SBB12Ntbk-Mike Hwang

Mike Hwang 14:49, 16 February 2012 (EST)

 
Day 1 - Preparation of PCR and PCA

PCA Preparation for Leucine Zipper RLER
Protocol:
1. Added 38uL ddH2O to small PCR tube using p100 micropipette
2. Added 5 uL of 10X expand buffer (labeled with red) using p10
3. Added 5 uL of 2mM dNTPs (labeled with blue) using p10
4. Prepared separate 6uL oligo mixture of 100uM concentration by adding 2 uL each of o1, o2 and o7 oligos and mixed well. To make 100uM solutions of o1 and o2, 922 uL and 961 uL of ddH2O added to stock o1 and o2, respectively. 
5. From above solution, 1 uL was removed and added to the PCR tube
6. Added .75 uL expand polymerase
7. Labeled PCR tube with A, MH and designated as PCA reaction
8. Placed PCR tube on small rack labeled PCA and put on ice


PCR Preparation of cI and oBP constructs
Protocol:
1. Labeled 2 different PCR tubes cI as A and oBP as B. 
2. Added 24uL of ddH2O into both tubes
3. Added 3.3 uL of 10X expand buffer and 3.3 uL of 2mM dNTPs into both tubes
4. Added 1 uL of 10uM Ca998 to tube A
5. Added 1 uL of 10uM ca1333R to tube A
6. Added 1 uL of 10uM 1333F to tube B
7. Added 1 uL of 10 uM g00101 to tube B
8. Added 0.5 uL of jtk2768 to tube A
9. Added 0.5 uL of 9525-1835 to tube B
10. Added 0.5 uL of expand polymerase to both tubes
11. Placed in '500-1000bp' labeled rack on ice

Mike Hwang 16:52, 17 February 2012 (EST)

Day 2 - Zymo Cleanup and Gel Purification of Products

Preparation for pca2 leucine zipper
Protocol:
1. Performed Zymo Cleanup on pca1 product using this protocol ([http://openwetware.org/wiki/Template:SBB-Protocols_Zymo2])
2. Eluted with 51 uL of ddH2O
3. Amplification of Pca1 purified product performed next: added 1 uL of purified pca1 to small PCR tube
4. Added 1 uL of 10 uM o1 oligo
5. Added 1 uL of 10 uM o2 oligo
6. Added 10 uL 5x phusion buffer
7. Added 32.5 uL H2O
8. Added 5 uL of 2 mM dNTPs
9. Added 0.5 uL of phusion and placed on ice prior to assembly

Gel Purification of A+B cI-oBP Preparation
Protocol:
1. Loaded 10 uL A (6 uL of A + 4 uL loading dye) into Gel Lane 6
2. Loaded 10 uL B (6 uL of B + 4 uL loading dye) into Gel Lane 7
3. Cut out bands corresponding to correct fragment size and placed both in eppendorf tube, added 600 uL of ADB Buffer
4. Heated at 55C until gel dissolved
5. Placed in Freezer for storage

Mike Hwang 14:59, 21 February 2012 (EST)

Day 3 - Purification of pca2 and Gel Purification of A+B

Gel Purification of A+B
Protocol:
1. Thawed frozen A+B gel product
2. Transferred contents to Zymo Column inside of collection tube
3. Spun for 15 seconds and discarded waste
4. Added 200 uL Zymo Wash Buffer and spun through (15s), total of two washes
5. Spin for 90 seconds to full dry
6. Eluted with 40 uL of ddH2O
7. Added 0.5 uL of purified A+B to small PCR tube
8. Added 24 uL ddH2O
9. Added 3.3 uL each of 10X expand buffer and 2mM dNTPs
10. Added 1 uL each of 10 uM CA998 and 10uM g00101 oligos 
11. Added 0.5 uL of expand polymerase "1"
12. Placed on ice prior to PCR cloning

Small Fragment Zymo Cleanup for pca2
1. Performed small fragment zymo cleanup protocol ([http://openwetware.org/wiki/Template:SBB-Protocols_Zymo2])
2. Final elution performed with 51 uL of ddH2O

Digestion of pca2 with NheI/BamHI
1. Added 8uL of purified pca2 product
2. Added 1 uL of NEB2 buffer
3. Added 0.5 uL of NheI
4. Added 0.5 uL of BamHI
5. Placed in small PCR tube and then incubated in thermocycler at 37C for 1 hour
6. Added 100 uL ADB buffer to pca2 digest in Eppendorf tube
7. Labeled as 'Digest pca2 not pur.' and placed in freezer box labeled ' 140L eluted products'

Mike Hwang 14:38, 23 February 2012 (EST)

Day 4 - Zymo Cleanup of 1207dig and cI-oBP pcrpdt plus Analytical Gel

Zymo Cleanup of 1207dig
1. Removed tube labeled 'Digest pca2 not pure' from freezer and thawed
2. Added 500 uL of ethanol and transferred to zymo column
3. Performed zymo cleanup with final elution volume of 51 uL using this protocol ([http://openwetware.org/wiki/Template:SBB-Protocols_Zymo2])
4. Froze purified 1207dig

WILL PERFORM LIGATION AND PLATING ON FRIDAY

Analytic Gel of pcrpdt of cI-oBP construct
1. 6 uL of pcrpdt mixed with 4 uL of loading dye and loaded into column 10 of Gel 1
2. Pictures taken of gel fragments to ensure product (A+B) is consistent with the pcrpdt

Zymo Cleanup of cI-oBP construct
1. Performed zymo cleanup on pcrpdt using this protocol ([http://openwetware.org/wiki/Template:SBB-Protocols_Zymo1])
2. Final elution volume of ddH2O was 33 uL
3. Purified pcrpdt, labeled 'MH pcrpdt pure' placed in freezer

WILL PERFORM DIGESTION REACTION FIRST ON THIS PRODUCT FIRST! USING ECORI/BAMHI