pCM110 vector (V008445) Gene synthesis in pCM110 backbone

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Two tubes of lyophilized plasmid will be delivered, each tube is about 5µg.

Basic Vector Information

The plasmid pCM110 is an expression vector specifically developed for use in Methylobacterium extorquens AM1. It is constructed based on an IncP plasmid that lacks both the ColE1 ori and Plac. The construction of pCM110 involves inserting the 0.4 kb HindIII - NsiI fragment of pCM27 containing Pmax into pCM60 (C. J. Marx & M. E. Lidstrom, unpublished results) which had been cut with HindIII and NsiI.
This expression vector provides minimal expression in E. coli, which is advantageous for the introduction of toxic genes into M. extorquens AM1. For example, a construct containing xylE cloned into pCM110 (pCM111) was created to compare its XylE expression level to that of another vector (pCM81) in both organisms. The results showed that pCM111 provided a high level of expression in M. extorquens AM1, 1.5 - 2-fold higher than that achieved with pCM81; however, extracts from E. coli JM109 bearing pCM111 had a basal level of XylE activity, nearly at the background. These results indicate that the Pmax is expressed at very low levels in E. coli. Therefore, while other expression vectors like pCM80 are useful for the expression of most cloned genes, pCM110 may be required to express genes that are toxic in E. coli.

Vector Name:
pCM110
Antibiotic Resistance:
Tetracycline
Length:
5834 bp
Type:
Cloning vector
Replication origin:
oriV
Source/Author:
Marx CJ, Lidstrom ME.
Growth Strain(s):
DH5a

pCM110 vector Map

pCM1105834 bp60012001800240030003600420048005400oriVRBSPmxaF; Methylobacterium extorquens mxa operon promoterTetRTcRtrfAtraJoriT

Plasmid Protocol

1. Centrifuge at 5,000×g for 5 min.

2. Carefully open the tube and add 20 μl of sterile water to dissolve the DNA.

3. Close the tube and incubate for 10 minutes at room temperature.

4. Briefly vortex the tube and then do a quick spin to concentrate the liquid at the bottom. Speed is less than 5000×g.

5. Store the plasmid at -20 ℃.

6. The concentration of plasmid re-measurement sometimes differs from the nominal value, which may be due to the position of the lyophilized plasmid in the tube, the efficiency of the re-dissolution, the measurement bias, and adsorption on the wall of the tube, therefore, it is recommended to transform and extract the plasmid before using it

General Plasmid Transform Protocol

1. Take one 100μl of the competent cells and thaw it on ice for 10min, add 2μl of plasmid, then ice bath for 30min, then heat-shock it at 42℃ for 60s, do not stir, and then ice bath for 2min.

2. Add 900μl of LB liquid medium without antibiotics, and incubate at 37℃ for 45min (30℃ for 1-1.5 hours) with 180rpm shaking.

3. Centrifuge at 6000rpm for 5min, leave only 100μl of supernatant to resuspend the bacterial precipitate and spread it onto the target plasmid-resistant LB plate.

4. Invert the plate and incubate at 37℃ for 14h, or at 30℃ for 20h.

5. Pick a single colony into LB liquid medium, add the corresponding antibiotics, incubate at 220rpm for 14h, and extract the plasmid according to the experimental needs and the instructions of the plasmid extraction kit.

References

  • Marx CJ, Lidstrom ME. Development of improved versatile broad-host-range vectors for use in methylotrophs and other Gram-negative bacteria. Microbiology (Reading). 2001 Aug;147(Pt 8):2065-2075. doi: 10.1099/00221287-147-8-2065. PMID: 11495985.

pCM110 vector Sequence

LOCUS       40924_11316        5834 bp DNA     circular SYN 17-DEC-2018
DEFINITION  Cloning vector pCM110, complete sequence.
ACCESSION   .
VERSION     .
KEYWORDS    .
SOURCE      synthetic DNA construct
  ORGANISM  synthetic DNA construct
REFERENCE   1  (bases 1 to 5834)
  AUTHORS   Marx CJ, Lidstrom ME.
  TITLE     Development of improved versatile broad-host-range vectors for use 
            in methylotrophs and other Gram-negative bacteria
  JOURNAL   Microbiology 147 (Pt 8), 2065-2075 (2001)
  PUBMED    11495985
REFERENCE   2  (bases 1 to 5834)
  AUTHORS   Marx CJ, Lidstrom ME.
  TITLE     Direct Submission
  JOURNAL   Submitted (12-DEC-2000) Microbiology, University of Washington, Box 
            357242, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
REFERENCE   3  (bases 1 to 5834)
  TITLE     Direct Submission
REFERENCE   4  (bases 1 to 5834)
  AUTHORS   .
  TITLE     Direct Submission
COMMENT     SGRef: number: 1; type: "Journal Article"; journalName: 
            "Microbiology 147 (Pt 8), 2065-2075 (2001)"
COMMENT     SGRef: number: 2; type: "Journal Article"; journalName: "Submitted 
            (12-DEC-2000) Microbiology, University of Washington, Box 357242, 
            Seattle, WA 98195, USA"
COMMENT     SGRef: number: 3; type: "Journal Article"
FEATURES             Location/Qualifiers
     source          1..5834
                     /mol_type="other DNA"
                     /organism="synthetic DNA construct"
     rep_origin      3..712
                     /label=oriV
                     /note="incP origin of replication"
     RBS             820..828
                     /label=Shine-Dalgarno sequence
                     /note="full consensus sequence for ribosome-binding sites 
                     upstream of start codons in E. coli; complementary to a 
                     region in the 3' end of the 16S rRNA (Chen et al., 1994)"
     regulatory      856..1195
                     /note="PmxaF; Methylobacterium extorquens mxa operon
                     promoter"
                     /regulatory_class="promoter"
     CDS             complement(1576..2223)
                     /label=TetR
                     /note="tetracycline resistance regulatory protein"
     CDS             2329..3525
                     /label=TcR
                     /note="tetracycline efflux protein"
     CDS             complement(3762..4907)
                     /label=trfA
                     /note="trans-acting replication protein that binds to and 
                     activates oriV"
     CDS             complement(5179..5550)
                     /codon_start=1
                     /gene="traJ"
                     /product="oriT-recognizing protein"
                     /label=traJ
                     /translation="MADETKPTRKGSPPIKVYCLPDERRAIEEKAAAAGMSL*AYLLAV
                     GQGYKITGVVDYEHVRELARINGDLGRLGGLLKLWLTDDPRTARFGDATILALLAKIEE
                     KQDELGKVMMGVVRPRAEP"
     CDS             complement(5434..5550)
                     /codon_start=1
                     /gene="traJ'"
                     /product="TraJ'"
                     /label=traJ'
                     /note="truncated oriT-recognizing protein"
                     /protein_id="AAK73417.1"
                     /translation="MADETKPTRKGSPPIKVYCLPDERRAIEEKAAAAGMSL"
     gene            complement(5434..5550)
                     /gene="traJ'"
                     /label=traJ'
     oriT            complement(5583..5692)
                     /direction=LEFT
                     /label=oriT
                     /note="incP origin of transfer"