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Addgene:PlasmidModificationbyAnnealedOligoCloning(withProtocols)
PlasmidModificationbyAnnealedOligoCloning
Summary
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OligooverlapcloningcanbeusedanytimeyouneedtoaddashortstretchofDNAtoaplasmid,suchas:
RestrictionDigestof
PlasmidDNA
ChangingaMultipleCloningSite(MCS)
Addingshorttagsex:HAorFlag
CloningshRNAs
DNALigation
BacterialTransformation
Background
ForthepurposesofthistutorialwewilldiscusshowtoaddnewrestrictionsitestotheMCSofanemptyvector.
However,thefollowingtechniquecanbeusedjustaseasilytoaddshorttagsorshRNAstoanyvector(the
procedurewillsimplydifferintermsofprimerdesign).
Let'sassumethatyourfavoritevectorhasarelativelylimitedMCS(BamHIEcoRISalI)andyouwanttoexpandthatwiththeadditionofNdeI,
PacI,AscI,andMfeI.Witholigooverlapcloning,youcandesignasetofoligoscontainingyourdesiredrestrictionsitesandaddthemtoyourexisting
vector.Itisacoupledaysofworkthatwillpayoffforyearstocome.
Design
Briefly,wewilldesignoverlappingoligosthatonceannealedcanbecloneddirectlyintotheoverhangsgeneratedbyrestrictiondigestofexistingsites
intheoriginalvector.
Designingoligos:
WewanttoaddNdeI,PacI,AscIandMfeIsitessowewilldesignatopoligowitheachofthesesitesintandem(NdeI
CATATG
PacI
TTAATTAA
AscI
GGCGCGCC
MfeI
CAATTG
)andwiththebottomoligobeingthereversecomplimentsothattheyanneal.
Top:
5'
CATATG
TTAATTAA
GGCGCGCC
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CAATTG
3'
=28bp
Bottom:
3'
GTATAC
AATTAATT
CCGCGCGG
GTTAAC
5'
WealsoneedtomakesuretoincludetheadditionalbasesnecessarytocomplementtheoverhangsgeneratedwhendigestingthevectorwithEcoRI
andSalI(seediagram).Todothisweneedtoadd5'
AATTC
and
G
3'tothetopoligoand3'
G
and
CAGCT
5'tothebottomoligomakingourfinaloligos34bpeach.
Note:Wecouldleaveoffthe3Goneacholigo(andthecomplementaryCoftheotheroligo),butthiswoulddestroytheEcoRIandSalIsitesin
thefinalvector.
Top:
5'
AATTC
CATATG
TTAATTAA
GGCGCGCC
CAATTG
Bottom:
3'
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GTATAC
AATTAATT
CCGCGCGG
GTTAAC
CAGCT
5'
Orderthefollowingoligosfromyourfavoriteoligosynthesiscompany:
Top:
5'AATTCCATATGTTAATTAAGGCGCGCCCAATTGG3'
Bottom:
5'TCGACCAATTGGGCGCGCCTTAATTAACATATGG3'
Note:Ifyouplantophosphatasetreatyourcutvectoritisnecessarytouse5'phosphorylatedoligos.Thisisanoptionthatcanbeaddedwhen
orderingthemorcanbeperformedenzymaticallylater.
ExperimentalProcedure
Digestandpurifyvector:
1.Whilewaitingforyouroligostoarrive,conductarestrictiondigestof1gofvectorwithEcoRIandSalI
2.RunanagarosegelandcutoutthebandcontainingyourvectorDNA
3.GelpurifyyourDNAawayfromtheagaroseusingacommerciallyavailablekitorstandardprotocol.
Annealoligos:
Theoligosshouldberesuspendedinannealingbuffer(10mMTris,pH7.58.0,50mMNaCL,1mMEDTA)andmixedinequimolarconcentrations.We
recommendmixing2geachinatotalvolumeof50Laddadditionalannealingbufferifnecessarytogetto50L.Efficientannealingcanbe
achievedbyoneoftwomethods:
Method1.
Placethemixedoligosina1.5mLmicrofugetube.
Placetubein9095Chotblockandleavefor35minutes.
Removethehotblockfromtheheatsource(turnofformoveblocktobenchtop)allowingforslowcoolingtoroomtemperature(~45minutes).
Method2.
PlacemixedoligosinaPCRtube.
Placetubeinathermocyclerprogrammedtostartat95Cfor2minutes.
Then,graduallycoolto25Cover45minutes.
Ligation:
1.Dilute5Lofannealedoligoswith45Lnucleasefreewaterandquantifytheconcentration(shouldbeabout8ng/l).
2.Mixtheannealedoligoswithcutvectorinmolarratios(vector:insert)between4:3and1:6inastandardligationreaction.(ex.toligatean
insert5kbinlengthintoa5kbvector,mix100ngofthevectorwith75600ngofannealedoligos)
3.Transform23Lintoyourfavoritecompetentbacteriaandplate.
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4.Besuretopickmultiplecoloniesforminipreppingandverifyinsertbysequencing.
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