PlasmidInfo:
PlasmidInformation
ProductName:pSF-CMV-iLumena
ProductCode:OG511
Size(bp):4919bp
BacterialAntibioticSelection:AmpR
OriginandCompatibility:pUChighcopyderivedfrompBR322
BacterialCopyNumber:500-700percell
Promoter:Cytomegalovirus(CMV)immediateearlypromoter
PlasmidPurpose:
Aplasmiddesignedfortheexpressionofsecretedluciferaseinmammaliancells.TheiLumenareportergeneinthisvectorhasbeenspecificallyengineeredforexpressioninmammaliancellsandyieldshighlevelsofluminsceenceinthesupernatant.Thesubstratefortheluciferasereporteriscoelenterazine.
PromoterExpressionLevel:ThisplasmidcontainsthemammalianCMVpromotertodrivegeneexpression.WehavetestedallofourmammalianpromotersinarangeofcelltypesandCMVisconsistentlythestrongestinthosewehavestudied.HowevertherearemanyreportsoftheCMVpromoterdemonstratingsilencingbymethylationinlong-termculture.ForthisreasonwestockarangeofotherpromotersthatarecompatIBLewiththisplasmidandareavailableonrequest.Theubiquitinpromoterdrivingreportergeneexpressionisthestrongestendogenoushumanpromoterthatweprovideformostcelltypes.
SequenceandMap:
OtherInfo:
TranscriptionTermination:Thisplasmidcontainsthreealternativetranscriptionterminatorsformammalianbacterialandbacteriophage(T7)expression.Thismeansthatonlythepromoterneedstobechangedtoaltertheexpressionsystemyouareusing.Wesellmultiplepromotersthatcanbeusedineachofthesesystems.Thepresenceofeachterminatordoesnotreduceexpressioninthealternativesystems.
Cloning:
Cloninginagene:Thisplasmidcontainsagenewithinthemainmultiplecloningsite(NotI-ClaI).Anyplasmidthatwesellwherethegeneisthisconfigurationwillbelocatedintheexactsamepositioninrelationtothestartandstopcodonofthegene.TheonlyexceptionstothisrulearefusionsproteinswherethefusiongenemaybepositionedatthefrontorendoftheMCStoallowgenefusion.
Bypositioningallofourgenesinthesamelocationitallowsthemtobetransferredbetweenplasmidsusingthesamecloningmethodandrestrictionsitesregardlessoftheplasmidbeingusedfromourproductrange.Insertinganewgeneintothisplasmidshouldbeeasilypossibleusingarangeofstandardrestrictionenzymesitesthatflankthegenecurrentlyinthevector.
Multiplecloningsitenotes:InthemultiplecloningsitetherearetwoimportantrestrictionsitescalledBsgIandBseRIsites.ThesesitesbothcuttheDNAatthesamepositionandcleavethestopcodonofthegeneinthemultiplecloningsiteinthisplasmidtherebyproducingaTAoverhang.Thisoverhangiscompatiblewithanyofourpeptideorreporterfusiontagplasmidsalsocutwitheitheroftheseenzymes.ThisallowsseamlessC-terminalfusionstobemadewiththegeneinthismultiplecloningsiteusingasinglecloningstepfromourC-terminalpeptideandreportertagproductrange.NormallytheeasiestmethodistoclonetheC-terminaltagfromourotherplasmidproductsintothisplasmidusingBsgIorBseRIandthedownstreamClaIrestrictionsite.
BseRIandBsgIsitesarenon-palindromicandcleaveadefinednumberofbasesawayfromtheirbindingsites.Thisallowsthemtocuttheupstreamstopcodoninthegeneinthisplasmidregardlessofthegenesequence.
IPStatus:
IntellectualPropertyStatusThisproductispartofourSnapFastplasmidrange,formoreinformationontheIntellectualpropertystatusofthisplasmidpleaseclickhere
