Knight:In vitro transcription

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===Szalewska-Palasz et al.===
===Szalewska-Palasz et al.===
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25 μL reaction
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====25 μL reaction====
*Buffer M
*Buffer M
**20 mM Hepes, pH 8.0
**20 mM Hepes, pH 8.0
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*5 μg template DNA
*5 μg template DNA
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====Procedure====
#Add repressor
#Add repressor
#Incubate 5min at 37°C
#Incubate 5min at 37°C
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(Run off transcription assay)
(Run off transcription assay)
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9 μL reaction
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====9 μL reaction====
*5nM DNA (supercoiled plasmid)
*5nM DNA (supercoiled plasmid)
*100nM CRP
*100nM CRP
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**500 μg/mL acetylated BSA
**500 μg/mL acetylated BSA
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====Procedure====
#Incubate reaction at room temperature for 20 mins
#Incubate reaction at room temperature for 20 mins
#Add 3 μL RNAp at 375 nM in buffer B
#Add 3 μL RNAp at 375 nM in buffer B
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<biblio>
<biblio>
#Galan-NAR-2003 pmid=14602920
#Galan-NAR-2003 pmid=14602920
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</biblio>
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===Marschall et al.===
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#Used either supercoiled or linear template
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#5 &mu;L of 20nM DNA template in potassium glutamate solution
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#*40 mM Hepes (pH 8.0)
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#*10 mM magnesium chloride
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#*100 mM potassium glutamate
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#*200 &mu;M cAMP
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#*500 &mu;g/mL acetylated bovine serum albumin
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#Add 5 &mu;L of 400 nM Lrp or buffer
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#Add 5 &mu;L of 400 nM Crp or buffer
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#Incubate at room temperature for 15 mins
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#7&mu;L of mixture was incubated at 37&deg;C for 5 mins
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#Add 3.5 &mu;L RNAp at 260 nM
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#Incubate for 5 mins at 37&deg;C
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#Start polymerization by adding 3.5 &mu;L prewarmed mixture containing
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#*1mM ATP
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#*1mM GTP
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#*1mM CTP
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#*50&mu;M UTP
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#*500 &mu;g/mL heparin
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#*1&mu;Ci [&alpha;-<sup>32</sup>]UTP
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#Incubate 5 mins (what temp?)
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#Stop reaction by adding 20mM EDTA in formamide containing xylene cyanol and bromophenol blue
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#Heat to 65&deg;C
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#Electrophorese samples on 7% sequencing gels
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#Autoradiograph and quantify using phosphorimager
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====Reference====
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<biblio>
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#Marschall-JMB-1998 pmid=9512707
</biblio>
</biblio>

Revision as of 13:57, 28 November 2006

Contents

Purpose

In vitro transcription using Escherichia coli RNA polymerase.

Materials

Reaction conditions

Epicentre

Functional test

50 μL reaction

  • 1X E. coli RNA polymerase transcription buffer
    • 0.04 M Tris-HCl (pH 7.5)
    • 0.15 M KCl
    • 10 mM MgCl2
    • 0.01% Triton® X-100
  • 2mM DTT
  • 0.25mM NTPs
  • 1μg T7 D111 DNA as template

Assay test

50 μL reaction

  • 1X E. coli RNA polymerase transcription buffer
    • 0.04 M Tris-HCl (pH 7.5)
    • 0.15 M KCl
    • 10 mM MgCl2
    • 0.01% Triton® X-100
  • 10 mM DTT
  • 0.5 mM NTPs
  • 1μg T7 D111 DNA as template

Szalewska-Palasz et al.

25 μL reaction

  • Buffer M
    • 20 mM Hepes, pH 8.0
    • 5 mM magnesium acetate
    • 4 mM DTT
    • 1 mM EDTA
    • 1mM ATP
    • BSA (5mg/mL)
    • 0.2% Triton X-100
    • 5% glycerol
  • 5 μg template DNA

Procedure

  1. Add repressor
  2. Incubate 5min at 37°C
  3. Transfer samples to ice bath
  4. Add 1 unit E. coli RNAP from Epicentre
  5. Add 150 μM CTP and GTP
  6. Add 1 mM ATP
  7. Add 15 μM UTP
  8. Add [α-32P]UTP to 1mCi/mL
  9. Incubate samples at 37°C for 12.5 mins
  10. Stop reaction with equal volume of
    • BSA (1.2mg/mL)
    • 0.1 mM EDTA, pH 8.0
    • 5.1 M ammonium acetate
  11. Transfer to ice bath
  12. Precipitate RNA with 2 volumes 96% ethanol in liquid nitrogen
  13. Centrifuge in microcentrifuge at maximum speed for 30 mins
  14. Dry pellet
  15. Resuspend in 20 μL of
    • 98% formamide
    • 0.25% bromophenol blue
    • 0.25% xylene cyanol
  16. Incubate at 65°C for 5 mins
  17. Electrophorese in 6% polyacrylamide gel containing 46% urea in TBE buffer at 30mA
  18. Dry the gel
  19. Visualize RNA bands by autoradiography and quantify via densitometry

Reference

  1. Szalewska-Pałasz A, Wegrzyn A, Błaszczak A, Taylor K, and Wegrzyn G. . pmid:9539721. PubMed HubMed [Szalewska-Palasz-PNAS-1998]

Galan et al

(Run off transcription assay)

9 μL reaction

  • 5nM DNA (supercoiled plasmid)
  • 100nM CRP
  • 100nM HpaR or buffer B
  • Buffer B
    • 40 mM Tris-HCl pH 8.0
    • 10 mM MgCl2
    • 100 mM KCl
    • 200 μM cAMP
    • 500 μg/mL acetylated BSA

Procedure

  1. Incubate reaction at room temperature for 20 mins
  2. Add 3 μL RNAp at 375 nM in buffer B
  3. Incubate 5 mins at 37°C
  4. Start elongation with 3 μL of prewarmed mixture in buffer B of
    • 1mM ATP
    • 1mM GTP
    • 1mM CTP
    • 50μM UTP
    • 1μCi [α-32]UTP
    • 500 μg/mL heparin
  5. Incubate 5 mins at 37°C
  6. Add 12μL loading buffer containing 1% SDS
  7. Heat to 70°C
  8. Electrophorese samples on 7% sequencing gels
  9. Quantify using phosphorimager

Reference

  1. Galán B, Kolb A, Sanz JM, García JL, and Prieto MA. . pmid:14602920. PubMed HubMed [Galan-NAR-2003]

Marschall et al.

  1. Used either supercoiled or linear template
  2. 5 μL of 20nM DNA template in potassium glutamate solution
    • 40 mM Hepes (pH 8.0)
    • 10 mM magnesium chloride
    • 100 mM potassium glutamate
    • 200 μM cAMP
    • 500 μg/mL acetylated bovine serum albumin
  3. Add 5 μL of 400 nM Lrp or buffer
  4. Add 5 μL of 400 nM Crp or buffer
  5. Incubate at room temperature for 15 mins
  6. 7μL of mixture was incubated at 37°C for 5 mins
  7. Add 3.5 μL RNAp at 260 nM
  8. Incubate for 5 mins at 37°C
  9. Start polymerization by adding 3.5 μL prewarmed mixture containing
    • 1mM ATP
    • 1mM GTP
    • 1mM CTP
    • 50μM UTP
    • 500 μg/mL heparin
    • 1μCi [α-32]UTP
  10. Incubate 5 mins (what temp?)
  11. Stop reaction by adding 20mM EDTA in formamide containing xylene cyanol and bromophenol blue
  12. Heat to 65°C
  13. Electrophorese samples on 7% sequencing gels
  14. Autoradiograph and quantify using phosphorimager

Reference

  1. Marschall C, Labrousse V, Kreimer M, Weichart D, Kolb A, and Hengge-Aronis R. . pmid:9512707. PubMed HubMed [Marschall-JMB-1998]
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