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Section G Gene manipulation

Section G Gene manipulation. Content. G1-DNA CLONING: AN OVERVIEW G2-PREPARATION OF PLASMID DNA G3-RESTRICTION ENZYMES AND ELECTROPHORESIS G4-LIGATION, TRANSFORMATION AND ANALYSIS OF RECOMBINANTS. G1 DNA cloning: an overview. G1-1 DNA cloning G1-2 Hosts and vectors

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Section G Gene manipulation

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  1. Section G Gene manipulation

  2. Content G1-DNA CLONING: AN OVERVIEW G2-PREPARATION OF PLASMID DNA G3-RESTRICTION ENZYMES AND ELECTROPHORESIS G4-LIGATION, TRANSFORMATION AND ANALYSIS OF RECOMBINANTS

  3. G1 DNA cloning: an overview G1-1 DNA cloning G1-2 Hosts and vectors G1-3 Subcloning G1-4 DNA libraries G1-5 Screening libraries G1-6 Analysis of a clone

  4. G1-1 DNA cloning The transfer of a DNA fragment of interest from one organism to a self-replicating genetic element such as a bacterial plasmid. The DNA of interest can then be propagated in a foreign host cell. This technology has been around since the 1970s, and it has become a common practice in molecular biology labs today.

  5. G1-2 Hosts and vectors • Most of the routine manipulations involved in gene cloning use E.coli as the host ogranism. Plasmids and bacteriophages may be used as cloning vectors in E.coli. • Vectors based on plasmids, viruses and whole chromosomes have been used to carry foreign genes into other prokaryotic and eukaryotic organiams.

  6. 1. autonomously replicating DNA 2. selective marker 3. multiple cloning site (MCS)

  7. Types of vectors A-Cloning vectors B-Expression vectors C-Integration vectors

  8. Cloning vectors E. coli cloning vector Yeast cloning vector(YACS)

  9. MCS Expression vectors:allowing the exogenous DNA to be inserted and expressed. Promoter and terminatorfor RNA transcription are required. . bacterial expressionvectors . yeast expression vectors . mammalian expression vectors

  10. Integration vectors:allowing the exogenous DNA to be inserted and integrated into a chromosomal DNA after a transformation.

  11. G1-3 Subcloning

  12. Agrose Gel Electrophoresis: • check your DNA at each step • Separation and Purification of DNA fragments of interests • Analysis of recombinant plasmids Marker Restriction analysis of a plasmid

  13. G1-4 DNA libraries Genomic libraries prepared form random fragments of genomic DNA, which may be inefficient to find a gene because of the huge abundance of the non-coding DNA cDNA libraries DNA copies (cDNA) synthesized from the mRNA by reverse transcriptionare inserted into a vector to form a cDNA library. Much more efficient in identifying a gene, but do not contain DNA coding functional RNA or noncoding sequence.

  14. Searching the genes of interest in a DNA library G1-5 Screening libraries Libraries are screened for the presence of a gene sequence by hybridization with a sequence derived from its protein product or a rlated gene, or through the screening of the protein products of the cloned fragments.

  15. Once identified, a cloned gene may be analysed by restriction mapping, and ultimatedly DNA sequencing, beforebeing used in any of the diverse applications of DNA cloning. G1-6 Analysis of a clone • Restriction mapping:digestion of the with restriction enzymes. • Sequencingthe cloned DNA

  16. G2 Preparation of plasmid DNA . Plasmid as vector . Plasmid minipreparation . Alkaline lysis . Phenol extraction . Ethanol precipitation . Cesium chloride gradient (purification)

  17. G2-2 Plasmid minipreparation from E. coli • Plasmids • ~2-20 kb in length that much smaller than E. coli chromosomal DNA (4600 kb), and independently supercoiled • Resistant to shearing force and chemical denaturation, thus can be isolated from the chromosomal DNA easily such as alkaline lysis. • Minipreparation (miniprep) • Isolation of plasmid DNA from a few mililiters (ml) of bacterial culture.

  18. Miniprep • Growthof the cells containing plasmids • Collect the cells by centrifugation • Alkaline lysis • Phenol extraction to get rid of the protein contaminants • Ethanol precipitation to concentrate the nucleic acids remained.

  19. G2-3 Alkaline lysis • Resuspendthe cells in a buffer solution • Lysozymeto digest the cell wall • Cell lysis in lysis buffer containing SDS and NaOH • Neutralization buffer containing KOAc (pH 5): renaturation of plasmid DNA and precipitation of denatured proteins and chromosomal DNA which can not be renatured because of its size and physical property of easily being sheared.

  20. Fig. 1. Plasmid preparation

  21. G2- 6 Cesium chloride gradient centrifugation A CsCl gradient can be used as part of a large-scale plasmid preparation to purify supercoiled plasmid DNA away from protein, Rna and linear or nicked DNA.

  22. G3 Restriction Enzymes and electrophoresis . Restriction endonuclease . Recognition sequences . Cohesive ends . Restriction digests . Agarose gel electrophoresis . Isolation of fragments

  23. G3-1 Restriction endonuclease Restriction enonucleases are bacterial enzymes which cut(hydrolyze) DNA into defined and reproducible fragments. In bacteria, they form part of the restriction-modification defense mechanism against foreign DNA. They are the basic tools of gene cloning.

  24. G3-2&3 Restriction sequences&Cohesive ends Fig. 1. (a) The action of restriction endonucleases at their recognition sequences; (b) the annealing of cohesive ends.

  25. Recognition enzymes cleave DNA symmertrically in both strands at short Palindromic(symmetrical) recognition sequences to leave a 5’-phosphate and a 3’-OH. They leave blunt ends, or protruding 5’- or 3’- termini. Recognition sequences • Recognize 4-8 bp. Most recognition sequences are 6 bp which occurs at a rate of 46=4096 bp. • Highly specific

  26. G3-4 Restriction digestion Fig. 2. The digestion of a plasmid with two different restriction enzymes.

  27. G3-5 Agrose gel electrophoresis Agrose:a polysaccharide derived from seaweed, which forms a solid gel when dissolved in aqueous solution (0.5%-3%). Negatively charged DNA - ve electrode + ve electrode

  28. Agrose gel electrophoresis Fig. 4. (a) An agarose gel of DNA restriction fragments (see text for details); (b) a calibration curve of migration distance against fragment size.

  29. G4 Ligation, transformation and analysis of recombinants G4.1 Alkaline phophatse G4.2-3 DNA ligation & recombinant DNA molecules G4.4-5 Transformation & selection G4.6 Transformation efficiency G4.7 Screening transformants G4.8 Growth and storage of transformants G4.9 Gel analysis G4.10 Fragment orientation

  30. Fig. 1. The ligation of vector and target to yield recombinant and nonrecombinant products X if the vector is phosphoralated

  31. The use of alkaline phosphate to prevent religation of vector molecules Fig. 2. The use of alkaline phosphatase to prevent religation of vector molecules.

  32. G4.4-5 Transformation and selection Competent cells:E. coli cells treated with Ca2+ solution are susceptible to take up exogenous DNA. Enzymes involved in host cell defending, such as restriction-modification system are suppressed. Transformation:a process of uptake of exogenous DNA by competent cells. Heat-shock:After the DNA is uptaken, the cells shall be put at 42oC for 1 min in order to induce the suppressed enzymes for cell defending.

  33. Selection with antibiotic resistance (ampr) Transformantion efficiency:number of colonies formed per microgram (mg) of input DNA. Ranges from 103 to more than 108. 105 is adequate for a simple cloning.

  34. G4-6 Transformation efficiency Transformantion efficiency- number of colonies formed per microgram (mg) of input DNA. Ranges from 103 to more than 108. 105 is adequate for a simple cloning.

  35. Fig. 4. The analysis of recombinant plasmids by agarose gel electrophoresis

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