Re: [ccp4bb] Off topic - transformation problems

2011-07-14 Thread Renos Savva
You may also want to try 0.5 - 2% (w/v) glucose in your plates alongside transformation into the NEB T7 Express strains: http://www.neb.com/nebecomm/products/productC3013.asp http://www.neb.com/nebecomm/products/faqproductC3013.asp LysY gives you higher final ODs [no lysozyme activity] than

Re: [ccp4bb] Off topic - transformation problems

2011-07-14 Thread Eric Larson
On Thu, 14 Jul 2011, Wonjin Bae wrote: Hi, all Recently, some bactrial source enzyme(sialidase) was subcloned pET20b and pGEX4T3 vector. Then, these two construct were transformed to BL21(DE3) expression host. DNA sequencing results were accurate. In case of pGEX, many colony was formed and

Re: [ccp4bb] Off topic - transformation problems

2011-07-14 Thread Eric Larson
oops - I just caught that the empty pET20 did transform well so the other suggestions about toxicity are probably more accurate. On Thu, 14 Jul 2011, Eric Larson wrote: On Thu, 14 Jul 2011, Wonjin Bae wrote: Hi, all Recently, some bactrial source enzyme(sialidase) was subcloned pET20b and

[ccp4bb] Off topic - transformation problems

2011-07-13 Thread Wonjin Bae
Hi, all Recently, some bactrial source enzyme(sialidase) was subcloned pET20b and pGEX4T3 vector. Then, these two construct were transformed to BL21(DE3) expression host. DNA sequencing results were accurate. In case of pGEX, many colony was formed and shown the high level of expression.

Re: [ccp4bb] Off topic - transformation problems

2011-07-13 Thread aaleshin
I never used pET20b, but I found on the Internet that it expresses inserts constitutively. Since the cloned protease should be toxic to cells, its constitutive expression might prevent the formation of colonies. But there might be millions of other reasons. Why did you use pET20b?

Re: [ccp4bb] Off topic - transformation problems

2011-07-13 Thread JinSoo.Bae
Thank you for your kind advices. In this case, pGEX4T3 vector also expressed inserts constitutively. http://www.biovisualtech.com/bvplasmid/pGEX-4T-3.htm I also thought that target protein may have tocicity on host strain. But, why pGEX4T3-target protein was not show the same phenomena. Now, we

Re: [ccp4bb] Off topic - transformation problems

2011-07-13 Thread Dima Klenchin
In this case, pGEX4T3 vector also expressed inserts constitutively. http://www.biovisualtech.com/bvplasmid/pGEX-4T-3.htmhttp://www.biovisualtech.com/bvplasmid/pGEX-4T-3.htm Not quite. pGEX vectors carry a copy of lacI^q, resulting in very low leak expression from PTAC promoter. Definitely