05-Exercize I

Opened: Monday, 22 November 2021, 9:00 AM

• find a cloning strategy to subclone the NRG1-III beta3 from the vector

pCR-bluntII-topo OR from the vector pEGFP-C3 into the vector pCMV-Tag4

• identify which restriction sites can be used to recover the insert from one vector and which can be used to clone the insert

• identify which of the three plasmids (4A, 4B or 4C) do you have to use to maintain the frame between the NRG1 and the FLAG


-> Translate the protein that you obtain after the cloning:

if you have the correct frame you will obtain the NRG1 followed by  the FLAG: DYKDDDDK

• if using plasmid 4A protein NRG1 is NOT in frame with the FLAG,

try the other two plasmids: 4B and 4C,

(you have to add A to obtain plasmid 4B or AA to obtain plasmid 4C  to the multiple cloning site where there is an asterisk *)

• prepare a sequence containing the multiple cloning site of the vector and NRG1 and, using neb-cutter, translate it to verify that NRG1 is in frame with the FLAG
• in a slide show the translation of NRG1 + flag (DYKDDDDK), with the information about the restriction enzymes you used to clone it

• if your insert can enter either sense or antisense, please find a restriction enzyme digestion to determine the insert orientation and write in the slide the name of the enzyme and the length of the fragments that you obtain when the insert is sense or antisense

• you can up-load the slide with map and cloning information on moodle
• Please, up-load a single slide with all information!