RNA Scaffold Overview
The results covered in this section are of the experiments overviewed in the RNA Scaffold Design section.
RNA Scaffold Data
Fig. 1. 1 L culture incubated at 37oC till 0.5 nm optical density after inoculation with 5 mL of overnight for WT PUF-PIN and 6-2/7-2 PUF-PIN. 2 mM IPTG induction for 2 hours. 200 mL cultures incubated at 37oC till 1 nm optical density after inoculation with 2 mL of overnight for WT PUF-αGFP cultures. 2 mM IPTG induction for various hours.
Fig. 2. 1 L culture incubated at 37oC till 0.5 nm optical density after inoculation with 5 mL of overnight. 2 mM IPTG induction for 2 hours. His-Tag Ni-NTA purification, centrifuged with Millipore 30kDa cutoff ultracentrifuge tubes.
Fig. 3. 1 L culture incubated at 37oC till 0.5 nm optical density after inoculation with 5 mL of overnight. 2 mM IPTG induction for 2 hours. His-Tag Ni-NTA purification, centrifuged with Millipore 30kDa cutoff ultracentrifuge tubes.
Fig. 4. BCA analysis of WT & 6-2/7-2 PUF-PIN proteins to determine concentration (uM). 2 mg/mL BSA concentration used. Click on Fig. 4. to view it in a higher resolution.
Fig. 5. In-Vitro Transcription with MEGAscript® T7 Kit (Invitrogen)
Fig. 6.
66 nM concentration of RNA, 305 nM concentration of WT PUF-PIN, and 45 nM concentration of 6-2/7-2 PUF-PIN used.
PUF Tethering Data
Fig 1. 50mL 6 well 1% agarose gel with 5 μL of 10 mg/mL EtBr, 1X TAE buffer, 130V for 25 min. PCR amplifications done in GC Buffer, 68.7oC 30 sec. annealing time, 35 cycles for amplification and 10 cycles for tethering. PUF and cCFP (lanes 2 & 6) were first amplified and then used in the tethering reaction in lane 3.
Fig 2.
50mL 6 well 1% agarose gel with 5 μL of 10 mg/mL EtBr, 1X TAE buffer, 130V for 25 min. PCR amplifications done in HF Buffer, 68.7oC 30 sec. annealing time, 10 cycles of PCR.
Fig 3.
50mL 10 well 1% agarose gel with 5 μL of 10 mg/mL EtBr, 1X TAE buffer, 130V for 25 min. PCR amplifications done in GC Buffer, 1 min. annealing time, 10 cycles of PCR, half the volume of primers used (0.5 μL instead of 1 μL).
Fig 4.
50mL 6 well 1% agarose gel with 5 μL of 10 mg/mL EtBr, 1X TAE buffer, 130V for 25 min. PCR amplifications done in GC Buffer, 68.7oC 30 sec. annealing time, 25 cycles of PCR.
Conclusion