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=== Construction details ===
 
=== Construction details ===
pME-mCherryCAAX was made by PCR amplification of mCherry-CAAX, using primers to add att sites, followed by a BP reaction. mCherry-CAAX is mCherry with a C-terminal fusion of 21 amino acids of human Harvey Ras, encoding a prenylation signal. Sequencing confirms that all bases of the insert are correct.
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pME-mCherryCAAX was made by PCR amplification of mCherry-CAAX, using primers to add att sites, followed by a BP reaction. mCherry-CAAX is mCherry with a C-terminal fusion of 21 amino acids of human Harvey Ras, encoding a prenylation signal. Sequencing shows that there is a single missense mutation in the mCherry (H80D).
  
18 June 2007: Apparently our original mCherry-CAAX miniprep ( which we sequenced) was a mixture of two clones, one correct and one with a H80D point mutation. We believe that the maxiprep that we grew for distribution retained the point mutation, but the functional tests that we did ourselves (which gave fluorescence) used the miniprep. So, while expression clones made with the middle clone miniprep gave red fluorescence, we can't say for sure whether these clones had the point mutation or not. We are going to go back and sequence our expression clone to look for H80D.
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25 June 2007: Apparently our original mCherry-CAAX miniprep ( which we sequenced) was a mixture of two clones, one correct and one with a H80D point mutation. Functional tests of expression clones made from the miniprep gave red fluorescence, but these clones lack the H80D mutation. Sequencing confirms that the maxiprep that we grew for distribution retained the point mutation. Gage Crump has made expression clones from the maxiprep (presumably bearing H80D) which give weak red fluorescence. However, we believe that the H80D mutation in fact diminishes fluorescence of this construct (data from Seok-yong Choi).
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This clone has now been replaced by clone 450, which lacks this mutation.
  
 
=== Crudely annotated sequence ===
 
=== Crudely annotated sequence ===
 
FASTA file with the full-length sequence as well as sequences of individual components:<br>
 
FASTA file with the full-length sequence as well as sequences of individual components:<br>
[[pME-mCherryCAAX sequence]]
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[[pME-mCherryCAAX H80D sequence]]
  
 
=== Crude map ===
 
=== Crude map ===
 
Screenshot from Sequencher showing locations of components:<br>
 
Screenshot from Sequencher showing locations of components:<br>
[[Image:pME-mCherryCAAX.png]]
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[[Image:pME-mCherryCAAX H80D.png]]

Latest revision as of 23:03, 2 November 2007

Construction details

pME-mCherryCAAX was made by PCR amplification of mCherry-CAAX, using primers to add att sites, followed by a BP reaction. mCherry-CAAX is mCherry with a C-terminal fusion of 21 amino acids of human Harvey Ras, encoding a prenylation signal. Sequencing shows that there is a single missense mutation in the mCherry (H80D).

25 June 2007: Apparently our original mCherry-CAAX miniprep ( which we sequenced) was a mixture of two clones, one correct and one with a H80D point mutation. Functional tests of expression clones made from the miniprep gave red fluorescence, but these clones lack the H80D mutation. Sequencing confirms that the maxiprep that we grew for distribution retained the point mutation. Gage Crump has made expression clones from the maxiprep (presumably bearing H80D) which give weak red fluorescence. However, we believe that the H80D mutation in fact diminishes fluorescence of this construct (data from Seok-yong Choi).

This clone has now been replaced by clone 450, which lacks this mutation.

Crudely annotated sequence

FASTA file with the full-length sequence as well as sequences of individual components:
pME-mCherryCAAX H80D sequence

Crude map

Screenshot from Sequencher showing locations of components:
PME-mCherryCAAX H80D.png