PlasmidInfo:
PlasmidInformation
ProductName:pSF-OXB16
ProductCode:OG559
Size(bp):3857bp
BacterialAntibioticSelection:KanR
OriginandCompatibility:pUChighcopyderivedfrompBR322
BacterialCopyNumber:500-700percell
Promoter:OXB16bacterialpromoter
PlasmidPurpose:
ThisE.coliexpressionplasmidcanbeusedtodrivethetranscriptionofageneofinterestinE.colibacteria.ThepromoterisaderivativeofthestrongRecApromoterwhichhasbeenmodifiedbyrandommutagenesistocreateaslightlyweakerpromoter.Itispartofourconstitutivebacteriapromoterrange.InthisproductrangeOXB1istheweakestpromoterwhilstOXB20isthestrongest.Itdoesnotrequireanyinducingagentforactivityandshowsintermediatetostrongactivity.
PromoterExpressionLevel:ThisplasmidcontainsastrongconstitutiveE.colipromoterthatwasderivedfromtheRecApromoterbyrandommutagenesis.Itispartofourconstitutivebacterialpromoterrange.Thispromoter(OXB16)showsthehighlevelsofexpressionintherangewithOXB1showingthelowestlevelandOXB20showingthehighestlevelofexpression.Theyrequirenoinducingagentforexpression.
SequenceandMap:
OtherInfo:
TranscriptionTermination:Thisplasmidcontainsthreealternativetranscriptionterminatorsformammalianbacterialandbacteriophage(T7)expression.Thismeansthatonlythepromoterneedstobechangedtoaltertheexpressionsystemyouareusing.Wesellmultiplepromotersthatcanbeusedineachofthesesystems.Thepresenceofeachterminatordoesnotreduceexpressioninthealternativesystems.
Cloning:
CloninginaGene:ThisplasmidhasbeendesignedtobecompatIBLewitharangeofcloningtechniques.Themultiplecloningsitecontainsarangeofstandardcommonlyusedrestrictionsitesforcloning.UsingthesesitesgenescanbeinsertedusingstandardcloningmethodswithDNAligase.Othermethodssuchasligaseindependentcloning(LIC)GibsonAssemblyInFusionHDorSeamlessGeneArtcanalsobeusedandbecauseallofourplasmidsarebasedonthesamebackbonethesamemethodcanbeusedforcloningintoallofourcataloguevectors.
Multiplecloningsitenotes:ThereareafewimportantsiteswithintheMCS.TheseincludetheNcoIsitetheXbaIsiteandtheBsgIandBseRIsites.TheNcoIsitecontainsastartcodonthatisimmediatelydownstreamofbothaKozakandShine-Dalgarnoribosomalbindingsite.Theseallowforoptimalpositioningofgeneswhenthestartcodonisplacedinthislocation.IfthisisnotrequiredandyouwishtouseadownstreamsiteforgenecloningyoucanremovetheNcoIsitebycleavingtheplasmidwithKpnI.
TheXbaIsitecontainsastopcodon.ThisstopcodonispositionedinaspecificpositioninrelationtotheBsgIandBseRIsitesthatareimmediatelydownstream.WheneitherBseRIorBsgIcleavetheplasmidtheyproduceaTAoverhangfromthestopcodonintheXbaIsitethatiscompatiblewithallofourpeptidetagplasmidscutwiththesamesites.BseRIandBsgIsitesarenon-palindromicandcleaveadefinednumberofbasesawayfromtheirbindingsite.
WheneverwecloneageneintoourmultiplecloningsitewealwayspositionthestartandstopcodoninthesamepositionsintheMCS.IfthestartandendsofthegenesarenotcompatiblewithNcoIandXbaIweextendthesequencetothenearestexternalsitesbutkeepthestartandstopcodonslocationsconsistent.
IPStatus:
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