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COMPARE to my protocol
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==Step 1: Primer phosphorylation==
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We phosphorylate 200pmol primer (Fane carries this out in 2ul reaction mixture):
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* 2ul 100uM primer
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* 1ul 10mM ATP
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* 0.5ul ligase buffer
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* 1.5ul T4 polynucleotide kinase
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-> 37<sup>o</sup>C for 30 minutes then dilute each reaction with 15ul water.
  
Primer phosphorylation with T4 PNK: we phosphorylize 200 pmol of primer in 2ul reaction mixture
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==Step 2: Relax secondary structure and anneal==
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We add 10pmol of phosphorylated primer to 0.5pmol ssDNA in ligase buffer (Fane uses [[PhiX:Recipes|PE1 buffer]] with 10ul reaction volume). Start boiling water in a beaker using tripod arrangement. Meanwhile to each tube add:
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* 2ul ssDNA diluted 1/100, 1/10, or 1 times
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* 1ul diluted phosphorylated primer mix (above)
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* 1ul water
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* 1ul ligase buffer
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When water is boiled, remove beaker from heat and immerse tubes in it. Store beaker (with tubes) in cold room (+4<sup>o</sup>C) for one/two hours.
  
Annealing: 10 pmol primer, 0.5 p mole ssDNA in 10ul PE1 buffer (10XPE1: 200mM Tris ph &.5; 100mM MgCl2, 200 mM NaCl, 10 mM DTT).
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==Step 3: Non-gapped extension reaction==
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We add ATP to 1mM, dNTPs to 0.5mM, 4 Weiss Units ligase, 2U polymerase in ligase buffer to 20ul (Fane uses [[PhiX:Recipes|PE1 buffer]]). The following is added to each tube (error here unless 10ul in previous):
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* 1ul ligase buffer
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* 2ul 10mM ATP
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* 1ul 2mM (each) dNTPs
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* 3.3ul water
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* 0.7ul 3U/ul T4 DNA polymerase
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* 2ul 2U/ul (400 c.e.u.s) T4 DNA ligase
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Reaction kept on ice for 5 minutes, room temperature for 5 minutes, then two hours at 37<sup>o</sup>C. After which the reaction may be frozen.
  
phiX174 DNA has a great deal of secondary structure. To anneal, we heat some
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Fane uses 2ul of 1/10 dilution of this for transformation into 100ul competent cells. Transformation efficiency improved by O/N storage.
water to boiling, remove from heat, place the tube in the water, refrigerate
 
and let it cool to 4C, takes about an hour or two.
 
  
We then add ATP to 1 mM, nucelotides to 0.5 mM, four units of T4 ligase, and 2
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From Fane:
units T4 DNA polymerase. This reaction is done in PE2 buffer (10X PE2 200 mM
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We incubate the transformation mixtures for 30 minutes on ice, heat shock for 1 minute at 42<sup>o</sup>C, then ice again for 5 minutes, and then we plate. This
Tris Ph 7.5, 100 mM MgCl<sub>2</sub>, 100 mM DTT). Total volume of the reaction is 20
 
micro liters.
 
 
 
Keep on ice for 5 minutes, then room temp for five minutes, then 2
 
hours at 37C.
 
After wards the reactiosn can be frozen. We typically dilute the reaction 1/10
 
before transformation. The transformation mixture contains 100 microliter
 
competent cells, and we use 2 microliter of the diluted synthesis reaction.
 
 
 
We have found that CaCl2 treatement gives us the best transformations. We also
 
get much better efficiencies if we make the competent cells the day
 
before, and
 
refrigerate them overnight.
 
 
 
We incubate the transformation mixtures for 30 minutes on ice, heat shock for
 
one minute at 42, then ice again for 5 minutes, and then we plate. This
 
 
typically gives us 200 plaques per plate.
 
typically gives us 200 plaques per plate.
  
The repair can go either way in the cells, so you will need a way to either
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The repair can go either way in the cells, so you will need a way to either directly select for your mutant, or an efficient way to screen the plaques by toothpicking into indicator lawns.
directly select for your mutant, or an efficient way to screen the plaques by
 
toothpicking into indicator lawns.
 

Revision as of 17:09, 18 August 2009

Step 1: Primer phosphorylation

We phosphorylate 200pmol primer (Fane carries this out in 2ul reaction mixture):

  • 2ul 100uM primer
  • 1ul 10mM ATP
  • 0.5ul ligase buffer
  • 1.5ul T4 polynucleotide kinase

-> 37oC for 30 minutes then dilute each reaction with 15ul water.

Step 2: Relax secondary structure and anneal

We add 10pmol of phosphorylated primer to 0.5pmol ssDNA in ligase buffer (Fane uses PE1 buffer with 10ul reaction volume). Start boiling water in a beaker using tripod arrangement. Meanwhile to each tube add:

  • 2ul ssDNA diluted 1/100, 1/10, or 1 times
  • 1ul diluted phosphorylated primer mix (above)
  • 1ul water
  • 1ul ligase buffer

When water is boiled, remove beaker from heat and immerse tubes in it. Store beaker (with tubes) in cold room (+4oC) for one/two hours.

Step 3: Non-gapped extension reaction

We add ATP to 1mM, dNTPs to 0.5mM, 4 Weiss Units ligase, 2U polymerase in ligase buffer to 20ul (Fane uses PE1 buffer). The following is added to each tube (error here unless 10ul in previous):

  • 1ul ligase buffer
  • 2ul 10mM ATP
  • 1ul 2mM (each) dNTPs
  • 3.3ul water
  • 0.7ul 3U/ul T4 DNA polymerase
  • 2ul 2U/ul (400 c.e.u.s) T4 DNA ligase

Reaction kept on ice for 5 minutes, room temperature for 5 minutes, then two hours at 37oC. After which the reaction may be frozen.

Fane uses 2ul of 1/10 dilution of this for transformation into 100ul competent cells. Transformation efficiency improved by O/N storage.

From Fane: We incubate the transformation mixtures for 30 minutes on ice, heat shock for 1 minute at 42oC, then ice again for 5 minutes, and then we plate. This typically gives us 200 plaques per plate.

The repair can go either way in the cells, so you will need a way to either directly select for your mutant, or an efficient way to screen the plaques by toothpicking into indicator lawns.