February 7

Preculture by_???
We started preculture at 12:10.

February 8

March 1

March 2

March 3

PCR

	template	buffer	dNTPs	MgSO4	VF	VR	KOD plus	MilliQ	total
1	1	5	5	3	1.5	1.5	1	32	50
2	2	5	5	3	1.5	1.5	1	31	50

94℃, 2min
98℃, 10sec
50℃, 30sec
68℃, 1min
→30cycles

Miniprep

March 4

Sequence of tatABCD

Quick Taq	primer-f	promer-r sequence	template	MilliQ	total
25	1	1	1	23	50

Quick Taq	primer-f sequence	primer-r	template	MilliQ	total
25	1	1	1	23	50

Colony PCR of TMAO

March 5

Restriction

pSB1C3(Xba1, Spe1)	Pst1	BufferH	BSA	MilliQ	total
10	0.2	2	0.2	7.6	20
pSB1C3(Xba1, Spe1)	EcoR1	BufferH	BSA	MilliQ	total
10	0.2	2	0.2	7.6	20

at 37℃ for 1 hour
→Then we did ethanol precipitation

Ligation

Kil(EcoR1, Spe1)	pSB1C3(EcoR1)	Ligation High	total
5	1	3	9

at 16℃ for 1 hour

Transformation

Kil	competent cell	total
1	10	11

We used commercially available competent cells in this time.

PCR
TMAO

buffer	dNTPs	MgSO4	Primer-f	Primer-r	Template	KOD plus	MilliQ	total
5	5	3	1.5	1.5	1	1	32	50

Electrophoresis (31)

Restriction

	Lacp	pSB3C5	EcoR1	Pst1	BufferH	BSA	MilliQ	total
1	20	0	0.5	0.5	3	0.5	5.5	30
2	0	20	0.5	0.5	3	0.5	5.5	30

at 37℃ for 1 hour
1→Ethanol precipitation　45.4µg/mL
2→Gel extraction　38.7µg/mL

Ligation

LacP	pSB3C5	Ligation High	total
10	2	6	18

at 4℃ for overnight

Transformation

Lacp+pSB3C5	competent cell	total
1	10	11

on ice for 30 mins.
heat shock at 42℃ for 60secs
on ice for 2 mins.
After we incubate with 200µL of SOC culture for 1 hour, we did plating on LB culture with CP

Restriction

GFP Plasmid	EcoR1	Spe1	Buffer2	BSA	MilliQ	total
10	0.5	0.5	3	0.5	15.5	30

at 37℃ for 2 hours Electrophoresis
1. Ladder 2µL
2. GFP Plasmid (already restricted) 2µL + Loading Dye 2µL + MilliQ 8µL
3. Ladder 2µL
PCR
torA signal and pspA pspAはコロニーPCR

Buffer	dNTPs	MgSO4	Primer-f	Primer-r	template(TMAO)	KOD plus	MilliQ	total
2.5	2.5	1.5	0.75	0.75	0.5	0.5	16	25

94℃, 2min
98℃, 10sec
60℃, 30sec
68℃, 30sec
electrophoresis
1. 100bp Ladder
2. torA signal (272bp)
3. pspA (969bp)
4. 100bp Ladder

March 6

Restriction

GFP	EcoR1	Spe1	BufferM	BSA	MilliQ	total
12	0.5	0.5	3	0.5	13.5	30

We did incubate at 37℃ for 1.5hours.
And we did gel extraction on 3/7 and get 40.0μg/mL GFP.

PCR

buffer	dNTPs	MgSO4	Primer-f	Primer-r	template	KOD plus neo	MilliQ	total
5	5	3	1.5	1.5	0.5	1	32.5	50

94℃　2min
98℃　10sec
60℃　30sec
68℃　(torA 10sec / pspA 30sec) 25 cycles
We used product of PCR on 3/5 of torA and pspA as template.

Restriction

Kil	EcoR1	Spe1	BufferM	BSA	MilliQ	total
10	0.3	0.3	3	0.3	16.1	30

DT	EcoR1	Xba1	Buffer2	BSA	MilliQ	total
10	0.5	0.5	3	0.5	15.5	30

at 37℃ for 2 hours
→ purification 37.7ng/μL

Ligation

Kil	pSB1C3	Ligation High Ver.2	total
4	2	3	9

• Kil : 350fmol
  
• pSB1C3 : 29fmol
  

at 16℃ for overnight

March 7

Electrophoresis

1. 1kb ladder 2µL
2. pspA (PCR product)2.5µL + Loading Dye 0.5µL
3. GFP 30µL + Loading Dye 6µL
4. 1kb ladder 2µL

• The GFP was gel extracted on 3/6 and concentrated by Vacuum in 150µg/mL
  
  

Ligation

VectorDNA	GFP	Ligation High Ver.2	total
5	15	10	30

Restriction

torA	EcoR1	Spe1	bufferM	BSA	MilliQ	total
10	0.3	0.3	3	0.3	16.1	30

pspA	EcoR1	Spe1	bufferM	BSA	MilliQ	total
5	0.3	0.3	3	0.3	21.1	30

at 37℃ for 1.5 hours

Purification
torA→31.8ng/µL
pspA→49.3ng/µL

Ligation

torA	pSB1C3	Ligation High Ver.2	total
3	3	3	9

pspA	pSB1C3	Ligation High Ver.2	total
4	2	3	9

at 4℃, for overnight

• torA→31.8ng/µL×3µL=95.4ng=0.529pmol
  
• pSB1C3→19.4ng/µL×3µL=58.2ng=0.042pmol
  
• pspA→49.3ng/µL×4µL=197.2ng=0.308pmol
  
• pSB1C3→19.4ng/µL×2µL=38.8ng=0.029pmol
  

March 8

Restriction

pSB4K5	EcoR1	Spe1	BufferM	BSA	MilliQ	total
20	0.2	0.2	3	0.2	6.4	30

at 37℃ for 1 hour.
→Purification : 36.6ng/µL

Ligation

Kil	pSB4K5	Ligation High Ver.2	total
10	1	5	16

at 4℃ for overnight

• Kil→37.7ng/µL×10µL=377ng=879fmol
  
• pSB4K5→36.6ng/µL×1µL=36.6ng=86fmol
  
  

Liquid culture
Lacp + pSB3C5 -1, 2

Transformation

torA	pspA	competent cell	total
1	0	10	11
0	1	10	11

We use commercially available competent cells in this time.

March 9

Restriction

tatABCD	Xba1	Pst1	BufferM	BSA	MilliQ	total
10	0.2	0.2	3	0.3	16.3	30

at 37℃ for 1hour
→purification : 75.0μg/mL (1.11 260/280 , 0.81 260/230)

Miniprep
lacP + pSB3C5 1 80.5μg/mL (1.78 260/280 , 2.00 260/230)
lacP + pSB3C5 2 107.2μg/mL (1.83 260/280 , 1.90 260/230)

Colony PCR

Quick Taq	VF	VR	MilliQ	total
25	1	1	23	50

94℃ 2min
94℃ 30sec
55℃ 30sec
68℃ 6sec
25cycles

Ligation

tatABCD	constP J23107	Ligation High Ver.2	total
5	1	3	9

tatABCD : 227fmol
constP J23107 : 21fmol

Transformation

	pspA	torA	Kil	competent cell
1	1	0	0	10
2	0	1	0	10
3	0	0	1	10

Miniprep
4mL of plusgrow which had been cultured for overnight.
pSB4K5 : 80.5μg/mL

March 10

Screening PCR

Quick Taq	VF	VR	MilliQ	total
25	1	1	23	50

Then we did electrophoresis to confirm.
1.1kb ladder
2.kil (649bp)
3,4,5, pspA (969bp)
6,1kb ladder

1, 100bp ladder
2,3,4, torA signal

Restriction

LacP-pSB3C5	Spe1	Pst1	BufferM	BSA	MilliQ	total
10	0.2	0.2	2	0.2	7.4	20

for 2.5 hours at 37℃
→purification 29.0ng/μL

torA	Xba1	Pst1	BufferM	BSA	MilliQ	total
10	0.2	0.2	2	0.2	7.4	20

for 2.5 hours at 37℃
→purification 91.8ng/μL

Ligation

torA	Lacp-pSB3C5	Ligation High Ver.2	total
4	2	3	9

torA : 929fmol
Lacp-pSB3C5 : 284fmol
for overnight at 4℃

March 11

Miniprep
We used 3μL of plus grow that we had cultured for overnight.
torA : 62.8ng/μL

Screening PCR

Quick Taq	VF	VR	MilliQ	total
25	1	1	23	50

Electrophoresis

1. 1kb ladder
2〜11. pspA (969bp)
12. 1kb ladder

The results were shown as photograph in the right.

It seemed that there were shorter sample than expected sample, so we did electrophoresis with pspA which was product of PCR and pspA which had already cut with EcoR1 and Spe1.

1.1kb ladder
2. pspA (PCR product)
3, pspA (Eco, Spe)
4〜6, pspA (colony PCR)
7,1kb ladder

The results were shown as photograph in the right.

March 12

Transformation

DT(1ng/μL)	DT(0.1ng/μL)	Kil	lacP-torA	MilliQ	competent cell	total
1	0	0	0	0	20	21
0	1	0	0	0	20	21
0	0	5	0	0	50	51
0	0	0	5	0	50	51
0	0	0	0	1	20	21

Restriction

pspA	EcoR1	Spe1	BufferM	BSA	MilliQ	total
10	0.5	0.5	3	0.3	15.7	30

at 37℃ for 4 hours
→ We did purification and got 48.3ng/μL pspA.

Ligation

pspA	pSB1C3	MilliQ	Ligation High Ver.2	total
4	2	0	3	9
2	2	0	2	6
0	2	2	2	6

March 13

Miniprep pSB1C3 74.2µg/mL 1.65 (260/280) 1.31 (260/230)

March 14

Restriction

pSB1C3	EcoR1	Spe1	BufferM	BSA	MilliQ	total
20	0.2	0.2	4	0.4	15.2	40

We did gel extraction and got 47.2ng/µL pSB1C3 but we did not cut out RFP.

Ligation

torA	pSB1C3	Ligation High Ver.2	total
4	2	3	9
MilliQ	pSB1C3	Ligation High Ver.2	total
4	2	3	9

at 16℃, for 1 hour

• torA : 0.707pmol
  
• pSB1C3 : 0.068pmol
  
  

Liquid culture
We cultured Lacp-pSB3C5 1,2,3,4,5 (CP tolerance)on culture with Amp.
→Only 4 which did not be cultured succeeded.

March 15

Liquid culture
We cultured Lacp-pSB3C5 6,7,8,9,10 on culture with ampicillin.
→6,8,9,10 were succeeded.

Restriction

GFP	EcoR1	Spe1	Buffer2	BSA	MilliQ	total
10	0.5	0.5	3	0.5	15.5	30

DT	EcoR1	Xba1	Buffer2	BSA	MilliQ	total
10	0.5	0.5	3	0.5	15.5	30

for 2 hours at 37℃.

Miniprep
pspA (pSB1C3) 40.5ng/µL

Ligation

pspA	DT	Ligation High Ver.2	total
5	1.5	3	9.5

• pspA : 385fmol
  
• DT : 36fmol
  
  

Transformation

J23107-tatABCD	DT (0.1ng/µL)	DT (0.01ng/µL)	pspA-DT	competent cells on 3/15	total
2	0	0	0	20	22
0	2	0	0	20	22
0	0	2	0	20	22
0	0	0	2	20	22

Screening PCR
Kil, pspA and torA

Quick Taq	Primer-r	Primer-f	MilliQ	total
25	1	1	23	50

March 16

Miniprep
torA (pSB1C3) 68.8ng/µL
Kil (pSB4K5) 92.7ng/µL
torA was red for some reason. We do not know why.

Colony PCR

Quick Taq	Primer-r	Primer-f	MilliQ	total
25	1	1	23	50

94℃, 2min
94℃, 30sec
55℃, 30sec
68℃, 6sec
→25cycles

Electrophoresis

The results were shown as photograph in the right.

Checking Transformation Efficiency
competent cells that were made on March 15.
DNA : 0.02ng → 668 colonies Transformation Efficiency : 3.3×10^7
DNA : 0.2ng → 1739 colonies Transformation Efficiency : 8.7×10^6

Restriction

pSB1C3	EcoR1	Spe1	BSA	BufferM	BufferH	MilliQ	total
20	0.2	0.2	0.3	3	0	6.3	30
5	0.2	0	0.2	0	2	12.6	20

at 37℃, for 2 hours.
We did gel extraction for product with EcoR1, Spe1. We got 46.1ng/µL pSB1C3.

Kil(pSB4K5)	EcoR1	Pst1	BSA	BufferH	MilliQ	total
5	0.2	0.2	0.2	2	12.4	20
5	0.2	0	0.2	2	12.6	20

for overnight at 37℃.
We did this to confirm.

pspA (pSB1C3)	EcoR1	Pst1	BSA	BufferH	MilliQ	total
5	0.2	0.2	0.2	2	12.4	20
5	0.2	0	0.2	2	12.6	20

for overnight at 37℃.
We did this to confirm.

Ligation

torA	pSB1C3	Ligation High Ver.2	total
4	2	3	9

MilliQ	pSB1C3	Ligation High Ver.2	total
4	2	3	9

at 16℃, for overnight

• torA→767fmol
  
• pSB1C3→68fmol
  

March 17

Miniprep J23107-tatABCD 72.7ng/µL
pspA-DT 50.5ng/µL

Checking the Insert

J21037-tatABCD	EcoR1	Pst1	BSA	BufferH	MilliQ	total
5	0.2	0.2	0.2	2	12.4	20
5	0.2	0	0.2	2	12.6	20

Success.

pspA-DT	EcoR1	Pst1	BSA	BufferH	MilliQ	total
5	0.2	0.2	0.2	2	12.4	20
5	0.2	0	0.2	2	12.6	20

Failed.

March 19

Restriction

DT	EcoR1	Xba1	BSA	BufferM	MilliQ	total
10	0.2	0.2	0.3	3	16.3	30

We did Gel extraction and got 17.2ng/µL of DT.

Ligation

Kil	DT	Ligation High Ver.2	total
10	2	6	18

We did this for an hour at 16℃.

Restriction

GFP	EcoR1	Spe1	BSA	BufferM	MilliQ	total
10	0.5	0.5	0.5	3	15.5	30

We did this for 4 hours at 37℃

Ligation

pspA	DT	Ligation High Ver.2	total
5	5	5	15

pspA	pSB1C3	Ligation High Ver.2	total
4	1	3	8

We did these for an hour at 16℃.

• pspA (5µL)→377fmol
  
• DT→39fmol
  
• pspA (4µL)→339fmol
  
• pSB1C3→34fmol
  
  

Transformation
pspA-DT, pspA (pSB1C3), torA (pSB1C3) and GFP-DT

March 20

Screaning PCR

Quick Taq	Primer-R	Primer-F	MilliQ	total
25	1	1	23	50

• pspA→○
  
• pspA-DT→○
  
• GFP-DT→○
  
• torA→×
  
• Kil-DT 6 of 8 sumples→○
  

Quick Taq	VR	VF	MilliQ	total
25	1	1	23	50

• pspA→○
  
• pspA-DT→×
  
  

Restriction

torA	EcoR1	Spe1	BSA	BufferM	MilliQ	total
10	0.3	0.3	0.3	3	16.1	30

DT	EcoR1	Xba1	BSA	BufferM	MilliQ	total
10	0.2	0.2	0.3	3	16.3	30

We did this for overnight at 37℃. And we did purification.
torA 34.2ng/µL
DT 28.0ng/µL

March 21

Miniprep
GFP-DT-1 : 77.7ng/µL
GFP-DT-2 : 67.6ng/µL

Restriction

pSB1C3	EcoR1	Spe1	BSA	BufferM	MilliQ	total
10	0.2	0.2	0.3	3	16.3	30
5	0.2	0	0.2	2	12.6	20

We did this for 3 hours at 37℃, and then we did gel extraction. We got 25.1ng/µL pSB1C3

GFP-DT	EcoR1	Pst1	Xba1	BSA	BufferM	MilliQ	total
5	0.2	0.2	0	0.2	2	12.4	20
5	0.2	0	0	0.2	2	12.6	20
10	0.2	0	0.2	0.3	3	16.3	30

We did this for 3 hours at 37℃, and then we did Purification. We got 30.7ng/µL GFP-DT.

Ligation

	torA	pSB1C3	pspA	DT	GFP-DT	Ligation High Ver.2	total
1	4	1	0	0	0	3	8
2	0	1	7	0	0	4	12
3	0	0	5	3	0	4	12
4	3	0	0	0	5	4	12

We did this for an hour at16℃.

March 22

PCR
We did PCR to amplify torA_signal that was product of PCR at March 5 with redesigned primers.

Buffer	dNTPs	MgSO4	Primer-F	Primer-R	Template	MilliQ	KOD plus neo	total
5	5	3	1.5	1.5	0.5	32.5	1	50

94℃, 2min
98℃, 10sec
60℃, 30sec
68℃, 10sec
→30cycles
→Purification 110.7ng/µL

Restriction

torA	EcoR1	Spe1	BSA	BufferM	MilliQ	total
10	0.2	0.2	0.3	3	16.3	30

Ligation

	torA	pSSB1C3	pspA	DT	GFP-DT	Ligation high	total
1	4	3	0	0	0	4	11
2	3	0	0	0	3	3	9
3	0	0	5	5	0	5	15

• torA (4µL)→512fmol
  
• pSB1C3→54fmol
  
• torA (3µL)→384fmol
  
• GFP-DT→36fmol
  
• pspA→377fmol
  
• DT→65fmol
  
  

March 23

Screening PCR
torA (pSB1C3), torA-GFP-DT and pspA-DT

Quick Taq	VF	VR	MilliQ	total
25	1	1	23	50

E.coli in liquid culture that had pspA(pSB1C3) also expressed RFP.

Restriction

pspA	EcoR1	Spe1	BufferM	BSA	MilliQ	total
5	0.3	0.3	3	0.3	21.1	30

And then we did ethanol precipitation

Ethanol precipitation
pspA 11.5ng/µL.

Miniprep
Lacp+pSB3C5-8 77.9µg/mL
Lacp+pSB3C5-10 69.0µg/mL
Kil+DT-4 58.0µg/mL
Kil+DT-7 15.2µg/mL

Restriction

Lacp+pSB3C5-8	Spe1	Pst1	Buffer2	BSA	MilliQ	total
20	0.5	0.5	3	0.5	5.5	30

Kil+DT-4	Xba1	Pst1	Buffer2	BSA	MilliQ	total
20	0.5	0.5	3	0.5	5.5	30

at 37℃ for 1.5 hours
And then we did Gel extraction.

Gel Extraction
Lacp+pSB3C5-8 40.4µg/mL
Kil+DT-4 26.8µg/mL

March 26

Miniprep
torA(pSB1C3) 18.5[ng/µL]
torA-GFP-DT 20.0[ng/µL]

Restriction

torA(pSB1C3)	EcoR1	Pst1	BufferH	BSA	MilliQ	total
5	0.2	0.2	2	0.2	12.4	20
5	0.2	0	2	0.2	12.6	20

torA-GFP-DT	EcoR1	Xba1	Pst1	BufferH	BufferM	BSA	MilliQ	total
5	0.2	0	0.2	2	0	0.2	12.4	20
5	0.2	0	0	2	0	0.2	12.6	20
20	0	0.2	0.2	0	3	0.3	6.3	30

We did Gel extraction and then got ??? 28.7[ng/µL]

Ligation

Lacp (pSB3C5)	torA-GFP-DT	Ligation High Ver.2	total
1	5	3	9

• Lacp : 22fmol
  
• torA-GFP-DT : 197fmol
  

pspA	pSB1C3	Ligation High Ver.2	total
10	1	5	16

pspA	DT	Ligation High Ver.2	total
10	1	5	16

• pspA : 180fmol
  
• pSB1C3 : 18fmol
  
• DT : 16fmol
  

LacP(pSB3C5)	Kil-DT	Ligation High Ver.2	total
1	5	3	9

for 2 hours at 16℃

Transformation

Lacp-Kil-DT	competent cell	total
1	10	11

March 27

Miniprep
We retryed miniprep of torA(pSB1C3).
We got torA and its concentration was 39.3[ng/µL].

Transformation

Name	Well	Sample	Competent Cells	Total	Plate	Colony
BBa_K117004	14J(2011 plate2)	5	20	?	?	?

We added 100[µL] of culture medium before we started culturing the E.coli.

Screening PCR

Quick Taq	VF2	VR	MilliQ	Total
25	1	1	23	50

Lacp-torA-GFP-DT 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9 was successful.
pspA-DT was failed.
E.coli that had pspA(pSB1C3) did not make any colony.
Lacp-Kil-DT 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 was failed.

Liquid culture
Lacp-torA-GFP-DT