PlasmidInfo:

PlasmidPurpose:

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

Thisplasmidalsoencodesaproteasecleavagesitethatisdesignedtobepositionedbetweenyourgeneofinterestandthetagtoallowtheremovalofthetagfollowingproteinpurificationorisolation.ThisplasmidcontainsaEKTcleavagetag.Theproteinsequenceofthecleavagetagis:DDDDK.Enterokinase(EKT)proteasecleavesaftertheLysineresidue.Itcancleaveatotherbasicresiduesbutthisisdependentonproteinconfirmation.Ifaprolinefollowsthesiteitwillnotcut.Noneofourproductscontainaprolineafterthesite.

Formoreinformationonwhichcleavagetagtouseseeourcleavagetagguide.

Thisplasmidcontainsaconstitutivebacterialpromoterthatdoesnotrequireinduction.Itisthestrongestbacterialpromoterwesellandthiscancausesolubilityandexpressionproblemswithsomeproteins.WealsoofferarangeofotherbacterialpromotersthatarecompatIBLewiththisplasmidandareavailableonrequest.

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

SDKIIHLTDDSFDTDVLKADGAILVDFWAEWCGPCKMIAPILDEIADEYQGKLTVAKLNIDQNPGTAPKYGIRGIPTLLLFKNGEVAATKVGALSKGQLKEFLDANLAGS

Formoreinformationonthemethodsthatcanbeusedtopurifyproteinspleaseseeourproteintagguide.

SequenceandMap:

OtherInfo:

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

Cloning:

ThisplasmidhasbeendesignedtoallowthreetypesofcloningintothemainMCStojoinacodingsequencewiththetag.

IfyouwouldliketofuseyourcodingsequencetothetagwithminimaladditionalbasesyoucanuseourSnapFusiontechnology.ThisprocessinvolvesamplifyingyourgenebyPCRtoaddspecificrestrictionsitesontotheends.WhenthesesitesarecuttheyproduceanoverhangthatiscompatiblewiththisplasmidcutwithBseRIorBsgI.

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.

Ifyouarenotconcernedaboutleavingafewextrabasesbetweenthetagcodingsequenceandyourgeneyoucancloneyourgeneintothevectorusingstandardcloningrestrictionenzymes.Thisstrategywillrequireyoutochoosewhichenzymesyouwanttousetocloneyourgene.

OpenthePrimerDesignToolwhichprovidesprimerswithdifferentenzymechoicespositioningyourgeneasclosetothetagaspossibleineachcase.Pleasenotethatstandardenzymeswillalwaysleaveadditionalnucleotidesbetweenyourgeneandthetagbutusingthespreadsheetwillensurethetagandgeneareinframe.

ThesecloningtechniquesusereagentssoldbyothercompaniesandallowyoutofusesequencestogetherusingenzymesthatchewbacktheDNAtoleaveoverlappingends/overhangs.ThesubsequentmethodofjoiningtheDNAdependsonthekitused.Touseoneofthesetechniquesyoucaneitherdesignyourownprimersoryoucanusethespreadsheetbelowtohelpwiththedesign.

OpenthePrimerDesignTooltohelpyoudesignprimersforcloningyourgeneusingGibsonassemblyInfusionHDGeneArtSeamlesscloningorLigaseIndependentCloning(LIC)techniques.

IPStatus:

ThisproductispartofourSnapFastplasmidrange,formoreinformationontheIntellectualpropertystatusofthisplasmidpleaseclickhere