PlasmidInfo:
PlasmidInformation
ProductName:pSF-TEFI-CEN6ARS4-URA3
ProductCode:OG552
Size(bp):5893bp
BacterialAntibioticSelection:KanR
OriginandCompatibility:pUChighcopyderivedfrompBR322
BacterialCopyNumber:500-700percell
Promoter:YeastElongationFactorAlpha-1(TEF-1)promoter
PlasmidPurpose:
ThisisalowcopySaccharomycescerevisiaeyeastplasmidthatallowsfortheplasmidtobemaintainedincellsatanapproximatefrequencyof1-2copiespercell.Theseplasmidsarenottypicallyusedforproteinproductionbecauseexpressionissignficantlylowerthanusingthestandard2micronoriginwhichhasamuchhighercopynumber.ThisplasmidcanstillbeusedwhenlargeDNAinsertsarerequiredandlowlevelsofexpressionofgenesareneeded.TheplasmidcontainstheURA3selectioncassettewhichallowstheplasmidtobemaintainedincellsthataredefectiveforthisgene.Cellscarryingtheplasmidcanthenbegrowninmediathatisdeficientinuracil.
PromoterExpressionLevel:Thisplasmidcontainstheyeasttranslationelongationfactor1promoter.ItisthestrongestpromoterthatweprovideforexpressioninSaccharomycescerevisiae.
SequenceandMap:
OtherInfo:
TranscriptionTermination:Thisplasmidcontainsthreealternativetranscriptionterminatorsforyeastbacterialandbacteriophage(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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