Multiporator
Transformation Protocol
Protocol No. 4308 915.047 11/2001
Organism
Neurospora crassa
Cell type
Filamentous fungus, protoplasts
Transformation with
Linearized plasmid pKSbar
Growth medium
Vogels minimal medium, 2% sucrose
Washing solution
1 M sorbitol; 1 M sorbitol, 1% PEG 4000
Electroporation buffer
1 M sorbitol, 1% PEG
Outgrowth medium
Vogels minimal medium, 2% sucrose,
2% sorbose, 1 M sorbitol, 1.2 g/l basta, 2% agar
Cuvette
Eppendorf, 2 mm gap width, 400 l
Temperature
4 C
Reference
Dr. Ulrich Schulte Institut fr
Biochemie Heinrich-Heine-Universitt D-40225 Dsseldorf
Phone +49 211 811 2020 Fax +49 211 811 5310 e-mail ulrich.schulte@uni-duesseldorf.de
Preparation of protoplasts
- Grow hyphae 16 h at 28 C in 250 ml medium to a cell density
of 25 g/l (wet weight).
- Harvest by filtration.
- Suspend 3 g hyphae in 40 ml 1 M sorbitol, 20 mg/ml lysing enzymes
(Sigma L-1412); mix gently for 2 h at 28 C and remove residual
hyphae by filtration.
- Centrifuge suspension for 5 min. at 500 x g at 4 C.
- Wash twice with 1 M ice-cold sorbitol and one time with 1 M ice-cold
sorbitol / 1% PEG.
- Resuspend the protoplasts in 0.5 ml ice-cold electroporation buffer
(2 x 108 protoplasts/ml), chill on ice for 10 minutes.
Electroporation of protoplasts
- Add 4 l plasmid DNA (0.5 mg/ml) to 400 l of protoplasts.
Homogenize by gently mixing with pipette several times. Transfer mixture
into a pre-chilled cuvette.
- Wipe moisture from the cuvette and insert the cuvette into the device.
- Electroporation:
Mode
Eukaryotes
Voltage (V)
400 V
Time constant (T)
500 s
No. of pulses (n)
1
- Incubation for 10 minutes on ice.
- Incubation for 1 h at 28 C in 1 ml outgrowth medium with shaking.
- Mix cells with 10 ml Vogels minimal medium, 1 M sorbitol, 2%
sorbose, 2% sucrose, 0.7% LMP agarose; plate on selection plates. Incubate
3 days at 28 C.
Expected result:
Transformation efficiency up to 100 transformants / g of DNA.
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