Objective
Run WT Hb expression with non iron protoporphyrin IX to see if expression proceeds as normal
Procedure
- Spin down starter cultures from the previous evening.
- Resuspend in 4mL fresh media
- Add 1mL of 100mg/ml ampicilin to each 2.8L fernbach flask
- Divide the 4mL resuspended cells among each expression flask
- Place flasks in shaker at 37C
- Grow to an OD of 0.6 at 600nm (Note: the cells grew to an OD of 0.9)
- Reduce temperature to 30C
- Add 1mL of 0.4M IPTG to each flask
- Add 1mL of metal-protoporphyrinIX to each flask
- 40mg of Mn-protoporphyrin IX in 1mL of DMSO
- 40mg of Ni-protoporphyrin IX in 1mL of DMSO (Note: I only had 16mg of this complex)
- 40mg of Co-protoporphyrin IX in 1mL of DMSO
- 40mg of Cu-protoporphyrin IX in 1mL of DMSO
- Shake for 4 hours after induction (I induced at 11:00am)
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