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Protocols & Experiments

Preparation of chemically competent DH5alpha E. coli cells

Material:

LB media
TSS buffer
DH5alpha E. coli cells (o/n colonies on agar plates)

Method:

Pick one colony of the plate and transfer into 5 mL of LB media. Grow the culture over night for 16-18 hours at 37°C
Transfer 1 mL of the overnight culture into a shaking flask with 99 mL of LB media. Measure optical density (OD) at 600 nm and incubate culture at 37°C (shaking) to an OD of 0,5.
Divide the 100 mL into two 50 mL tubes and incubate 10 min on ice.
Spin the tubes at 3000 rpm for 10 minutes at 4°C
Resuspend the pellet of competent cells with 10 % TSS buffer (5 mL).
Aliquot 100 µL of the cell solution into 1.5 mL microtubes (all steps on ice!).
Store the competent cells at -80°C

Heat-shock Transformation of E. coli cells

Material:

SOC media
Agar plates with appropriate antibiotic

Method:

Thaw chemically competent cells on ice.
Transfer 50 µL of the cells into a 1.5 mL microtube, add 1 µL of the desired DNA and incubate on ice for 30 minutes.
Place the tube in a 42 deg°C water bath for 60 seconds.
After heat shock leave cells on ice for 5 minutes.
Add 950 µL of SOC media and shake cells for 2 hours at 37°C
Pipet 100 µL of the cells onto an appropriate plate and spread them using sterile glass beads. Incubate overnight at 37 deg. Celsius and hope for colonies in the morning to prove a successful transformation.

Preparation of LB media

Material:

Tryptone
NaCl
Yeast extract

Method:

Fill a container (bottle) to about 60/70 % its volume with destilled water.
Add 10 g/L Tryptone, 10 g/L NaCl and 5 g/L of yeast extract.
Stir properly and fill up the remaining volume with distilled water.
Treat LB media by autoclave.

Preparation of LB agar

Material:

Tryptone
NaCl
Yeast extract
Agar

Method:

Fill a container (bottle) to about 60/70 % its volume with destilled water.
Add 10 g/L Tryptone, 10 g/L NaCl, 5 g/L of yeast extract and 20 g/L agar.
Stir properly and fill up the remaining volume with distilled water.
Treat by autoclave.

Preparation of M9 media

Salt solution:

3 g Na₂HPO₄
1,5 g KH₂PO₄
0,5 g NH₄Cl
0,25 g NaCl
1 mL MgSO₄
50 µL CaCl₂

Sugar solution:

20 g/LGlycerol
5 g/L Yeast
10 mg Thiamine
1 mL Micronutrients

Glycerol stocks – storage of bacterial strains

Material:

Glycerol

Method:

Mix 700 µL of overnight culture with 300 µL glycerol.
Store at -80°C

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

Material:

Primer forward & reverse
Template DNA
NEB Q5® High-Fidelity 2X Master Mix (dNTPs + Polymerase)
Distilled water
PCR-Cycler

Method:

All steps have to be performed on ice.
50 µL approach (mix well):

Components	Volume	Concentration
Q5 Master Mix	25 µL	1x
10 µM fw primer	2,5 µL	0,5 µM
10 µM rv primer	2,5 µL	0,5 µM
Template DNA		<1000 ng
Water	remaining volume to 50 µL

PCR-cycler conditions:

Step	Cycles	Temperature	Time
Denaturation	1	98°C	30 sec
Annealing	25-35	98°C	5-10 sec
Elongation		72°C	20-30sec/kb
Final extension	1	72°C	2 min
Hold		4-10°C

Determination of DNA concentration

DNA concentration is determined by using a Nanodrop ()
The absorbance at 260 nm is converted to concentration using the Lambert – Beer Equation by the program
The purity of the sample is confirmed by the 260/280 ratio (contamination with proteins) and the 260/230 ratio (presence of co-purified contaminants)
For pure DNA the 260/280 ratio should be around 1.8 and the 260/280 ratio should be around 1.8 – 2.2. (ND-1000-v3.4-users-manual, Thermo Scientific)

Mini-Prep (based on Fast-n-Easy Plasmid Mini-Prep Kit Jena Bioscience)

Material:

Lysis buffer
Neutralization buffer
Column-Activation buffer
Wash buffer
Elution buffer
Binding column

Method:

Harvest the over-night culture by centrifugation (3000 g for 10 minutes.)
Activate the Binding Column by adding 100 µl of Activation buffer and centrifugation at 10000 g for 30 seconds.
For cell lysis resuspend the cell pellet in 300 µl Lysis buffer (pipetting or vortexing).
Add 300 µl of Neutralization buffer and mix by inverting the tube (4 – 6 times).
Centrifuge at 10000 g for 5 minutes.
Transfer the supernatant into the Binding Column and centrifuge at 10000 g for 30 seconds. Discard the flow-through.
Add 500 µl Washing buffer to the column and centrifuge at 10000 g for 30 seconds. Discard the flow-through.
Place the Binding Column into a clean microtube an add 30 µl Elution buffer.
Incubate for 1 minute and centrifuge at 10000 g for 1 minute to elute DNA.
The eluted DNA could be used directly or should be stored at -20°C.

Restriction digest

Material:

Plasmid DNA
Restriction Enzymes
Restriction buffer
H2O
Ice

Method:

All steps must be performed on ice.
For a 20 µl double digest approach following amount are needed:

Components	Volume	Concentration
Restriction buffer (10X)	2 µL	1X
Restriction enzyme 1	1 µL
Restriction enzyme 2	1 µL
Plasmid DNA	x µL	1 µg total
H2O	add to 20 µL

Digest the approach for 1h at 37 °C.

To stop the reaction, incubate the reaction for 20 minutes at 80 °C.

Gibson Assembly

Material:

Gibson Assembly Master Mix
Backbone DNA
Insert DNA
Ice

Method:

Calculate the amount of backbone and insert DNA
Mix a 5 µL approach
Add this approach to a 15 µL approach of Gibson-Assembly Master Mix and mix gently
Incubate the mixture for 1 h at 50°C
Transform 2 µL of 1:2 dilution of the approach into 50 µL of competent cells

Ligation

Material:

Insert DNA
Vektor DNA
Ligation buffer
H₂O

Method:

All steps must be performed on ice.
For a 20 µL ligation approach following amount are needed: (molar ratio vector DNA/insert DNA (3:1))

Components	Volume	Concentration
Ligation buffer	2 µL	1X
Ligase	1 µL
Vector DNA	x µL
Plasmid DNA	x µL
H₂O	add to 20 µL

Mix the reaction gently
Incubate the reaction mix for one hour at room temperature
To stop the reaction, incubate the reaction for 30 min at 65°C
Transfer 2 µL of the reaction into 50 µL competent cells

Cell-Lysis

Material:

Cells
Tris-HCL buffer
Glas-sand
Cell Mill

Method:

Harvest the cells by centrifugation (3000 g for 10 min)
Resuspend the pellet in 1 mL of TRIS-HCL buffer (pH 8,0)
Transfer the resuspended pellet into a reaction tube with glas-sand (0,25 mL)
Lyse the cells in a cell mill (3 cycles)
Centrifuge the approach for 30 min at 13000 rpm and 4°C
Use the supernatant for further experiments

Gel-Extraction (based on Gel DNA Recovery Kit from Zymo Research)

Material:

Extraction buffer (ADB buffer)
Washing buffer
Elution buffer
Spin column

Method:

Cut out the area of the gel containing the DNA fragment of interest.
Add ADB buffer (3 volumes to 1 volume gel).
Dissolve the gel by incubation at 37 – 55 °C for 5 – 10 minutes.
Transfer the solution to a spin column and centrifuge for 30 seconds. Discard the flow-through.
Add 200 µl Washing buffer and centrifuge for 30 seconds. Discard the flow-through.
Repeat the wash step.
Place the column in a clean microtube and add more than 6 µl Elution buffer. Centrifuge for 1 minute to elute DNA.

Enzyme activity assay of the esterases EstCS2 (BBa_K1149002) and LipB

To determine the enzyme activity of EstCS2 and LipB a photometric assay was prepared. Two wildtypes were compared with the enzyme activity of the esterases. The results were obtained from biological triplicates.

Principle

Figure 1: Principle of Esterase activity assay.

Material:

Agar plates
Spectrometer
Photometer
Centrifuge
96 well plates

Chemicals:

LB media
PBS buffer
Arabinose stock solution [500 mM]
IPTG stock solution [1 M]
p-nitrophenyl butyrate [50 mM] diluted in acetonitril

Method:

Preparation of the cell lysate

Pick a colony from the agar plates
Grow the colony in 5 mL LB media (+antibiotic) over night
Dilute the overnight culture 1:100 in 15 mL LB media (+antibiotic)
Grow the cells until the OD600 reached 0,2
Induce gene expression with IPTG/arabinose with different concentrations (0 mM, 1 mM, 2 mM, 3 mM) over night
Grow the cell culture until the OD600 reached 6
Harvest the cells by centrifugation (10 min, 3000 rpm)
Resuspend the cell pellet in 10 mL PBS buffer

Enzyme activity assay: Continous spectrometric rate determination

100 µL of the supernatant (1:10 dilution) or resuspended cell pellet and 10 µL p-nitrophenyl butyrate with different concentrations [2.5; 5; 10; 15; 20 mM] are mixed in a 96 well plate
Photometric enzyme activity test with the following conditions: wavelength: 405 nm, temperature: 37 °C time: measurement every 45 seconds for 30 min 96 well plate is shaked (200 rpm)
Calculation of the enzyme activity out of the absorption rates. 1 unit (U) was defined as the amount of enzyme that catalyzes the reaction of 1 nanomol of substrate per minute.

Determination of protein concentration - BCA Assay (Pierce™ BCA Protein Assay Kit – Thermo Scientific)

Material:

BCA reagent A and B (provided in Assay Kit)
BSA stock solution (provided in Assay Kit)
96-Well microplates
Microplate reader
Microplate incubator/shaker

Method:

Preparation of serial dilution of BSA-standard:

Vial	Volume of Diluent (µL)	Volume and Source of BSA (µL)	Final BSA Concentration (µg/mL)
A	0	300 of Stock	2000
B	125	375 of Stock	1500
C	325	325 of Stock	1000
D	175	175 of vial B dilution	750
E	325	325 of vial C dilution	500
F	325	325 of vial E dilution	250
G	325	325 of vial F dilution	125
H	400	100 of vial G dilution	25
I	400	0	0=Blank

Table: User Guide, Pierce™ BCA Protein Assay Kit – Thermo Scientific

Preparation of Assay Working Reagent: mix 50 parts of Reagent A with 1 part of Reagent B.
If necessary dilute your samples to fit into the working range of 20-2000µg/mL.
Pipette 25 µL of each standard and sample into a microplate and add 200 µL of Working Reagent.
Mix for 30 seconds on plate shaker and incubate at 37°C for another 30 minutes.
After cooling down to room temperature, measure the absorbance at 562 nm.

Semi-quantitative hair degradation assay for keratinases

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 for keratinases

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.

Preparation of skim milk plates:

First 100 mL LB/agar 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.

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.

Enzyme activity assay of keratinases

Material:

96 well plates
Arabinose stock solution [500 nM]
IPTG stock solution [1 M]
Azo-keratin solution (substrate)
Microplate incubator/shaker

Method:

Grow the cells in 30 ml shaking flaks and induce the gene expression with IPTG/arabinose (1 mM)
Harvest the cells by centrifugation (3000 g for 10 min)
Use the supernatant or the lysed cells (see cell lyse) for the activity assay
200 µL of culture supernatant or lysed cell supernatant and 1,6 mL of centrifugated substrate are mixed and incubated at 37°C (300 rpm). Technical triplicates are performed
Extinction of the samples are measured after 0h, 3h and 24h at 440 nm

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-            <h3>What's the problem?</h3>
-            <p>Our project deals with an everyday problem described by the following scenario:
-You want to enjoy a refreshing shower in the morning, but your hairy roommate clogged the drain again?
-You would like to have a relaxed bubble bath after a long day, but there are bad odors coming out of the pipe system?
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-The general practice now:
-<ol><li>You try the ‘hot water method’ to flush the drain…  nothing happens.</li>
-<li>You remember what your mother taught you, so you put a fancy mix of vinegar, baking soda and some magic into the drain… a mysterious creature arises, but nothing else happens.</li>
-<li>In the end there is just one thing left – you put the nasty chemical mixture of the stinky cleaning agent down the drain. The corrosive cloud disappears and you can finally take your shower… still trying not to breath in the acrid fumes.</li></ol>
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-      <p>Pipe clogging and closure occurs in every household as well as in industry.
-        Various components contribute to the pipe closure, such as fat and hair.
-        Commercial chemical pipe cleaners contain aggressive substances, which are harmful to the environment and health and also can lead to pipe breaks.
-        Biological alternatives (purified enzymes) have been researched for years, without reaching the efficiency of chemical cleaners.
-        In addition, the purification of the enzymes is very complex and cost intensive. </p>
-<h3>Our solution</h3>
-      <p>We pursue a system-biological solution which is based on an intact microbial system.
-        Inspired by different interesting projects we decided to develope a keranolytic Escherichia coli.
-        The projects of past iGEM-teams were part of our investigation too and we are already co-working with iGEM-team OLS_Canmore 2015/2016 to exchange information.
-        We would like to use the knowledge of these groundworks to develop a new type of enzymatic cleaning agent by complementing and combining ideas out of different scientific sources.
-        To differ from other projects we are aiming to engineer Escherichia coli to express enzymes like esterases, lipases and keratinases into the medium.
-        Due to the extracellular expression expensive and time-consuming purification steps could be avoided and the enzymes could be secreted directly into the drain.As a special feature we want to use the metabolites of the enzymatic degradation to produce a lovely rose-scent to refresh your whole room.
-        In addition this reaction could also be used to indicate that the enzymes are working efficiently on your drainage problem.
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-      <h2 align=middle>Light up the pipe - 3 parts for a better flow</h2>
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-          <h3>Part 1 - Esterases and Lipases</h3>
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-          <p>Hair is surrounded by a layer of grease and waxes which first need to be removed to make the hair-keratin available for keratinases.
-            For the first degradation step we choose a combination of  esterases and lipases.
-We investigated two different esterases for their enzyme activity.
-One esterase from the registry (EstCS2 BBa_K1149002) and one esterase (LipB) supplied by Dr. Eggert from Evoxx were compared.
-Additionally we choose the lipase TliA to support the esterases at the fat degradation and to accelerate the entire degradation process.
-For the extracellular secretion of the enzymes we attached different signal sequences (pelB, OmpA and phoA) that were provided on the iGEM plates.
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-  <h4>EstCS2</h4>
-<p>EstCS2 from the iGEM Imperial College 2013 was proved to be active.
-      In their project the cells expressing these construct were grown and lysed by sonication and were utilized in a colourimetric assay with the substrate analog para-Nitrophenyl butyrate. In our project we didn’t purify the esterases but used the supernatant for the enzyme activity assay.
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-    <h4>LipB</h4>
-    <p>LipB showed an enzyme activity of 2,8 U/mL in the supernatant. First, we repeated the enzyme activity assay from the iGEM TU Darmstadt 2012 to determine the esterase with the highest enzyme activity.
-      urify the esterases but used the supernatant for the enzyme activity assay.
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-    <h4>TliA</h4>
-    <p>The lipase that is used for this project is the TliA lipase from Pseudomonas fluorescens. TliA is secreted by the ABC (ATP binding cassette) export system (prtDEF gene cluster) from Dickeya dadantii (formerly known as Erwinia chrysanthemi).
-      The LARD secretion tag for the ABC export system is added directly to the TliA gene, which hopefully leads to a good export yield and a high extracellular activity.
-In order to control gene expression, the TliA gene is expressed by the pBAD promoter, which can be induced by arabinose. The prtDEF gene cluster is expressed by a constitutive promoter of mediocre strength. So, the ABC export system is always expressed at a certain level and can export the LARD-tagged TliA lipase, if expressed.
-Eom et al. have already shown extracellular activity of TliA when secreted with the ABC export system.
-So, if the TliA lipase is expressed, it is exported out of the cell and degrades the greasy layer surrounding the hair, which makes the keratin accessible for the keratinases.
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-        <p>Keratinases are  promising enzymes that find their applicability in agro-industrial, pharmaceutical and biomedicals fields.
-          We want to profit from them by applying them on clugged pipes full of hair that is a common issue in lots of households.
-          Keratinases are enzymes that are capable of degrading hair.
-          Hair mostly consists of alpha-Keratin. Many different keratinases produced by different Bacilli, Actinobacteria and fungi have been reported.
-          All of them vary by having their specific biochemical and biophysical properties e.g. temperature and pH activity range.
-          Using their proteolytic capability that destroys hair we want to use them to avoid chemical compounds that are recently mainly applied to cleanse tubes.
-          By hydrolization of disulfide bonds keratin degrades. This is due to confirmation changes which leads to an exposure of more sites for keratinase action (Satyanarayana et al. 2013, Vignardes et al. 1999). Previous projects from iGEM Teams such as Sheffield 2014, Team Canmore 2015 and Team Canmore 2016 helped us to tackle this problem as they were regarding similar problems.
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-<p>Still there are a lots of things that have to be improved as these Teams were facing different issues.
-The Team of Sheffield stumbled over the problem that the keratinase colonies were either not producing or exporting the protein in a functional form. While Canmore accomplished to succeed to show a certain Keratinase activity, due to time limitation they were not able to show quanititative but qualititative observations of keratine degredation.
-Based on these already promising results we want to focus on improving the keratinases using different promotors that regulate a successful protein secretations without being toxic to the host organism.
-For efficient hair degradation we chose different keratinases (KerUS, KerA, KerBL and KerP). Moreover we combined this keratinases with different anderson-promotors (BBa_K206000, BBa_J23114 and BBaJ23102) and signal sequences (PelB, OmpA and PhoA) for extracellular transport of the keratinases.
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-<h4>KerP</h4>
-<p>Keratinase kerP is a 33 kDa monomeric protein. Ker P is a serine protease. Serine proteases are protelytic enzymes, charaterizised by a reactive serine side chain (Kraut 1977). The family contains many diffrent enzymes with wide spread functions. Most of keratinases are serine proteases capable to degrade recalcitrant protein like nails, hair, feathers (Sharma and Gupta 2010b). KS-1 has his optimal activity at pH = 9 and 60 C.
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-  <h3>Part 3 - a lovely scent of...</h3>
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-  <p>The microbial synthesis of natural flavor compounds has become a very attractive alternative to the chemical production (1). In recent years microorganisms such as E.coli and Yeast have been metabolically engineered to produce different flavors like limonene, geraniol or rose (1,2,3).
-    For our project we discussed different approaches and choose two different scents: rose and limonene.
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-    <h3>... rose fragrance</h3>
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-      <p>As first special fragrance we want to install a lovely scent of rose in our microbial system. Hair are commonly made of Keratin (98%) and small amounts of amino acids, such as L-phenylalanine. This amino acid can be used as substrate for the production of 2-Phenylethylacetate (2-PEAc), which has a rose-like odor (1).
-Therefor this odor can act as an indicator for keratin degradation. In recent studies from Guo et al the 2-PEAc biosynthetic pathway was successfully designed and expressed in E.coli (1). This pathway was used for our project and comprised four steps (Fig.1):
-<li> Aminotransferase (ARO 8) for transamination of L-phenylalanine to phenylpyruvate</li>
-<li> 2-keto acid decarboxylase KDC for the decarboxylation of the phenylpyruvate to phenylacetaldehyde</li>
-<li> Aldehyde reductase YjgB for the reduction of phenylacetaldehyde to 2-Phenylethanol</li>
-<li> Alcohol acetyltransferase ATF1 for the esterification of 2-PE to 2-PEAc.</li>
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-<h3>... limonene fragrance</h3>
-<p>Limonene is a well-known cyclic monoterpene which can occur in two optical forms (2).
-  (D)-Limonene is one of the most important and widespread terpenes in the flavor and fragrance industry, for example in citrus-flavored products such as soft drinks and candy (2). The (L)-Limonene form has a more harsh fir-like odor with a lemon-note (2). For our project we choose an enzyme-cascade, beginning with acetyl-coA and leading to the product (L)-limonene. This biosynthetic pathway was designed and inserted in E.coli (Fig.2).
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-  <p>REFERENCES
-  <li>(1) Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for production of 2-Phenylethylacetate from L-phenylalanine (2017), D. Guo and L. Zhang et. al.</li>
-  <li>(2) Biotechnological production of limonene in microorganisms (2016), E. Jongedijk and K. Cankar et. al. </li>
-  <li>(3) Utilization of alkaline phosphatase PhoA in the bioproduction of geraniol by metabolically engineered Escherichia coli (2015), W. Liu and R. Zhang et. al. </li>
-  <li>(4) Rose Scent: Genomics Approach to Discovering Novel Floral Fragrance–Related Genes (2002), I. Guterman and M. Shalit et. al. </li>
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          <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12">
-             <h3>Preparation of chemically competent DH5alpha E. coli cells</h3>
+             <h3>Preparation of chemically competent DH5alpha <i>E. coli</i> cells</h3>
-            <br>
              <h4>Material:</h4>
 <p><ul><li>LB media</li>
 <li>TSS buffer </li>
-<li>DH5alpha E. coli cells (o/n colonies on agar plates)</li></ul></p>
+<li>DH5alpha <i>E. coli</i> cells (o/n colonies on agar plates)</li></ul></p>
-<br>
 <h4>Method:</h4>
-<p><ol><li>Pick one colony of the plate and transfer into 5 mL of LB media. Grow the culture over night for 16-18 hours at 37 deg. celsius. </li>
+<p><ol><li>Pick one colony of the plate and transfer into 5 mL of LB media. Grow the culture over night for 16-18 hours at 37°C </li>
-<li>Transfer 1 mL of the overnight culture into a shaking flask with 99 mL of LB media. Measure optical density (OD) at 600 nm and incubate culture at 37 deg. celsius (shaking) to an OD of 0,5. </li>
+<li>Transfer 1 mL of the overnight culture into a shaking flask with 99 mL of LB media. Measure optical density (OD) at 600 nm and incubate culture at 37°C (shaking) to an OD of 0,5. </li>
 <li>Divide the 100 mL into two 50 mL tubes and incubate 10 min on ice. </li>
-<li>Spin the tubes at 3000 rpm for 10 minutes at 4 deg. celsius. </li>
+<li>Spin the tubes at 3000 rpm for 10 minutes at 4°C </li>
 <li>Resuspend the pellet of competent cells with 10 % TSS buffer (5 mL). </li>
 <li>Aliquot 100 µL of the cell solution into 1.5 mL microtubes (all steps on ice!). </li>
-<li>Store the competent cells at -80 deg. celsius.</li>  </ol></p>
+<li>Store the competent cells at -80°C</li>  </ol></p>
            </div>
          </div>
          <div class="row section">
              <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12">
-                 <h3>Heat-shock Transformation of E. coli cells</h3>
+                 <h3>Heat-shock Transformation of <i>E. coli</i> cells</h3>
-                <br>
                  <h4>Material:</h4>
      <p><ul><li>SOC media </li>
 <li>Agar plates with appropriate antibiotic</li></ul></p>
-    <br>
      <h4>Method:</h4>
      <p><ol><li>Thaw chemically competent cells on ice. </li>
 <li>Transfer 50 µL of the cells into a 1.5 mL microtube, add 1 µL of the desired DNA and incubate on ice for 30 minutes.  </li>
-<li>Place the tube in a 42 deg. celsius water bath for 60 seconds. </li>
+<li>Place the tube in a 42 deg°C water bath for 60 seconds. </li>
 <li>After heat shock leave cells on ice for 5 minutes. </li>
-<li>Add 950 µL of SOC media and shake cells for 2 hours at 37 deg. celsius. </li>
+<li>Add 950 µL of SOC media and shake cells for 2 hours at 37°C</li>
 <li>Pipet 100 µL of the cells onto an appropriate plate and spread them using sterile glass beads.
    Incubate overnight at 37 deg. Celsius and hope for colonies in the morning to prove a successful transformation. </li></ol>
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                  <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12">
                      <h3>Preparation of LB media</h3>
-                    <br>
                      <h4>Material:</h4>
              <p><ul><li>Tryptone</li>
              <li>NaCl</li>
              <li>Yeast extract</li></ul></p>
-            <br>
              <h4>Method:</h4>
              <p><ol><li>Fill a container (bottle) to about 60/70 % its volume with destilled water. </li>
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                      <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12">
                          <h3>Preparation of LB agar</h3>
-                        <br>
                          <h4>Material:</h4>
                  <p><ul><li>Tryptone</li>
@@ Line 1,455: / Line 63: @@
 <li>Yeast extract</li>
 <li>Agar</li></ul></p>
-                <br>
                  <h4>Method:</h4>
                  <p><ol><li>Fill a container (bottle) to about 60/70 % its volume with destilled water. </li>
@@ Line 1,467: / Line 74: @@
                          <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12">
                              <h3>Preparation of M9 media</h3>
-                            <br>
                              <h4>Salt solution:</h4>
-                     <p><ul><li>3g Na2HPO4  </li>
+                     <p><ul><li>3 g Na<sub>2</sub>HPO<sub>4</sub>  </li>
-                     <li> 1,5g KH2PO4</li>
+                     <li> 1,5 g KH<sub>2</sub>PO<sub>4</sub></li>
-                     <li>0,5g NH4Cl</li>
+                     <li>0,5 g NH<sub>4</sub>Cl</li>
-                     <li>0,25g NaCl</li>
+                     <li>0,25 g NaCl</li>
-                     <li>1ml MgSO4</li>
+                     <li>1 mL MgSO<sub>4</sub></li>
-                     <li>50µl CaCl2</li></ul></p>
+                     <li>50 µL CaCl<sub>2</sub></li></ul></p>
-                    <br>
                      <h4>Sugar solution:</h4>
-             <p><ul><li>20g/l Glycerol</li>
+             <p><ul><li>20 g/LGlycerol</li>
-             <li>5g/l Yeast </li>
+             <li>5 g/L Yeast </li>
-             <li>10mg Thiamine</li>
+             <li>10 mg Thiamine</li>
-             <li>1ml Micronutrients</li></ul></p>
+             <li>1 mL Micronutrients</li></ul></p>
              <br>
                      <div class="row section">
                          <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12">
                              <h3>Glycerol stocks – storage of bacterial strains</h3>
-                            <br>
                              <h4>Material:</h4>
-                     <p><<ul><li>Glycerol</li></ul></p>
+                     <p><ul><li>Glycerol</li></ul></p>
-                    <br>
                      <h4>Method:</h4>
                      <p><ol><li>Mix 700 µL of overnight culture with 300 µL glycerol. </li>
-                     <li>Store at -80 deg. Celsius. </li></ol>
+                     <li>Store at -80°C</li></ol>
                      </p>
                            </div>
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                              <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12">
                                  <h3>Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)</h3>
-                                <br>
                                  <h4>Material:</h4>
-                         <p><ul><li>Primer</li>
+                         <p><ul><li>Primer forward & reverse</li>
                                 <li>Template DNA</li>
                                 <li>NEB Q5® High-Fidelity 2X Master Mix (dNTPs + Polymerase)</li>
-                                <li> distilled water</li>
+                                <li>Distilled water</li>
                                 <li>PCR-Cycler</li></ul></p>
-                        <br>
                          <h4>Method:</h4>
                          <p><ol><li>All steps have to be performed on ice.</li>
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                          </p>
                              <table align=middle hspace=10>
-                             <tr><th>components</th><th>volume</th><th>concentration</th> </tr>
+                             <tr><th>Components</th><th>Volume</th><th>Concentration</th> </tr>
                              <tr> <td>Q5 Master Mix</td> <td>25 µL</td> <td>1x</td> </tr>
                              <tr> <td> 10 µM fw primer</td> <td>2,5 µL</td> <td>0,5 µM</td></tr>
                              <tr> <td> 10 µM rv primer</td> <td> 2,5 µL </td> <td>0,5 µM</td> </tr>
-                             <tr> <td> template DNA</td> <td></td> <td><1000 ng</td> </tr>
+                             <tr> <td> Template DNA</td> <td></td> <td><1000 ng</td> </tr>
-                             <tr> <td> water</td> <td>remaining volume to 50 µL</td><td></td></tr>
+                             <tr> <td> Water</td> <td>remaining volume to 50 µL</td><td></td></tr>
                              </table>
                              <br>
-                             <li>PCR-cycler conditions:</li>
+                             <p>PCR-cycler conditions:</p>
                              <table align=middle hspace=10>
-                             <tr> <th>step</th> <th>cycles</th><th>temperature</th> <th>time</th></tr>
+                             <tr> <th>Step</th> <th>Cycles</th><th>Temperature</th> <th>Time</th></tr>
                              <tr><td>Denaturation</td><td>1</td><td>98°C</td><td>30 sec</td></tr>
                              <tr><td>Annealing</td><td>25-35</td><td>98°C</td><td>5-10 sec</td></tr>
                              <tr><td>Elongation</td><td></td><td>72°C</td><td>20-30sec/kb</td></tr>
-                             <tr><td>final extension</td><td>1</td><td>72°C</td><td>2 min</td></tr>
+                             <tr><td>Final extension</td><td>1</td><td>72°C</td><td>2 min</td></tr>
-                             <tr><td>hold</td><td></td><td>4-10°C</td><td></td></tr>
+                             <tr><td>Hold</td><td></td><td>4-10°C</td><td></td></tr>
                              </table>
                            </div>
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                              <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12">
                                  <h3>Determination of DNA concentration</h3>
-                                <br>
                                  <p><ul><li>DNA concentration is determined by using a Nanodrop ()</li>
                                 <li>The absorbance at 260 nm is converted to concentration using the Lambert – Beer Equation by the program </li>
@@ Line 1,544: / Line 144: @@
                                  <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12">
                                      <h3>Mini-Prep (based on Fast-n-Easy Plasmid Mini-Prep Kit Jena Bioscience)</h3>
-                                    <br>
                                      <h4>Material:</h4>
                              <p><ul><li>Lysis buffer</li>
@@ Line 1,552: / Line 151: @@
                                    <li>Elution buffer</li>
                                    <li>Binding column</li></ul></p>
-                            <br>
                              <h4>Method:</h4>
                              <p><ol><li>Harvest the over-night culture by centrifugation (3000 g for 10 minutes.)</li>
@@ Line 1,570: / Line 168: @@
      <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12">
          <h3>Restriction digest</h3>
-        <br>
          <h4>Material:</h4>
 <p><ul><li>Plasmid DNA</li>
@@ Line 1,577: / Line 174: @@
 <li>H2O</li>
 <li>Ice</li></ul></p>
-<br>
 <h4>Method:</h4>
 <p><ol><li>All steps must be performed on ice.</li>
 <li>For a 20 µl double digest approach following amount are needed:</li>
+</ol>
 <br>
-<table> <tr> <th>components</th> <th>volume</th><th>concentration</th> </tr>
+<table> <tr> <th>Components</th> <th>Volume</th><th>Concentration</th> </tr>
-<tr><td>restriction buffer (10X)</td><td>2 µL</td><td>1X</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Restriction buffer (10X)</td><td>2 µL</td><td>1X</td></tr>
-<tr><td>restriction enzyme 1</td><td>1 µL</td><td> </td></tr>
+<tr><td>Restriction enzyme 1</td><td>1 µL</td><td> </td></tr>
-<tr><td>restriction enzyme 2</td><td>1 µL</td><td></td></tr>
+<tr><td>Restriction enzyme 2</td><td>1 µL</td><td></td></tr>
-<tr><td>plasmid DNA</td><td>x µL</td><td>1 µg total</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Plasmid DNA</td><td>x µL</td><td>1 µg total</td></tr>
 <tr><td>H2O</td><td>add to 20 µL</td><td></td></tr>
 </table>
+<br>
 <li>Digest the approach for 1h at 37 °C.</li>
 <li>To stop the reaction, incubate the reaction for 20 minutes at 80 °C.</li></ol>
 </div>
 </div>
+<div class="row section">
+    <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12">
+        <h3>Gibson Assembly</h3>
+        <h4>Material:</h4>
+<p><ul><li>Gibson Assembly Master Mix</li>
+<li>Backbone DNA</li>
+<li>Insert DNA</li>
+<li>Ice</li></ul></p>
+<h4>Method:</h4>
+<p><ol><li>Calculate the amount of backbone and insert DNA</li>
+         <li>Mix a 5 µL approach</li>
+           <li>Add this approach to a 15 µL approach of Gibson-Assembly Master Mix and mix gently</li>
+            <li>Incubate the mixture for 1 h at 50°C</li>
+            <li>Transform 2 µL of 1:2 dilution of the approach into 50 µL of competent cells</li>
+          </ol>
+        </p>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+    <div class="row section">
+        <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12">
+            <h3>Ligation</h3>
+            <h4>Material:</h4>
+    <p><ul><li>Insert DNA</li>
+    <li>Vektor DNA</li>
+    <li>Ligation buffer</li>
+    <li>H<sub>2</sub>O</li></ul>
+    <br>
+    <h4>Method:</h4>
+    <p><ol><li>All steps must be performed on ice.</li>
+    <li>For a 20 µL ligation approach following amount are needed: (molar ratio vector DNA/insert DNA (3:1))</li>
+  </ol>
+  <br>
+    <table> <tr> <th>Components</th> <th>Volume</th><th>Concentration</th> </tr>
+    <tr><td>Ligation buffer</td><td>2 µL</td><td>1X</td></tr>
+    <tr><td>Ligase</td><td>1 µL</td><td> </td></tr>
+    <tr><td>Vector DNA</td><td>x µL</td><td></td></tr>
+    <tr><td>Plasmid DNA</td><td>x µL</td><td></td></tr>
+    <tr><td>H<sub>2</sub>O</td><td>add to 20 µL</td><td></td></tr>
+    </table>
+    <br>
+    <ol>
+    <li>Mix the reaction gently</li>
+    <li>Incubate the reaction mix for one hour at room temperature</li>
+    <li>To stop the reaction, incubate the reaction for 30 min at 65°C</li>
+    <li>Transfer 2 µL of the reaction into 50 µL competent cells</li>
+  </ol>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="row section">
+    <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12">
+        <h3>Cell-Lysis</h3>
+        <h4>Material:</h4>
+<p><ul><li>Cells</li>
+<li>Tris-HCL buffer</li>
+<li>Glas-sand</li>
+<li>Cell Mill</li></ul></p>
+<h4>Method:</h4>
+<p><ol><li>Harvest the cells by centrifugation (3000 g for 10 min)</li>
+         <li>Resuspend the pellet in 1 mL of TRIS-HCL buffer (pH 8,0)</li>
+           <li>Transfer the resuspended pellet into a reaction tube with glas-sand (0,25 mL)</li>
+             <li>Lyse the cells in a cell mill (3 cycles)</li>
+         <li>Centrifuge the approach for 30 min at 13000 rpm and 4°C </li>
+         <li>Use the supernatant for further experiments  </li>
+         </ol>
+        </p>
+      </div>
+    </div>
 <div class="row section">
      <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12">
          <h3>Gel-Extraction (based on Gel DNA Recovery Kit from Zymo Research)</h3>
-        <br>
          <h4>Material:</h4>
-<p><ul><li>Extraction buffer (ADB buffer)<(li>
+<p><ul><li>Extraction buffer (ADB buffer)</li>
 <li>Washing buffer</li>
 <li>Elution buffer</li>
 <li>Spin column</li></ul></p>
-<br>
 <h4>Method:</h4>
 <p><ol><li>Cut out the area of the gel containing the DNA fragment of interest. </li>
@@ Line 1,612: / Line 275: @@
 <li>Place the column in a clean microtube and add more than 6 µl Elution buffer. Centrifuge for 1 minute to elute DNA.</li></ol>
 </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="row section">
+    <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12">
+        <h3>Enzyme activity assay of the esterases EstCS2 (BBa_K1149002) and LipB
+</h3>
+<br>
+        <p>To determine the enzyme activity of EstCS2 and LipB a photometric assay was prepared. Two wildtypes were compared with the enzyme activity of the esterases. The results were obtained from biological triplicates.
+</p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="row section">
+<div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12">
+<h4>Principle</h4>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="row section">
+<div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-7 col-md-7">
+<div class="thumb tleft">
+<div class="thumbinner" style="width:730px;">
+<a href="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2017/f/f1/Esterase_Formel.png" class="image">
+<img alt="" src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2017/f/f1/Esterase_Formel.png" width="710" height="150" class="thumbimage" />
+</a>
+<div class="thumbcaption">
+<div class="magnify">
+<a href="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2017/f/f1/Esterase_Formel.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge">
+  <img src="/wiki/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15" height="11" alt="" />
+</a>
+</div>
+<b>Figure 1:</b> Principle of Esterase activity assay.
+</div>
+</div>
+</div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="row section">
+<div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12">
+  <h4>Material:</h4>
+  <p><ul><li>Agar plates</li>
+  <li>Spectrometer</li>
+  <li>Photometer</li>
+  <li>Centrifuge</li>
+  <li>96 well plates</li></ul></p>
+  <h4>Chemicals:</h4>
+  <p><ul><li>LB media</li>
+  <li>PBS buffer</li>
+  <li>Arabinose stock solution [500 mM]</li>
+  <li>IPTG stock solution [1 M]</li>
+  <li>p-nitrophenyl butyrate [50 mM] diluted in acetonitril</li></ul></p>
+<br>
+  <h4>Method:</h4>
+  <p>Preparation of the cell lysate</p>
+  <p><ol><li>Pick a colony from the agar plates</li>
+  <li>Grow the colony in 5 mL LB media (+antibiotic) over night</li>
+  <li>Dilute the overnight culture 1:100 in 15 mL LB media (+antibiotic)</li>
+  <li>Grow the cells until the OD600 reached 0,2</li>
+  <li>Induce gene expression with IPTG/arabinose with different concentrations
+(0 mM, 1 mM, 2 mM, 3 mM) over night</li>
+  <li>Grow the cell culture until the OD600 reached 6</li>
+  <li>Harvest the cells by centrifugation (10 min, 3000 rpm)</li>
+<li>Resuspend the cell pellet in 10 mL PBS buffer</li></ol>
+  </p>
+  <br>
+  <p>Enzyme activity assay: Continous spectrometric rate determination </p>
+  <p><ol><li>100 µL of the supernatant (1:10 dilution) or resuspended cell pellet and 10 µL p-nitrophenyl butyrate with different concentrations [2.5; 5; 10; 15; 20 mM] are mixed in a 96 well plate</li>
+  <li>Photometric enzyme activity test with the following conditions: wavelength: 405 nm,
+temperature: 37 °C
+time: measurement every 45 seconds for 30 min
+well plate is shaked (200 rpm) </li>
+  <li>Calculation of the enzyme activity out of the absorption rates. 1 unit (U) was defined as the amount of enzyme that catalyzes the reaction of 1 nanomol of substrate per minute. </li></ol>
+  </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="row section">
+    <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12">
+<h3>Determination of protein concentration - BCA Assay (Pierce™ BCA Protein Assay Kit – Thermo Scientific)</h3>
+<br>
+<h4> Material:</h4>
+<p><ul><li>BCA reagent A and B (provided in Assay Kit)</li>
+<li>BSA stock solution (provided in Assay Kit)</li>
+<li>96-Well microplates</li>
+<li>Microplate reader</li>
+<li>Microplate incubator/shaker</li></ul></p>
+<br>
+<h4>Method:</h4>
+<br>
+<p><ol><li>Preparation of serial dilution of BSA-standard:</li>
+  <table> <tr> <th>Vial</th> <th>Volume of Diluent (µL)</th><th>Volume and Source of BSA (µL)</th> <th>Final BSA Concentration (µg/mL)</th></tr>
+  <tr><td>A</td><td>0</td><td>300 of Stock</td><td>2000</td></tr>
+  <tr><td>B</td><td>125</td><td>375 of Stock</td><td>1500</td></tr>
+  <tr><td>C</td><td>325</td><td>325 of Stock</td><td>1000</td></tr>
+  <tr><td>D</td><td>175</td><td>175 of vial B dilution</td><td>750</td></tr>
+  <tr><td>E</td><td>325</td><td>325 of vial C dilution</td><td>500</td></tr>
+  <tr><td>F</td><td>325</td><td>325 of vial E dilution</td><td>250</td></tr>
+  <tr><td>G</td><td>325</td><td>325 of vial F dilution</td><td>125</td></tr>
+  <tr><td>H</td><td>400</td><td>100 of vial G dilution</td><td>25</td></tr>
+  <tr><td>I</td><td>400</td><td>0</td><td>0=Blank</td></tr>
+  </table>
+ <dd>Table: User Guide, Pierce™ BCA Protein Assay Kit – Thermo Scientific</dd>
+ <br>
+</li>
+ <li>Preparation of Assay Working Reagent: mix 50 parts of Reagent A with 1 part of Reagent B.</li>
+<li>If necessary dilute your samples to fit into the working range of 20-2000µg/mL.</li>
+<li>Pipette 25 µL of each standard and sample into a microplate and add 200 µL of Working Reagent.</li>
+<li>Mix for 30 seconds on plate shaker and incubate at 37°C for another 30 minutes.</li>
+<li>After cooling down to room temperature, measure the absorbance at 562 nm.</li></ol></p>
 </div>
 </div>
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          <br>
          <p>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.
+First, cultures of <i>E. coli</i> containing kerA, kerUS, kerP plasmid and one wild-type <i>E. coli</i> 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.</p>
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 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.
 </p>
+<h4>Preparation of skim milk plates:</h4>
 <br>
-<h4>Preparation of skim milk plates</h4>
 <p>First 100 mL LB/agar 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.</p>
-<br>
+<h4>Assay:</h4>
-<h4>Assay</h4>
 <p><ul><li>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.
+   After incubation 10 µL of the induced cell cultures and supernatant, cell culture without IPTG induction and a wild-type <i>E. coli</i> control was spread on skim milk plates containing chloramphenicol.
    The plates were incubated at room temperature for four days.
 <br>
-<li>kerP: 10 µL of cell culture, supernatant and a wild-type E. coli control was spread on skim milk plates containing kanamycin.
+<li>kerP: 10 µL of cell culture, supernatant and a wild-type <i>E. coli</i> control was spread on skim milk plates containing kanamycin.
    The plates were incubated at room temperature for four days.</li></ul>
 </p>
+<br>
 </div>
+</div>
+<div class="row section">
+    <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12">
+<h3>Enzyme activity assay of keratinases</h3>
+<br>
+<h4> Material:</h4>
+<p><ul><li>96 well plates </li>
+<li>Arabinose stock solution [500 nM]</li>
+<li>IPTG stock solution [1 M]</li>
+<li>Azo-keratin solution (substrate) </li>
+<li>Microplate incubator/shaker</li></ul></p>
+<br>
+<h4>Method:</h4>
+<br>
+<p><ol><li>Grow the cells in 30 ml shaking flaks and induce the gene expression with IPTG/arabinose (1 mM)
+</li>
+<li>Harvest the cells by centrifugation (3000 g for 10 min)</li>
+<li>Use the supernatant or the lysed cells (see cell lyse) for the activity assay</li>
+<li>200 µL of culture supernatant or lysed cell supernatant and 1,6 mL of centrifugated substrate are mixed and incubated at 37°C (300 rpm).
+Technical triplicates are performed</li>
+<li>Extinction of the samples are measured after 0h, 3h and 24h at 440 nm</li>
+</ol>
+</div>
+</div>
 </div>
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Protocols & Experiments

Preparation of chemically competent DH5alpha E. coli cells

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Heat-shock Transformation of E. coli cells

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Preparation of LB media

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Preparation of M9 media

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Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

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Determination of DNA concentration

Mini-Prep (based on Fast-n-Easy Plasmid Mini-Prep Kit Jena Bioscience)

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Restriction digest

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Gibson Assembly

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Ligation

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Gel-Extraction (based on Gel DNA Recovery Kit from Zymo Research)

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Enzyme activity assay of the esterases EstCS2 (BBa_K1149002) and LipB

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Determination of protein concentration - BCA Assay (Pierce™ BCA Protein Assay Kit – Thermo Scientific)

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Semi-quantitative hair degradation assay for keratinases

Skim milk plate assay for keratinases

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Enzyme activity assay of keratinases

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