Part:BBa_K1150050

Truncated CMV dCas9 Device #4

Behind a strong CMV promoter a HA-tag, a NLS and dCas9 in a shortened version followed by another NLS and a BGH terminator were assembled via the iGEM cloning method. The truncation of the huge dCas9 gene was performed by PCR over the backbone (=dCas9 in pSB1C3). The part between the primer pair is not amplified. One of the primers has an overlap compatible to the first bases of the other one, so that after this PCR a one fragment Gibson assembly could be performed.

Usage and Biology

This part can be used in the uniCAS Toolkit of team Freiburg as a shorter version of dCas9.

Truncation 4: 1928pb in the middle of dCas9 are missing.

Sequence and Features

Assembly Compatibility:

• 10
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
• 12
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]
• 21
  INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]

  Illegal BglII site found at 576
  Illegal BglII site found at 900
  
• 23
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
• 25
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
• 1000
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]

Functional Parameters

To verify the expression of the truncated dCas9 version we performed westernblot with anti-HA antibody.