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<h3><span style="color:#2E9AFE">PART I - Esterases</span style="color:#2E9AFE"></h3><br>
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<h3><span style="color:#2E9AFE">PART II - Lipases</span style="color:#2E9AFE"></h3><br>
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<h4>To prove any enzyme activity a semi-quantitative hair degradation assay was performed.
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First, cultures of E. coli containing kerA, kerUS, kerP plasmid and one wild-type E. coli were grown at 37°C in sterile LB broth. Chloramphenicol (final concentration 35 µg/mL) was added to the cultures containing kerA and kerUS. Kanamycin (final concentration 50 µg/mL) was added to the cultures containing the kerP. After incubation OD600 was measured before inducing cultures containing kerA and kerUS with IPTG with a final concentration of 1mM.</h4>
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<h4>Human hair was reduced to smaller pieces and then dried for 1 hour at 65°C. Afterwards the hair was distributed in 0.05 g aliquots and the full amount of each culture was added. The cultures + hair were incubated 120 hours at 37°C with slightly shaking.</h4>
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First 100 mL LB/agar (see <a href="https://2017.igem.org/Team:Stuttgart/Protocols">protocols</a>) and 5 g skim milk powder in 125 mL distilled water was prepared. Both solutions were autoclaved and mixed after cooling down. For the plates used for kerA and kerUS cultures chloramphenicol (35 µg/mL) was added – in case of kerP kanamycin (50 µg/mL) was used to prepare plates. The plates were poured and stored at 4°C.</li>
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kerA/kerUS: Before spreading both keratinases on the plates, cells were induced with 1mM IPTG o/n at 37°C. After incubation 10 µL of the induced cell cultures and supernatant, cell culture without IPTG induction and a wild-type E. coli control was spread on skim milk plates containing chloramphenicol. The plates were incubated at room temperature for four days.
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kerP: 10 µL of cell culture, supernatant and a wild-type E. coli control was spread on skim milk plates containing kanamycin. The plates were incubated at room temperature for four days.</li></ol>
  
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<h3><span style="color:#2E9AFE">PART IV.1 - The rose fragrance </span style="color:#2E9AFE"></h3><br>
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<h3><span style="color:#2E9AFE">PART III - A LOVELY SCENT OF... </span style="color:#2E9AFE"></h3><br>
  
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<img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2017/d/d3/Rosenduftcomic.png" width=100% height="auto"><h4> ...ROSE FRAGRANCE</h4>
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<h3><span style="color:#2E9AFE">PART IV.2 - The limonene fragrance</span style="color:#2E9AFE"></h3><br>
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<h4> ...LIMONENE FRAGRANCE</h4>
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Latest revision as of 15:14, 28 October 2017

Experiments

PART I - ESTERASES and LIPASES


PART II - KERATINASES



Semi-quantitative hair degradation assay


To prove any enzyme activity a semi-quantitative hair degradation assay was performed. First, cultures of E. coli containing kerA, kerUS, kerP plasmid and one wild-type E. coli were grown at 37°C in sterile LB broth. Chloramphenicol (final concentration 35 µg/mL) was added to the cultures containing kerA and kerUS. Kanamycin (final concentration 50 µg/mL) was added to the cultures containing the kerP. After incubation OD600 was measured before inducing cultures containing kerA and kerUS with IPTG with a final concentration of 1mM.


Human hair was reduced to smaller pieces and then dried for 1 hour at 65°C. Afterwards the hair was distributed in 0.05 g aliquots and the full amount of each culture was added. The cultures + hair were incubated 120 hours at 37°C with slightly shaking.



Skim milk plate assay


This assay was performed to show qualitative enzyme activity. The different keratinases (kerA, kerUS and kerP) should degrade the casein in the milk, seen as clear zones around the cultures itself or the supernatant of the cells.


  1. Preparation of skim milk plates
    First 100 mL LB/agar (see protocols) and 5 g skim milk powder in 125 mL distilled water was prepared. Both solutions were autoclaved and mixed after cooling down. For the plates used for kerA and kerUS cultures chloramphenicol (35 µg/mL) was added – in case of kerP kanamycin (50 µg/mL) was used to prepare plates. The plates were poured and stored at 4°C.

  2. Assay
    kerA/kerUS: Before spreading both keratinases on the plates, cells were induced with 1mM IPTG o/n at 37°C. After incubation 10 µL of the induced cell cultures and supernatant, cell culture without IPTG induction and a wild-type E. coli control was spread on skim milk plates containing chloramphenicol. The plates were incubated at room temperature for four days.
    kerP: 10 µL of cell culture, supernatant and a wild-type E. coli control was spread on skim milk plates containing kanamycin. The plates were incubated at room temperature for four days.

PART III - A LOVELY SCENT OF...


...ROSE FRAGRANCE

...LIMONENE FRAGRANCE