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− | + | <h3><b>Group: Austin_UTexas_LASA 2017</b></h3> | |
− | <div class=" | + | <p>Summary: We validated the promoter function by a fluorescence detection assay utilizing green fluorescent protein (GFP)-fused construct to BBa_I14034 promoter part.</p> |
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− | <h3> | + | This construct is produced by combining BBa_114034 promoter part and a GFP coding sequence. This plasmid contains ColE origin and CamR resistance. |
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− | + | <li>Liquid cultures</li> | |
− | < | + | <li>Pick colonies from plate</li> |
− | <img src ="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2017/6/6f/T--Austin_UTexas_LASA--contrib.jpg" width=" | + | <li>Multiple controls </li> |
− | </ | + | <li>Overnight in the 37 incubator </li> |
− | </p> | + | <li>Liquid cultures of already grown liquid cultures</li> |
− | </div> | + | <li>100 uL of grown liquid cultures into 5 mL of media + CamR</li> |
− | + | <li>Incubate cultures for another 4-6 hours </li> | |
− | + | <li>Spin down cultures </li> | |
− | + | <li>3000 rpm for 5 minutes</li> | |
− | + | <li>Resuspend in 1x Buffer</li> | |
− | + | <li>4 mL of 1x PBS </li> | |
− | + | <li>Pipette or vortex to resuspend cells</li> | |
+ | <li>Plate reading</li> | ||
+ | <li>Take 100 uL of the resuspended cells</li> | ||
+ | <li>Load into a 96 well transparent plate</li> | ||
+ | <li>Measure absorbance and fluorescence with GFP assay (excitation: 495 nm, emission: 509 nm)</li> | ||
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+ | Three negative control constructs containing different promoter sequences were used and compared in this assay: 1) T7 promoter (Invitrogen, USA), 2) pCP25 (BBa_K1509003) and 3) pPA3 promoter (BBa_K2458000). These three promoter do not contain GFP coding sequence. | ||
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+ | For the fluorescence detection, we used a plate reader Infinite M200pro (TECAN Trading, Switzerland) which is equipped at the Ellington lab in UT Austin. | ||
+ | <br></br> | ||
+ | Because the part’s description stated that part BBa_I14034 is designed as a constitutive promoter, we did not add Isopropyl b-D-1-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG) as a inducer for gene expression. | ||
+ | <br></br> | ||
+ | The plate reader measured the absorbance and fluorescence of each cell containing the BBa_I14034::GFP construct and non-GFP construct. Value of fluorescence was divided by cell density (absorbance) and the final result was shown as a graph in Figure 1 (below). The graph in figure 2 (below) shows a close-view of the fluorescence measured of the GFP driven by the control promoters. | ||
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+ | <img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2017/1/10/T--Austin_UTexas_LASA--driv.png"> | ||
+ | <img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2017/b/ba/T--Austin_UTexas_LASA--promotercontrols.png"> | ||
+ | <br></br> | ||
+ | RFU (relative fluorescence units) = value of fluorescence/value of absorbance | ||
+ | <br></br> | ||
+ | The result demonstrates that BBa_I14034 promoter is working to expression GFP in bacterial cells. Level of GFP expression was around 9,500 RFU. Cells containing non-GFP controls (T7::empty construct, CP25::empty construct, and PA3 empty construct) did not show significant detections. | ||
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Latest revision as of 03:58, 2 November 2017
Contribution
Group: Austin_UTexas_LASA 2017
Summary: We validated the promoter function by a fluorescence detection assay utilizing green fluorescent protein (GFP)-fused construct to BBa_I14034 promoter part.
This construct is produced by combining BBa_114034 promoter part and a GFP coding sequence. This plasmid contains ColE origin and CamR resistance.
- Liquid cultures
- Pick colonies from plate
- Multiple controls
- Overnight in the 37 incubator
- Liquid cultures of already grown liquid cultures
- 100 uL of grown liquid cultures into 5 mL of media + CamR
- Incubate cultures for another 4-6 hours
- Spin down cultures
- 3000 rpm for 5 minutes
- Resuspend in 1x Buffer
- 4 mL of 1x PBS
- Pipette or vortex to resuspend cells
- Plate reading
- Take 100 uL of the resuspended cells
- Load into a 96 well transparent plate
- Measure absorbance and fluorescence with GFP assay (excitation: 495 nm, emission: 509 nm)
Three negative control constructs containing different promoter sequences were used and compared in this assay: 1) T7 promoter (Invitrogen, USA), 2) pCP25 (BBa_K1509003) and 3) pPA3 promoter (BBa_K2458000). These three promoter do not contain GFP coding sequence.
For the fluorescence detection, we used a plate reader Infinite M200pro (TECAN Trading, Switzerland) which is equipped at the Ellington lab in UT Austin.
Because the part’s description stated that part BBa_I14034 is designed as a constitutive promoter, we did not add Isopropyl b-D-1-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG) as a inducer for gene expression.
The plate reader measured the absorbance and fluorescence of each cell containing the BBa_I14034::GFP construct and non-GFP construct. Value of fluorescence was divided by cell density (absorbance) and the final result was shown as a graph in Figure 1 (below). The graph in figure 2 (below) shows a close-view of the fluorescence measured of the GFP driven by the control promoters.
RFU (relative fluorescence units) = value of fluorescence/value of absorbance
The result demonstrates that BBa_I14034 promoter is working to expression GFP in bacterial cells. Level of GFP expression was around 9,500 RFU. Cells containing non-GFP controls (T7::empty construct, CP25::empty construct, and PA3 empty construct) did not show significant detections.