Description: Arapidmethodforgeneexpressionanalysis,PURExpress
® isanovelcell-freetranscription/translationsystemreconstitutedfromthepurifiedcomponentsnecessaryforE.colitranslation.Withminimalnucleaseandproteaseactivity,thePURExpresssystempreservestheintegrityofDNAandRNAtemplates/complexesandresultsinproteinsthatarefreeofmodificationanddegradation.Transcriptionandtranslationarecarriedoutinaone-stepreaction,andrequirethemixingofonlytwotubes.Withresultsavailableinafewhours,PURExpresssavesvaluablelaboratorytimeandisidealforhighthroughputtechnologies.
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Figure1:ProteinexpressionusingthePURExpress®InVitroProteinSynthesisKit. 25μlreactionscontaining250ngtemplateDNAand20unitsRNaseInhibitorwereincubatedat37°Cfor2hours.2.5μlofeachreactionwasanalyzedbySDS-PAGEusinga10–20%Tris-glycinegel.Thereddotindicatestheproteinofinterest.Marker MistheProteinLadder(NEB #P7703).Figure2: Incorporationof35 S-methionineenablesvisualizationofproteinbyautorADI ography. 25μlreactionscontaining250ngtemplateDNA,20unitsRNaseInhibitorand2μl35 S-metwereincubatedat37°Cfor2hours.2.5μlofeachreactionwasanalyzedbySDS-PAGE,thegelwasfixedfor10minutes,driedfor2hoursat80°Candexposedtox-rayfilmfor5hoursat-80°C. Figure3:SchematicdiagramofproteinsynthesisandpurificationbyPURExpress. Figure4:ExpressionandreversepurificationofDHFR(A)andT4DNALigase(B)usingPURExpress. 125μlreactionswerecarriedoutaccordingtorecommendationsintheaccompanyingmanual.Sampleswereanalyzedona10–20%Tris-glycinegelandstainedwithCoomassieBlue.Notethatinbothcases,thedesiredproteincanbevisualizedinthetotalproteinfraction.Thereddotindicatestheproteinofinterest.MarkerMistheProteinLadder(NEB#P7703).KitComponents Thefollowingreagentsaresuppliedwiththisproduct:
Storeat(°C) Concentration Control(DHFR)template E.colitRNA (25 μl) AminoAcidMix (25 μl) PURExpressSolutionB 3.3X PURExpressSolutionA(-aa,tRNA)
Notes: Forapositivecontrolreaction,use2μlofthesuppliedDHFRcontroltemplateand2.5μleachofthesuppliedaaandtRNA.Eachkitcontainssufficientreagentsfor10x25µlreactions.TheaminoacidsandtRNAaresuppliedseparately,allowinguserstoperformaproteinsynthesisreactionbyaddingmodifiedaminoacidsandtRNAmixturetothereaction.AddSolutionBtoSolutionA,donotdiluteSolutionBunbuffered.Werecommendastartingconcentrationof250ngtemplateDNAper25 μlreaction.TheoptimalamountofinputDNAcanbedeterminedbysettingupmultiplereactionsandtitratingtheamountoftemplateDNAaddedtothereaction.Typically,theoptimalamountwillfallinarangeof25-1000ngtemplateper μlreaction.PURExpressDHFRControlTemplatesequencefiles:Fasta,GenBankTheDHFRcontroltemplateisnowsuppliedat125ng/μl.Use2 μlforapositivecontrolreaction.TemplateDNA,particularlyplasmidDNApreparedbymini-prep(e.g.
Qiagen )isoftenthemajorsourceofRNasecontamination.Westronglyrecommendadding20unitsMurineRNaseInhibitor (NEB#M0314)toeachreaction.
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