm plasmids.
  2. Merge plasmid containing part 4 (donor) with plasmid containing part 5 (acceptor). You should get a plasmid containing a 4.5 composite part.
  3. Merge plasmid containing part 8 (donor) with plasmid containing part 9 (acceptor). You should get a plasmid containing a 8.9 composite part. Note: this step can be done simultaneously with the above.
  4. Merge plasmid containing composite part 4.5 (donor) with plasmid containing composite part 8.9 (acceptor). You should get a plasmid containing a 4.5.8.9 composite part.

Plasmid 3 (pacyc177km)

  1. Put parts 6,7,10,11 in pacyc177km plasmids.
  2. Merge plasmid containing part 6 (donor) with plasmid containing part 7 (acceptor). You should get a plasmid containing a 6.7 composite part.
  3. Merge plasmid containing part 10 (donor) with plasmid containing part 11 (acceptor). You should get a plasmid containing a 10.11 composite part. Note: this step can be done simultaneously with the above.
  4. Merge plasmid containing composite part 6.7 (donor) with plasmid containing composite part 10.11 (acceptor). You should get a plasmid containing a 6.7.10.11 composite part.

Labbook

References

[1] [http://www1.qiagen.com/faq/faqview.aspx?faqid=350&SearchText=&FaqCategoryId=0&MenuItemId=0&catalog=1&ProductLineId=1000228 QIAGEN FAQs]

[x] [http://partsregistry.org/Assembly:Standard_assembly Standard Assembly Process]

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