Week 2: May 23-27
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+ | The sensor group carried out miniprep for B0051. | ||
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+ | The Sensor group ran a restriction digest with EcoRI and XbaI on vectors: | ||
+ | <blockquote> B0034+C0051</blockquote> | ||
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+ | <blockquote> B0015 </blockquote> | ||
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+ | The inserts that were digested with EcoRI and SpeI were: | ||
+ | <blockquote> J23113</blockquote> | ||
+ | <blockquote>J23105</blockquote> | ||
+ | <blockquote>J23118</blockquote> | ||
+ | <blockquote>J23100</blockquote> | ||
+ | <blockquote>B0034+Mcherry</blockquote> | ||
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+ | The sensor group ran the following ligations: | ||
+ | #J23113 and B0034+C0051 | ||
+ | #J23105 and B0034+C0051 | ||
+ | #J23118 and B0034+C0051 | ||
+ | #J23100 and B0034+C0051 | ||
+ | #B0034+Mcherry and B0015 | ||
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+ | All ligations were transformed and plated. Then, the sensor group ran PCR on: | ||
+ | <blockquote>B0030</blockquote> | ||
+ | <blockquote>B0031</blockquote> | ||
+ | <blockquote>B0032</blockquote> | ||
+ | <blockquote>B0033</blockquote> | ||
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===Wednesday=== | ===Wednesday=== |
Revision as of 18:34, 3 June 2011
Monday
Reporters
The reporters continued research on the linkers to hold the fusion proteins.
Sensors
The sensor group ran PCR for four promoters (J23113, J23105, J23118, J23100). These constitutive promoters will exist in front of the RecA coding sequence.
All
The entire team met with Dr. Richard today to present our project. After hearing our proposal, Dr. Richard pointed out potential roadblocks and needs for fallback ideas:
For the RecA mutations, if we cannot eliminate the recombinase behavior, we may have to eliminate homologous material from our plasmid. This group should be finished in two weeks, and its members will be assigned a new task.
For reporters, in order to test the reporter, we need to use or develop an inducible promoter that will allow the reporter to emit pigment without the lambda sensor.
We also need to construct a control bar that will show if the cells in the dosimeter are dead and the device is working properly. This cell colony will feature a reporter with an inducible promoter that will be triggered by an unknown stimulus.
Dr. Richard also proposed a modeling endeavor comparing the reporting rates of Imperial’s system vs. our proposed redundant system, which features a second GFP fused to the enzyme with a linker cleaved by RecA in addition to the linker cleaved by tev.
Tuesday
Reporters
The reporter group decided on a few linkers to test in a fusion protein construct. These linkers are K243004 (4 amino acids), K105102 (10 amino acids) as well as the linker used in the Imperial College part, K316007. The reporters spent the rest of the time struggling to design primers for PCR. We needed primers for the XylE part of K316007, the linker used by Imperial College, K243004, K105012, the CI repressor/RecA cleavage site, the tev cleavage site, the GFP and flag tag complex and the LacZ part (J33210) The primers we designed are below:
Note:
Green font indicates junk DNA ends (binding sites).
Red font indicates annealing sites.
CAPITAL LETTERS INDICATE PREFIX AND SUFFIX.
lowercase letters indicate gene of interest.
Linker used in K316007 (designed by Ben)
Annealing Temperature: 54.13°C
Sequence:
5’ TATTGAATTCGCGGCCGCTTCTAGATGGCCGGCggaggttcaggaggcagcACCGGTTAATACTAGTAGCGGCCGCTGCAGTATT 3’
Forward:
5’ TATTGAATTCGCGGCCGCTTCTAGATGGCCGGCggaggttcagg 3'
Reverse:
5’ AATACTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGTATTAACCGGTgctgcctcctgaacctccGC 3’
K105102: 10 Amino Acid Linker(designed by Brian)
Annealing Temperature: 56.3°C
Sequence:
5' TATTGAATTCGCGGCCGCTTCTAGATGGCCGGCggtgaaaatttgtattttcaatctggtggtACCGGTTAATACTAGTAGCGGCCGCTGCAGTATT 3'
Forward:
5' TATTGAATTCGCGGCCGCTTCTAGATGGCCGGCggtgaaaatttgtattttcaa 3'
Reverse:
5' AATACTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGTATTAACCGGTaccaccagattgaaaatacaaattttcacc 3'
K243004: 4 Amino Acid Linker (designed by Alex)
Annealing Temperature: 57.78°C
Sequence:
5' TATTGAATTCGCGGCCGCTTCTAGATGGCCGGCggtggttctggtACCGGTTAATACTAGTAGCGGCCGCTGCAGTATT 3'
Forward:
5' TATTGAATTCGCGGCCGCTTCTAGATGGCCGGCggtggttctggtACC
Reverse:
5' AATACTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGTATTAACCGGTaccagaaccaccG 3'
tev Cleave Site (designed by Jim)
Annealing Temperature: 55.83°C
Sequence:
5' ATTAGAATTCGCGGCCGCTTCTAGATGGCCGGCgagaatttgtattttcagggtACCGGTTAATACTAGTAGCGGCCGCTGCAGATTA 3’
Forward:
5' ATTAGAATTCGCGGCCGCTTCTAGATGGCCGGCgagaatttgtattttcaggg 3'
Reverse:
5' TAATTAATCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGTATTAACCGGTaccctgaaaatacaaattctc 3'
cI Cleave Site (designed by Jim)
Annealing Temperature: 56.13°C
Sequence:
5' ATTAGAATTCGCGGCCGCTTCTAGATGGCCGGCgttcaggcagggatgttctcaACCGGTTAATACTAGTAGCGGCCGCTGCAGATTA 3’
Forward:
5' ATTAGAATTCGCGGCCGCTTCTAGATGGCCGGCgttcaggcagggatgttc
Reverse:
5’ TAATCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGTATTAACCGGTtgagaacatccctgcctg 3’
XylE Part of K316007 (designed by Ben)
Forward:
5’ TATTGAATTCGCGGCCGCTTCTAGATGGCCGGCaacaaaggtgtaatgcgac 3’
Reverse:
5’ TATTCTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGTATTAACCGGTggtcagcacggtcatg 3’
J33210: LacZ (designed by Brian)
Annealing Temperatures: Forward=57.74°C Reverse=55.05°C
Forward:
5' TATTGAATTCGCGGCCGCTTCTAGATGGCCGGCaccatgattacggattcac 3'
Reverse:
5' ATAACTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGTATTAACCGGTtcactccagccagc 3'
GFP and Flag Tag from K316007 (designed by Alex)
Annealing Temperatures: Forward=56.88°C Reverse=59.95°C
Forward:
5' TATTGAATTCGCGGCCGCTTCTAGATGGCCGGCcgtaaaggagaagaacttttc 3'
Reverse:
5' AATACTGCAGCGGCCGCTACTAGTATTAACCGGTcttgtcgtcatcatctttataat 3'
Sensors
The sensor group purified their PCR products from yesterday. These genes were:
- J23113
- J23105
- J23118
- J23100
The sensor group carried out miniprep for B0051.
The Sensor group ran a restriction digest with EcoRI and XbaI on vectors:
B0034+C0051
B0015
The inserts that were digested with EcoRI and SpeI were:
J23113
J23105
J23118
J23100
B0034+Mcherry
The sensor group ran the following ligations:
- J23113 and B0034+C0051
- J23105 and B0034+C0051
- J23118 and B0034+C0051
- J23100 and B0034+C0051
- B0034+Mcherry and B0015
All ligations were transformed and plated. Then, the sensor group ran PCR on:
B0030
B0031
B0032
B0033
Wednesday
Reporters
The reporters then designed primers for site-directed gene mutagenesis for the XylE gene in order to eliminate the restriction sites from the XylE gene. These are the primers:
Note: Red font shows the mutagenesis site
Mutation 1: bp315 NgoMIV Site I
Annealing Temperature: 79.49°C
Original Sequence:
5' GGC CGG CGC GTG CGC TTC C 3'
Forward:
5' GGC CGA CGC GTG CGC TTC C 3'
Reverse:
5' G GAA GCG CAC GCG ATCG GCC 3'
Mutation 2: bp 486 XylE NgoMIV Site II
Annealing Temperature: 70.54°C
Original Sequence:
5' C GAC GAA TTG CCG GCG ACC TAT GAC C 3'
Forward:
5' C GAC GAA TTG CCC GCG ACC TAT GAC C 3'
Reverse:
5' G GTC ATA GGT CGC GGG CAA TTC GTC G 3'
Mutation 3: bp 837 XylE Agel
Annealing Temperature: 79.16°C
Original Sequence:
5' CAC AAA CCG GTG ACC TGG ACC ACC G 3'
Forward:
5' CAC AAA CCC GTG ACC TGG ACC ACC G 3'
Reverse:
5' C GGT GGT CCA GGT CAC GGG TTT GTG 3'
- The reporter group also began assembly of a construct featuring the XylE gene and a lac inducible promoter. This construct will be used to test the reporting system before the sensor system is created. Ben and Alex transformed the Plac and the XylE gene.