126pb insert clonnig/ digestion issues - (May/30/2011 )
Dear Fellow Cloners,
Thanks to all of you for reading this. I’m new in this website and I’m looking for help.
Previously I read other topic similar to my problem but I can’t find a solution that could help me. So I thought I’d post my problem.
I am trying to insert a 126bp insert into a 7.4Kb plasmid.
My insert has 2 restriction sites, the 3’ is a blunt end from the enzyme is MscI and the 5’ is a sticky end from XhoI. I cut the plasmid with this 2 different enzymes, MscI and XhoI (both from invitrogen) and then dephosphorylated this with SAP (from promega), I checked this and I get no colonies plating out bacteria transformed with this.
I have a synthetic ds Oligo in pGEMT, previously I amplified this and cloned into the plasmid and sequenced so I have 4 positives clones with all the correct sequence of the Oligo. Then I tried digesting this and inserting into the other plasmid, for these I use MscI from NEB (cause invitrogen stoped the production of that enzymes) and Xho I from invitrogen. So for using MscI from NEB and XhoI from Invitrogen I made an artisanal buffer because the buffer of the enzynmes aren’t compatible. And made two consecutive digestion, first with XhoI, and then with MscI (3 hrs at 37ºC each one). I do this because if I do 2 different digestion with a purification step between I lose all the insert, using this method I have a 75%-80% of release of my inset. Finally (again) I cloned this and has the same deletion that had before. I checked the sequence and found a site that is “TGGAACCA”, 15pb separted from the original site MscI “TGGCCA”, so I think MscI is cutting here and I don’t know how to fix it.
If you have any ideas then please let me know.
Thanks so much.
i'm sorry, but i do not really got the step with the deletion. Maybe you can explain it in more detail.
Is the problem that you got a deletion due to the fact that MscI cuts in your vector/insert at this TGGAACCA site upstream of your MscI site?
One thing you should keep in mind is that MscI is sensitive to dcm methylation ...so you should check if you MscI site is methylated or not ...maybe your site is blocked and therefore the enzyme is that promiscus and recognizes your TGGAACCA site since the only correct site is blocked by methylation. Another thing is that MscI is blocked salt concentrations >150 mM ...sure be sure that you eluate in water and wash your DNA with 70% ethanol twice.
Hope this helps a bit!
Regards,
p
Toyitta on Mon May 30 17:00:24 2011 said:
Dear Fellow Cloners,
Thanks to all of you for reading this. I’m new in this website and I’m looking for help.
Previously I read other topic similar to my problem but I can’t find a solution that could help me. So I thought I’d post my problem.
I am trying to insert a 126bp insert into a 7.4Kb plasmid.
My insert has 2 restriction sites, the 3’ is a blunt end from the enzyme is MscI and the 5’ is a sticky end from XhoI. I cut the plasmid with this 2 different enzymes, MscI and XhoI (both from invitrogen) and then dephosphorylated this with SAP (from promega), I checked this and I get no colonies plating out bacteria transformed with this.
I have a synthetic ds Oligo in pGEMT, previously I amplified this and cloned into the plasmid and sequenced so I have 4 positives clones with all the correct sequence of the Oligo. Then I tried digesting this and inserting into the other plasmid, for these I use MscI from NEB (cause invitrogen stoped the production of that enzymes) and Xho I from invitrogen. So for using MscI from NEB and XhoI from Invitrogen I made an artisanal buffer because the buffer of the enzynmes aren’t compatible. And made two consecutive digestion, first with XhoI, and then with MscI (3 hrs at 37ºC each one). I do this because if I do 2 different digestion with a purification step between I lose all the insert, using this method I have a 75%-80% of release of my inset. Finally (again) I cloned this and has the same deletion that had before. I checked the sequence and found a site that is “TGGAACCA”, 15pb separted from the original site MscI “TGGCCA”, so I think MscI is cutting here and I don’t know how to fix it.
If you have any ideas then please let me know.
Thanks so much.
Hi...
Sorry, I'll try to explain better. The first time I made a digestion using XhoI, then a purification step and another digestion with MscI. But with this protocol I lose a lot of DNA so I changed the method and now I make 2 sequential diggestions with home made buffer and after the incubation with XhoI I complement the buffer and incubate with MscI
About the problem of the deletion I think that is for MscI is cuting in this TGGAACCA upstream the MscI site, but I don't really know the reason of that deletion.
I've read about the sensitive of MscI to dcm methylation, how can I check if the MscI site is methylated?
Thank you so much, i will check the salt concentration in the buffer
you can check the methylation status of your MscI site using e.g. the NEBcutter ...you can find this useful tool here. Just paste your whole sequence and watch out for the MscI site in the subsequent analysis!
Good luck!
Regards,
p
Toyitta on Tue May 31 18:52:58 2011 said:
Hi...
Sorry, I'll try to explain better. The first time I made a digestion using XhoI, then a purification step and another digestion with MscI. But with this protocol I lose a lot of DNA so I changed the method and now I make 2 sequential diggestions with home made buffer and after the incubation with XhoI I complement the buffer and incubate with MscI
About the problem of the deletion I think that is for MscI is cuting in this TGGAACCA upstream the MscI site, but I don't really know the reason of that deletion.
I've read about the sensitive of MscI to dcm methylation, how can I check if the MscI site is methylated?
Thank you so much, i will check the salt concentration in the buffer