Mutiple sites Mutagenesis using PCR
I. Primer Design.
* Size: 25 ~ 45bp, with 10-15 bp of matching sequence on each mutation side. All oligos should anneal to the same strand of the template DNA
* Melting temperature: >=75°C, they should have comparable melting temperatures.
* >40% GC content and terminate in one or more C or G bases at the 3′ end.
II. Make mini-prep plasmid from a dam+ E. coli strain.
III. Set up mutagenesis PCR mix:
25μL total reaction volume:
* 2.5 μL of 10X Taq ligase buffer.
* 0.5 μL 100mM ATP.
* 1 μL 25mM each dNTP.
* X μL (50-100 ng) of dsDNA template.
* X μL of each oligonucleotide primer, e.g., 0.4 μL of 10μM each primer.
* 1 μL of 10 mM dNTP mix.
* Add H2O to a final volume of 22 μL.
* 1 μL of PfuTurbo DNA polymerase (2.5 U/μL).
* 1 μL of Taq Ligase.
* 1 μL of T4 PNK.
IV. PCR
1, 37°C for 30 min (T4 PNK step)
2, 95°C for 3 min
25 cycles of step 3 to 5:
3, 95°C for 1 min
4, 55°C for 1 min
5, 65°C for 2 min/kb of plasmid length minimum (is optimal temperature for Taq ligase)
6. 65°C for 5 min
V. Cool the reaction to <=37°C
VI. Add 1μL DpnI restriction enzyme.
VII. Incubate 1 to 6 hours at 37°C.
VIII. Purify PCR product using Qiagen PCR purification kit and transform Top10 competent cells.