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Results from Friday (6/20) Electroporation and Transformation in S1

6/23:

Name Registry Name Description Origin Marker Observations
P1a J23113Low promoter GFP testerpMB1Kan16 pink colonies of approx 7mm diameter
P2a J23150Medium promoter GFP testerpMB1Kanno growth
P3a J23151High promoter GFP testerpMB1Kan8 pink colonies of approx 7mm diameter
P12 pETDuet-1Low copy plasmidpBR322-derived ColE1Ampnon-specific Lawn; restreaks did not grow
P13 pCDFDuet-1Low copy plasmidCloDF13Sm41 pink colonies and some small yellow ones that may be E. coli
P14 pCOLADuet-1Low copy plasmidColAKanNo growth

S1-P1A:
SHEWIE Plate 1.JPG


S1-P3A:
SHEWIE Plate 5.JPG

S1-P13:
SHEWIE Plate 9.JPG

Growing cultures of E. coli and S1 with BioBrick Parts or Duet Vectors in them

6/23:

Picked colonies of E. coli and S1 and grew overnight at 37 and 30 degrees, respectively.

Strain Plasmid Name Registry Name Plate Information Marker Colonies Picked
E. coli P15A16/18 electrocompetentCm2
TOP10 P4pACYC duet6/19 restreak electrocompCm2
TOP10 P7pSB1A26/19 restreak electrocomp big and smallCm2 (1 from big, 1 from small)
TOP10 P8BBa_J044506/19 restreak electrocomp big and smallAmp2 (1 from big, 1 from small)
TOP10 P9BBa_J044306/19 restreak electrocomp big and smallAmp2 (1 from big, 1 from small)
TOP10 P10BBa_I7150386/19 restreak electrocomp big and smallAmp2 (1 from big, 1 from small)
S1 P4pACYC duet6/18 electrocompCm2
S1 P21A16/19 electrocompCm2
S1 P13pCDFDuet-16/20 electrocompSm2
S1 P1aJ231136/20 electrocompKan3
S1 P3aJ231516/20 electrocompKan3

Total number of cultures: 24

6/24:

None of the samples in the LB amp media grew. All the others grew and then were miniprepped and stored in glycerol.

  • Glycerol stocks: 250 uL of culture in 500 uL of 20% LB glycerol.

Concentrations of DNA from minipreps:

Plasmid Organism Concentration (ng/uL)
P1A a S192.54
P1A b S155.34
P1A c S158.21
P3A a S162.43
P3A b S1168.41
P3A c S1151.49
P4 S1150.32
P13 S1435.39
P21 S1219.33
P4A a TOP1049.81
P4A b TOP1047.22
P21A a TOP1061.16
P21A b TOP1055.71

6/26: Amp cultures still did not grow in liquid media, neither at 1:1000 or a 1:2000 dilution of amp

Transformation of P5 and P6 into E3

6/24:

P5 and P6 were punched from the book and transformed in E3 (the death resistant strain)

6/25: No Growth

16S PCR to Identify S1 and E. Coli

6/24:

Performed PCR as per protocol listed in General Protocols.

Primer Sets

  • 1 = Shewanella F and Shewanella R
  • 2 = E. coli F and E. coli R
  • 3 = Common F and Common R
Tube # Strain/ Colony of Template DNA Primer Set Used Volume of Template DNA Volume of Primer Volume of Supermix Volume of Water
1 S1 P1a1 (SF & SR)1uL1uL (each)45uL2uL
2 S1 P1a1 (SF & SR)3uL1uL (each)45uL2uL
3 S1 P1a2 (EF & ER)1uL1uL (each)45uL2uL
4 S1 P1a2 (EF & ER)3uL1uL (each)45uL2uL
5 S1 P1a3 (CF & CR)1uL1uL (each)45uL2uL
6 S1 P1a3 (CF & CR)3uL1uL (each)45uL2uL
7 S1 P3a1 (SF & SR)1uL1uL (each)45uL2uL
8 S1 P3a1 (SF & SR)3uL1uL (each)45uL2uL
9 S1 P3a2 (EF & ER)1uL1uL (each)45uL2uL
10 S1 P3a2 (EF & ER)3uL1uL (each)45uL2uL
11 S1 P3a3 (CF & CR)1uL1uL (each)45uL2uL
12 S1 P3a3 (CF & CR)3uL1uL (each)45uL2uL
13 S1 MR-11 (SF & SR)1uL1uL (each)45uL2uL
14 S1 MR-11 (SF & SR)3uL1uL (each)45uL2uL
15 S1 MR-12 (EF & ER)1uL1uL (each)45uL2uL
16 S1 MR-12 (EF & ER)3uL1uL (each)45uL2uL
17 S1 MR-13 (CF & CR)1uL1uL (each)45uL2uL
18 S1 MR-13 (CF & CR)3uL1uL (each)45uL2uL
19 E. coli P1a1 (SF & SR)1uL1uL (each)45uL2uL
20 E. coli P1a1 (SF & SR)3uL1uL (each)45uL2uL
21 E. coli P1a2 (EF & ER)1uL1uL (each)45uL2uL
22 E. coli P1a2 (EF & ER)3uL1uL (each)45uL2uL
23 E. coli P1a3 (CF & CR)1uL1uL (each)45uL2uL
24 E. coli P1a3 (CF & CR)3uL1uL (each)45uL2uL

6/25

Gel results from PCR:

16s PCR Gel1(S1).jpg

Key:

Well # Strain/ Colony Primer Set Used Volume of Template DNA
1 1 Kb ladderN/AN/A
2 S1 P3a1 (SF & SR)3uL
3 S1 P3a1 (SF & SR)1uL
4 S1 P3a2* (EF & ER)1uL
5 S1 P3a3 (CF & CR)1uL
6 S1 P3a3 (CF & CR)3uL
7 S1 P1a1 (SF & SR)3uL
8 S1 P1a1 (SF & SR)1uL
9 S1 P1a2 (EF & ER)1uL
10 S1 P1a2 (EF & ER)3uL
11 S1 P1a3 (CF & CR)3uL
12 S1 P1a3 (CF & CR)1uL

Note: S1 P3a With Primer Set 2 and 3 uL of template DNA evaporated during PCR so was not included in the gel.

16s PCR Gel2(MR1 + Ecoli).jpg

Key:

Well # Strain/ Colony Primer Set Used Volume of Template DNA
1 1 Kb ladderN/AN/A
2 S1 MR-11 (SF & SR)1uL
3 S1 MR-12 (EF & ER)1uL
4 S1 MR-13 (CF & CR)1uL
5 100 bp LadderN/AN/A
6 E.coli P1a1 (SF & SR)1uL
7 E.coli P1a1 (SF & SR)3uL
8 E.coli P1a2 (EF & ER)1uL
9 E.coli P1a2 (EF & ER)3uL
10* E.coli P1a3 (CF & CR)1uL
11 E.coli P1a3 (CF & CR)3uL
12 1 Kb LadderN/AN/A

Note: There was a problem with the gel in Well 10, which most likely accounts for the lighter band.

Remy's pZ vector system Plasmids

Independent and tight regulation of transcriptional units in Escherichia coli via the LacR/O, the TetR/O and AraC/I1-I2 regulatory elements

6/25: transfer colonies to liquid media

6/26: mini prep plasmids

Name Registry Name Description Origin Marker Regulatory unit Concentration ng/uL
P27 pZS4int2repressor plasmid for chromosomal integrationpSC101SmConstitutive expression of LacI and TetR
P28 pZE21GFPColE1KanPLtctO-1
P29 pZS*2RVenus (mutant YFP)pSC101*KanPL (Plambda)
P30 pZA32YFPp15ACmPLlacO-1
P31 pZS*1RVenuspSC101*ampPL (Plambda)
P32 pZA32Venusp15ACmPLlacO-1
P33 pZA31Venusp15ACmPLtctO-1
P34 pZE12GFPColE1AmpPLlacO-1
P35 pLDR8Accessory for chromosomal integration???????

Also two strains with integrated copies of repressors, low level constitutive promoters

  • MC4100 Z1 - repressor lac and tet (Sm resistant)
  • DH10B Z2 - repressor lac and tet (Sm resistant)

Re-Transformation of BioBrick Parts in E1 and E3

6/26:

Re-transformed BioBrick parts in E1 because amp plates weren't working. Also re-transformed P5 and P6 in E3.

Name Registry Name Description Origin Marker Transformed? (6/26) Picked colonies? Miniprepped? Made glycerol stocks?
P7 pSB1A3*High copy plasmid with Amp resistanceColE1AmpFailed in E1
P8 BBa_J04450RFP with LacI promoterpMB1AmpFailed in E1
P9 BBa_J04430GFP with LacI promoterpMB1AmpFailed in E1
P10 BBa_I715038T7 Polymerase with LacI promoterpMB1Kan/AmpFailed in E1
P36 BBa_I763004GFP + IPTG + LVAKan/AmpFailed in E1
P5 (2007) pSB3K3*Low-Medium copy vector (w/ death gene)p15AKanYes, in E32 (A and B spilled)
P6 (2007) BBa-E1010RFP only (w/ death gene)pMB1KanFailed in E3
P5 (2008) pSB3K3*Low-Medium copy vector (w/ death gene)p15AKanFailed in E3

Notes:

  • Control was also done with untransformed E3 on LB plates.
  • pSB1A3 was used instead of pSB1A2 because the Parts Registry lists pSB1A3 as the replacement for pSB1A2.
  • P5 and P6 were taken from Spring 2007 plates, and iGEM 2008 P5 was punched out and transformed again.

6/27:

P5 (2007) plate was put in incubator for longer, and will be picked on Sunday along with the other transformations done today.


Name Registry Name Description Origin Marker Transformed? (6/27) Picked colonies? (6/29) Miniprepped? Made glycerol stocks?
P12 pETDuet-1Low copy plasmidpBR322-derived ColE1Ampin E12
P37 BBa_I722007Constructive expression LacI w/ pTetR promoterAmpin E1 2 (A and B didn't work)
P38 BBa_J23114High constitutive promoterAmpin E1 2
P38 (2007) BBa_J23114High constitutive promoterAmpin E1 2 (A and B didn't work)
P39 BBa_J23113Low constitutive promoterAmpin E12 (B didn't work)
P39 (2007) BBa_J23113Low constitutive promoterAmpin E1 2 (B did not work)
P40 BBa_B0032Ribosome Binding SiteAmpin E12 (B didn't work)
P40 (2007) BBa_B0032Ribosome Binding SiteAmpin E1 2 (A did not work)
P41 BBa_B0010Transcriptional TerminatorAmpin E12 (A and B didn't work)
P41 (2007) BBa_B0010Transcriptional TerminatorAmpin E1 2 (Neither worked)
P42 BBa_C0012LacI coding regionAmpin E12 (A and B didn't work)
P42 (2007) BBa_C0012LacI coding regionAmpin E1 1 (didn't work)
P43 [1]TetR coding regionAmpin E12 (A and B didn't work)
P43 (2007) [2]TetR coding regionAmpin E1 2 (B didn't work)
P44 BBa_C0051cI lambdaAmpin E1 2 (A and B didn't work)
P44 (2007) BBa_C0051cI lambdaAmpin E1 2 (B didn't work)
P45 BBa_E0240GFP only w/ RBS & terminatorAmpin E12 (A and B didn't work)
P45 (2007) BBa_E0240GFP only w/ RBS & terminatorAmpin E1 2
P46 BBa_I51020Base VectorAmpin E32
P47 BBa_P1003Kan Resistance CassetteKanNo in E1 0
P47 (2007) BBa_P1003Kan Resistance CassetteKanin E1 2 (A and B spilled)
P48 BBa_P1004Cm Resistance CassetteCmNo in E1 0
P48 (2007) BBa_P1004Cm Resistance CassetteCmin E12
P49 BBa_P1002Amp Resistance CassetteAmpin E1 2 (B didn't work)
P49 (2007) BBa_P1002Amp Resistance CassetteAmpin E1 2
P50 BBa_P1005Tet Resistance CassetteAmpin E1 2 (A and B didn't work)
P50 (2007) BBa_P1005Tet Resistance CassetteAmpin E1 2

McConkey Plates to Distinguish E. coli from Shewanella

6/24

Plates streaked and put in incubator.

6/25:

McConkey Plate 2.JPG
Top Left: E1
Bottom Left: E1-P1a
Top Right: S1
Bottom Right: S1-P1a

McConkey Plate 4.JPG
Top Left: chemically competent E. coli
Bottom Left: E1-P3
Top Right: WT S1
Bottom Right: S1-P3

McConkey Plate 6.JPG
Top Left: E1
Bottom Left: E1-A1 (P21)
Top Right: S1
Bottom Right: S1-A1 (P21)

Growing Shewie anaerobically

6/25:

Added lactate and birnesite to LB in a vial, bubbled N2 gas to degas it and then added Shewie at concentrations of 100 uL and 500 uL, while keeping a control with no Shewie added. Vials were placed in 30 degree shaking incubator overnight.

6/26:

All vials, including the control, turned light yellow (the color of the LB). This was most likely due to contamination, which was partly confirmed by looking at the vials through the microscope. This was not unexpected because the vials we used had not been autoclaved, and it was very difficult to maintain sterile conditions and precise concentrations of birnesite/ lactate.

Questions/ Concerns

Regarding transformations of BioBrick Parts:

  1. Given the parts that we've succeeded in transforming in either E. coli, or Shewanella, or both, what is our plan for designing vectors? How many plasmids will we need?
  2. How should we incorporate Remy's plasmids into those designs?
  3. To what extent can we take parts from or use the Duet vectors?
  4. Can we confirm that pMB1 does work in Shewanella, contrary to the 1997 paper that suggests otherwise?
  5. If we have successful transformations with both the 2007 and 2008 versions of a BioBrick part, should we prefer one over the other?

Regarding anaerobic Shewie growth: (Many of these questions may be the same as those posed by the Widgetry group.)

  1. What are the optimal concentrations of lactate and birnesite that we should use?
  2. Tips on maintaining sterility/ preventing contamination?
  3. Orianna's paper lists three different media that she used for various purposes-- what does our basic media need?
  4. How much Shewie should we be using? Should we be adding them at a certain growth phase or OD?

Light

Transformations of P11, P15-20

ENDED IN FAILURE: SEE NEW TRANSFORMATION BELOW

Colony counts

6/23:

Name Description Origin Size Marker Number of Colonies
P11Light responsive system, dual regulationpUC19-derived pMB14333Amp/Cm224
P15GFP with Tet promoterColE1937Amp360
P16Tet repressible promoterpMB154Amp264
P17Inverter (TetR w/o promoter and Tet promoter)OriS, P1 lytic, F1902Kan2
P18lambda promoter (cI regulated)pMB149Amp112
P19RFP with lambda promoterpMB1918Amp104
P20GFP (LVA tagged) with Lac promoterpMB11122Amp, Kan136

Restreaking

06/23: P15, which has GFP under a constitutive Tet promoter did not appear to fluoresce (none of the fluorescent constructs did), so we restreaked all the of the plates (with the same antibiotic on which they were originally grown). They were left in the 37 degree incubator along with a blank Kan and a blank Amp plate (- controls).

06/24: All of the restreaked plates grew and were streaked to individual colonies. Both the Kan and Amp negative controls (no cells) were blank. However, p15 (GFP under pTet) did not appear to glow.

Overnight cultures

06/23: The above was repeated in 5mL LB liquid cultures instead of plates.

06/24: None of the cultures in LB Amp grew (E1P17 in LB Kan did grow). We recultured the other samples in LB Amp and made a master plate with patches from the same colonies that were cultured. Since others seemed to get similar problems (no growth in liquid culture but growth on plates for Amp), we made fresh LB Amp (from freshly made Amp stock) and repeated the cultures.
06/25: These LB-Amp cultures did not grow in the new medium either. We plated them on new LB amp plates (new plates 1X amp or 1/1000) and cultured them in low concentration LB amp (0.5X or 1/2000 amp).
06/26: None of the cultures grew on either of the liquid media (1X and .5X LB-Amp). Additionally, none of the master plate colonies restreaked onto the new LB-Amp plates that we poured grew. This suggests to us that the original LB-Amp plates were not selective enough (perhaps Amp broke down). As a control that our bacteria were capable of growth, we inoculated a plain LB liquid culture with each of the 6 colonies from the master plate. This culture did grow (cloudy). A plain LB liquid culture left as a negative control did not.

Miniprep of P17

ENDED IN FAILURE: SEE NEW TRANSFORMATION BELOW

06/24: Miniprep of E1P17. The DNA is in the -20 °C iGEM freezer. The DNA concentration is 54.8 ng/μL.

Restriction Digest

06/24: Digest of P17 DNA with Xba1 and Spe1. The entire plasmid is 4425 bp and the short fragment (containing only the BioBrick) is 902 bp.

Digest mixture (incubated overnight at 37 °C):

15 μl DNA

6.25 μl water

2.5 μl NEB Buffer 2

0.25 μl 100X BSA

1 μl Xba1

1 μl Spe1

Gel of digest products (6/25)

P17 XbaI SpeI digest.jpg 1.2% agarose E-gel run for 30 min and visualized using EtBr/UV
Lane Contents
11 KB ladder
2Digest. Note that these are not what would be expected for the correct plasmid (902 band for part and 4.5kb for vector). Even if there are cutting issues, the sum of the band sizes is around 2kb too low.
3Undigested plasmid
4100 bp ladder

06/25: Since the previous digest was unsuccessful, we digested the same plasmid with different combinations of restriction enzymes. We also tested two other plasmids from the chemical group (P4 and P21). The digest mixtures were the same as above (6/24) with the appropriate enzyme swapped in. For the single digests, the volume of water was 6.75 μl and all else remained constant. Again, incubation is overnight at 37 °C.

6-25 digest.jpg 1.2% agarose E-gel run for 30 min and visualized using EtBr/UV
Lane Contents
1100 bp ladder
2P17 with XbaI, SpeI
3P17 with EcoRI, SpeI
4P17 with EcoRI, PstI
5P17 with XbaI, PstI
6P17 with XbaI
7P17 with SpeI
8P4 with XbaI, SpeI
9P4 with EcoRI, SpeI
10P21 with XbaI, PstI
11P21 with EcoRI, PstI
121 KB ladder

From the lanes with P17, which again indicate that the plasmid we have from the miniprep is not the right size, we conclude that the P17 transformation failed. It is being repeated (see below).

Transformations of P22-24

ENDED IN FAILURE: SEE NEW TRANSFORMATION BELOW

06/24: Transformations occurred in duplicate (TOP10 and DH5α) with Amp selection.

06/25: All plates had colonies. We inoculated liquid cultures of cells with each of these plasmids in low (0.5X or 1/2000 amp) and high (1X or 1/1000 amp) concentration LB amp.

E1P22: 376 colonies E1P23: 352 colonies E1P24: 392 colonies E2P22, E2P23, and E2P24 had too many colonies to count.

06/26: None of the liquid cultures (both high and low Amp) had any growth. Additionally, we patched the colonies we were growing on a master plate that was of the new LB-Amp plates that we poured. No colonies grew on this plate either. This again seems to indicate that the initial transformation plates did not have enough selection (perhaps Amp was degraded).

Transformations of P17, 20, 25, 26

SEE NEW TRANSFORMATION BELOW

06/25: Transformed P17, P20, P25, and P26 in DH5α cells. P17 and P20 have Amp and Kan resistance, but since AmpR cells don't seem to grow in the liquid media, we're repeating the process by plating the cells on Kan (and eventually grow them on LB-Kan liquid medium). P25 and P26 are new and have Amp resistance.

06/26: P20 (kan plate) had 4 colonies and P25 (amp plate) had 1 colony. The other plates (with P17, P20, and P26) did not have any colonies. The kan and amp negative control plates (DH5α cells with no DNA) also had no colonies.

New transformations: P11, P15-20, P22-26

06/26

We transformed TOP10 cells using parts from both the 2008 and 2007 registries, apart from P11 and P19 which were not available in the 2007 registry.

The protocol for getting DNA from the 2007 registry is as follows:

1. Puncture a hole in the foil with a pipet.

2. Add 15 μl H2O and wait for about 5 minutes.

3. Add 1 μl DNA to 50 μl bacteria.

P17 and P20 were plated on Kan plates. All other samples were on Amp plates that we made (at 1X or 1/1000 amp).

Transformation results

Both negative plate controls (Amp and Kan) did not have any colonies. The "mock transformations" (no DNA) were also negative. The positive plate control had a sample of pEZ12 GFP from Remy and this plasmid also carried Amp resistance. There was a lawn of bacteria on this plate. We also did a positive transformation control that had 1 μg pUC19 DNA for 50 μl TOP10 cells. This DNA came with the TOP10 cells from Invitrogen and there were 26 colonies on the plate.

Plasmid Number of Colonies
P15 (2007)112
P16 (2008)2
P18 (2007)22
P20 (2007)96
P23 (2007)40
P24 (2007)4
P26 (2007)14

6/10 of the 2007 parts appear to have transformed (colonies grew) and 1/12 of the 2008 parts appear to have transformed successfully.

Remy's positive control with GFP was fluorescent, along with P15 (GFP with Tet promoter) and P20 (LVA-tagged GFP with Lac promoter). This indicates that the transformations of P15 and P20 were successful.

Set up liquid cultures (with master plates) for all of the plasmids that had colonies.

Minipreps and digests

6/28: The overnight cultures grew successfully and were mini-prepped. Note that there are replicates (e.g. 15A and 15B are different tubes from the overnight cultures. * and *-less denotes replicates during minipreppring). Unfortunately, I forgot to keep culture for glycerol stocks. I performed a NotI digest (see recipe under "RE Digest")- it's the standard single digest recipe, but halfed. The digest ran for the evening, and the results are below:

6-28 mxh 1.jpg 1.2% agarose E-gel run for 30 min and visualized using EtBr/UV
Lane Contents
1100 bp ladder
2P15A* digested with NotI (2079, 937 bp expected)
3P15A* uncut (3016 bp expected)
4P15A digested with NotI (2079, 937 bp expected)
5P15A uncut (3016 bp expected)
6P15B* digested with NotI (2079, 937 bp expected)
7P15B* uncut (3016 bp expected)
8P15B digested with NotI (2079, 937 bp expected)
9P15B uncut (3016 bp expected)
10P16* digested with NotI (2079, 54 bp expected)
11P16* uncut (2133 bp expected)
121 KB ladder

All of the P15 samples appear to have worked properly. P16 is questionable.

6-28 mxh 2.jpg 1.2% agarose E-gel run for 30 min and visualized using EtBr/UV
Lane Contents
1100 bp ladder
2P16 digested with NotI (2079, 54 bp expected)
3P16 uncut (2133 bp expected)
4P18A* digested with NotI (2079, 49 bp expected)
5P18A* uncut (2128 bp expected)
6P18A digested with NotI (2079, 49 bp expected)
7P18A uncut (2128 bp expected)
8P18B* digested with NotI (2079, 49 bp expected)
9P18B* uncut (2128 bp expected)
10P18B digested with NotI (2079, 49 bp expected)
11P18B uncut (2128 bp expected)
121 KB ladder
6-28 mxh 3.jpg 1.2% agarose E-gel run for 30 min and visualized using EtBr/UV
Lane Contents
1100 bp ladder
2P20A* digested with NotI (1122, 3189 bp expected)
3P20A* uncut (4311 bp expected)
4P20A digested with NotI (1122, 3189 bp expected)
5P20A uncut (4311 bp expected)
6P23* digested with NotI
7P23* uncut
8P23 digested with NotI
9P23 uncut
10P23B* digested with NotI
11P23B* uncut
121 KB ladder
6-28 mxh 4.jpg 1.2% agarose E-gel run for 30 min and visualized using EtBr/UV
Lane Contents
1100 bp ladder
2P23B digested with NotI
3P23B uncut
4P24A* digested with NotI
5P24A* uncut
6P24A digested with NotI
7P24A uncut
8P24B* digested with NotI
9P24B* uncut
10P24B digested with NotI
11P24B uncut
121 KB ladder
6-28 mxh 5.jpg 1.2% agarose E-gel run for 30 min and visualized using EtBr/UV
Lane Contents
1100 bp ladder
2P26A* digested with NotI
3P26A* uncut
4P26A digested with NotI
5P26A uncut
6P26B* digested with NotI
7P26B* uncut
8P26B digested with NotI
9P26B uncut
101 KB ladder

RE digest

06/27

0627 digest TA.jpg 1.2% agarose E-gel run for 30 min and visualized using EtBr/UV
Lane 3: 1 kb ladder
Lane 4: P17 uncut (should be 4425 bp)
Lane 5: P17 cut with NotI (should be 3503 and 902 bp)
Lane 6: P3 uncut (should be 2750 bp)???
Lane 7: P3 cut with NotI (should be 1831 and 919 bp)???
Lane 8: P1 uncut (should be 3002 bp)???
Lane 9: P1 cut with NotI (should be 2083)???
Lane 10: 100 bp ladder

These digests were meant to test the enzymes and digest conditions. P3 and P1 were supposed to be controls. However they were Biobricks miniprepped from Shewie and it doesn't look like the transformation into Shewie worked as even the uncut DNA is not the right size. We will redo the digest with DNA from E. coli.

I set up another overnight digest but doubled the overall volume so that there was 1 μl of the restriction enzyme (NotI).

30 μl DNA

13.5 μl H2O

5 μl 10X NEB buffer 3

0.5 μl 100X BSA

1 μl NotI

6-27 redigest TA.jpg 1.2% agarose E-gel run for 30 min and visualized using EtBr/UV
Lane 1: 1 kb ladder
Lane 2: P17 cut with NotI (should be 3503 and 902 bp)
Lane 3: P17 uncut (should be 4425 bp)
Lane 4: P1 cut with NotI (2750, 919 bp expected)
Lane 5: P1 uncut (3669 bp expected)
Lane 6: P2 cut with NotI (2750, 919 bp expected)
Lane 7: P2 uncut (3669 bp expected)
Lane 8: P3 cut with NotI (2750, 919 bp expected)
Lane 9: P3 uncut (3669 bp expected)
Lane 10:100 bp ladder

The bands in the cut P1-3 appear to be of the expected size. However, running a sample of the uncut miniprep gives more than one band (is this b/c an unclean miniprep?) P17 continues to digest as if it is a biobrick. However, the bands continue to be of unexpected sizes.