20.109(S18): Prep notes for M1

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20.109(S18): Laboratory Fundamentals of Biological Engineering

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M1D1

  • restriction enzymes and buffers
  • filtered pipet tips

M1D2

prior to laboratory:

  • prepare 1% agarose gels, 1 per 2 teams
  • subculture BL21(DE3) pRSETb_FKBP12 1:10 into 50 mL LB containing 100μg / mL amp and 34 μg / mL cam, 1 per team

per team:

  • 25 μL 6x loading dye
  • 525 μL 0.1 M IPTG

M2D3

prior to laboratory:

  • prepare dialysis buffer, X mL per team

per team:

  • lysis buffer reagents
    • 170 μL 1 M Tris, pH = 7
    • 470 μL 1 M NaCl
    • 770 μL 40% glycerol
    • 5 μL 1 M DTT
    • 35 μL 10 mM AEBSF
    • 1.8 mL sterile H2O
  • 250 μL slurry (Ni-NTA resin) in 2 mL microcentrifuge tube
  • 2.5 mL 1X PBS
  • 40 μL 1 M MgCl2
  • 12 μL DNase
  • 2 mL 1X PBS containing 10 mM imidazole
  • 3.5 mL 1X PBS containing 250 mM imidazole

M2D4

prior to laboratory:

  • boil stained and unstained molecular weight standards, if required
  • prepare electrophoresis buffer, 1 chamber volume per 2 teams

per team:

  • 20 μL Laemmli buffer
  • 50 mL coomassie stain
  • BSA reagents
    • 110 μL albumin
    • 1.3 mL 1X PBS
    • 17 mL BCA Reagent A
    • 400 μL BCA Reagent B

M2D5

prior to laboratory:

  • dilute 200 &um;M chymotrypsin in 1 mM HCl containing 2 mM CaCl2 to 2 mM chymotrypsin in H2O (1:100)

per team:

  • 18 μL 1 mg/mL FKBP12
  • buffer reagents
    • 1 mL 1 M Tris-HCl, pH=8
    • 50 μL 2 μM chymotrypsin

during the laboratory:

  • prepare 5 mM suc-AAFP-pNA in TFE containing 460 mM LiCl

M2D6

per team:

  • 18 μL 1 mg/mL FKBP12

M2D7

per team:

  • none