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Nuclease_A1 (from bacteriophage T5)
Project: Nucleases characterizations
Authors: iGEM_GO_Paris_saclay
Monday, 1/7/2019
Aim: Insert the gene A1 in pBD24MoClo with golden gate method in order to express A1 nuclease under the control of the inducive promoter arabinose-dependent promoter Para.
Heat shock transformation of competent cells Escherichia coli KeioZ1 F’ with pBAD24GG and pBAD24A1 : Brahim _ Arnaud _ Laura
See the protocol "heat shock transformation".
The transformants were selected on LB agar plates plus Ampicilline (100µg/mL) and 0.2% glucose.
Tuesday, 2/7/2019
RESULTS of transformation of KeioZ1 F' cells
A A | B B | C C | D D | E E | F F | G G | H H | I I | J J | K K | L L | M M | |
1 1 | pBAD24A1 | pBAD24GG | Without Plasmid | ||||||||||
2 2 | Amp / Without Amp | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
3 3 | Volume spread (µL) | 50 | 100 | 100 concentrated | 100 | 50 | 100 | 100 concentrated | 100 | 50 | 100 | 100 concentrated | 100 |
4 4 | Results | Colonies | Colonies | Colonies | Colonies | Colonies | Colonies | Colonies | Colonies | No colonies | No colonies | No colonies | Colonies |
Table3
Controls are OK. Isolated colonies are available to continue our experiment.
Isolation of single colony : Laura_Arnaud_Brahim
Single colonies are picked and spread onto a new agar plate with LB+Amp+Glucose in an attempt to isolate single colonies.
Agar plates are then incubated at 37°C overnight.
Wednesday, 3/7/2019
Culture of isolated clones : Laura_Arnaud_Brahim
Isolated clones are put in liquid LB+Amp (100µg/µL) + 0.2% Glucose overnight at 37°C.
Friday, 5/7/2019
Culture of isolated clones (Results) : Laura_Arnaud_Brahim_Marie
Results :
A A | B B | C C | D D | E E | |
1 1 | GG (futur Ara) | GG | A1 (futur Ara) | A1 | |
2 2 | DO | 0,58 | 0,62 | 0,63 | 0,60 |
Table1
Beginning of induction with Ara and first measurement at 30min then every hour.
Spread on petri dishes from transformed cells
A A | B B | C C | D D | E E | F F | G G | H H | I I | J J | K K | L L | M M | N N | O O | P P | Q Q | |
1 1 | A1 | -30 min | +30 min | 1h30 min | 2H 30 | Demain | |||||||||||
2 2 | Amp Glu | Amp | Glu | Amp Glu | Amp | Glu | Amp Glu | Amp | Glu | Amp Glu | Amp | Glu | LB Glu | LB Amp | LB Amp Glu | ||
3 3 | ara | Tapis | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | |||
4 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 8 | |||||
5 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | |||||
6 6 | Non ara | Tapis | 2 | 4 | 2 | T | 13 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
7 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | T | - | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
8 8 | 3 | 9 | 3 | T | - | 6 | 5 | 6 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
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10 10 | |||||||||||||||||
CFU in 10^8 (cell/mL)
A A | B B | C C | D D | E E | F F | G G | H H | I I | J J | K K | L L | M M | N N | O O | P P | |
1 1 | GG | -30 min | +30 min | 1h30 min | 2H 30 | Demain | ||||||||||
2 2 | Amp Glu | Amp | Glu | Amp Glu | Amp | Glu | Amp Glu | Amp | Glu | Amp Glu | Amp | Glu | LB Amp Glu | LB Amp | LB Glu | |
3 3 | ara | Tapis | 5 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
4 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||
5 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
6 6 | Non ara | Tapis | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 37 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | ||
7 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | T | 34 | T | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | ||||
8 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 37 | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | ||||
CFU in 10^8 ( cell/mL)
Second step: reading the OD using the plate spectrophotometer.
Measurement automatically of the DO every 20min during 12hours.
A A | B B | C C | D D | E E | |
1 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
2 2 | A | A1 Ara | A1 | GG Ara | GG |
3 3 | B | A1 Ara | A1 | GG Ara | GG |
4 4 | C | A1 Ara | A1 | GG Ara | GG |
Plate Plan
Results :
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Monday, 8/7/2019
1.
Characterization of the A1 nuclease : Marie - Laura
Transformation verification : colony PCR. For each sample : pBAD24A1.1, pBAD24A1.2, pBAD24GG.1, pBAD24GG.2 transformed in E.coli on 1st/2nd july :
A A | B B | C C | |
1 1 | Primer name | Primer sequence | Tm °C |
2 2 | 2019GO-5-Seq-pBAD-F | 5'- TGGCTATGCCATAGCATTTTTATCC | 55,6 |
3 3 | 2019GO-6-Seq-pBAD-R | 5'- GGT CTG ATT TAA TCT GTA TCA GGC TG | 55,3 |
Primer sequences for checking insertion of the inserts
A A | B B | |
1 1 | 2,5 μL | Green taq Buffer |
2 2 | 1 μL | dNTP |
3 3 | 1 μL | Amorce5 |
4 4 | 1 μL | Amorce6 |
5 5 | 10 μL | Colony ADN + 10 μL of water |
6 6 | 0,15 μL | Taq polymerase |
7 7 | 9,5 μL | H2O |
8 8 | Vtot = 25 μL |
Table2
PCR program (named "IGM") :
94°C/5'
30 cycles : 94°C/30''
51°C/30''
72°C/2min
72°C/10'
Electrophoresis : 100V, 10 μL sample/well, 25 minutes.
Results :
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Pre-culture : From glycerol stock on 1st/2nd july (pBAD24A1.1, pBAD24A1.2, pBAD24GG.1, pBAD24GG.2 transformed in E.coli), for each sample : 2 mL LB + 100μg/mL Ampicilline + 20% glucose, incubation with agitation overnight.
Tuesday, 9/7/2019
Culture of isolated clones (Results) : Laura_Arnaud_Marie
60mL culture of A1 and GG. Then beginning of induction with Ara in 30mL of A1 and GG, and first measurement of Optic Density at 30min each sample, then every hour twice.
Results :
A A | B B | C C | D D | E E | F F | G G | |
1 1 | A1 (60mL) | GG (60mL) | A1+Ara (30mL) | A1 (30mL) | GG+Ara (30mL) | GG (30mL) | |
2 2 | t = -45min | 0,12 | 0,13 | ||||
3 3 | t = -15min | 0,22 | 0,23 | ||||
4 4 | t = t0 induction | 0,33 | 0,38 | ||||
5 5 | t = +30min | 0,65 | 0,74 | 0,80 | 0,81 | ||
6 6 | t = +1h30 | 0,66 | 1,39 | 1,31 | 1,48 | ||
7 7 | t = +2h30 | 0,63 | 1,89 | 1,68 | 1,97 | ||
8 8 | t = +18h30 | 1,9 | 3,8 | 3,1 | 3,8 |
Table4
Rq : We can notice that the population of A1+Ara bacteria decreases over time until 2h30. Then, during the night bacteria develop. We can assume that bacteria mutate during the night and grow.
Box spreading from transformers' solutions.
A A | B B | C C | D D | E E | F F | G G | H H | I I | J J | K K | L L | |
1 1 | Time | -30min | +30min | +1h30 | +2h30 | +tomorrow | ||||||
2 2 | Glu | Glu+Amp | Glu | Glu+Amp | Glu | Glu+Amp | Glu | Glu+Amp | Glu | Glu+Amp | ||
3 3 | A1 | Ara | 10—2 | 10—3 | 10—2 | 10—4 | 10—6 | 10—6 | 10—2 | |||
4 4 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
5 5 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 21 | |||||
6 6 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 16 | |||||
7 7 | No Ara | 10—4 | 10—4 | 10—5 | 10—5 | 10—6 | 10—6 | 10—6 | 10—6 | 10—6 | ||
8 8 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 11 | ||||
9 9 | 18 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 10 | |||
10 10 | 21 | 27 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 14 | ||||
11 11 | GG | Ara | 10—5 | 10—5 | 10—5 | 10—6 | 10—6 | 10—6 | 10—6 | 10—6 | ||
12 12 | 16 | 20 | 35 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 8 | ||||
13 13 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 6 | ||||
14 14 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 16 | |||||
15 15 | No Ara | 10—4 | 10—4 | 10—5 | 10—5 | 10—6 | 10—5 | 10—6 | 10—6 | 10—6 | 10—6 | |
16 16 | 15 | 33 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 25 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 12 | ||
17 17 | 12 | 26 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 34 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 13 | ||
18 18 | 10 | 17 | 20 | 12 | 33 | 19 | 12 | |||||
19 19 | 9 | |||||||||||
Results
A A | B B | C C | D D | E E | F F | G G | H H | I I | J J | K K | L L | |
1 1 | Time | -30min | +30min | +1h30 | +2h30 | +tomorrow | ||||||
2 2 | Glu | Glu+Amp | Glu | Glu+Amp | Glu | Glu+Amp | Glu | Glu+Amp | Glu | Glu+Amp | ||
3 3 | A1 | Ara | 1,03E+05 | 1,10E+06 | 2,00E+04 | 6,00E+06 | 1,00E+06 | 9,00E+08 | 1,23E+09 | |||
4 4 | 5,77E+03 | 3,61E+05 | 0,00E+00 | 2,65E+06 | 0,00E+00 | 2,00E+08 | 1,10E+09 | |||||
5 5 | ||||||||||||
6 6 | ||||||||||||
7 7 | No Ara | 2,03E+07 | 2,33E+07 | 1,27E+07 | 1,30E+07 | 7,33E+08 | 9,00E+08 | 1,80E+09 | 6,33E+08 | 1,17E+09 | ||
8 8 | 2,08E+06 | 4,04E+06 | 2,08E+06 | 4,58E+06 | 1,53E+08 | 0,00E+00 | 2,65E+08 | 1,15E+08 | 2,08E+08 | |||
9 9 | ||||||||||||
10 10 | ||||||||||||
11 11 | GG | Ara | 9,33E+07 | 1,23E+08 | 3,20E+08 | |||||||