BP-Blunt TM Cloning Kit
Technical information:
For cloning PCR product generated with high fidelityDNA polymerase
Cat No. PKC-101 (without competent cells)
Cat No. PKC-102 (with competent cells)
Kit contents:
pBP-Blunt Vector (5-10 mg/ml)20 ul
6X Reaction Solution50 ul
(1.2 M NaCl, 0.06 M MgCl2)
DH5 alpha Chemically Competent Cells 20 x 50 ul
Storage:
pBP-Blunt Vector and X-Gal -20oC or lower
ADH10B Chemically Competent Cells -80oC
6X Reaction Solution4oC or lower
Protocol:
1. Thaw a vial of chemically competent cells on ice, and place S.O.C. medium at room temperature.
2. Warm up a 10 cm LB plus 100 mg/ml kanamycin agar plate to room temperature. Spread 40 ml of 40 mg/ml X-gal on the plate. Keep the plate at 37oC.
3. Set up the ligation reaction by adding the reagents in the following order:
PCR product 0.5-4 ul (containing 5-50 ng DNA)
6X Reaction Solution1 ul
Sterile wateradd to a final volume of 5 ul
pBP-Blunt Vector 1 ul
Total volume 6 ul
4. Mix the reaction gently and incubate at room temperature for 5 minutes. Then place the ligation reaction on ice.
5. Add 2 ul of the ligation reaction to the pre-thawed competent cells and mix gently. Avoid pipetting up and down.
6. Incubate on ice for 30 minutes.
7. Heat-shock the cells at 42oC for 30 seconds. Immediately place the cells on ice for 1-2 minutes.
8. Add 250 ul of room temperature S.O.C. to the cells. Cap the vial and shake it at 200 rpm, 37oC for 1 hour.
9. Spread 50-250 ul of the transformation on the pre-prepared LB agar plate.
10.Pick white colonies and grow them individually in a proper medium.
Note:
1.pBP-Blunt Vector can be used to clone PCR product from tens of bases to at least 5 kb .
2.PCR product must be generated with high fidelity DNA polymerase, and thus the PCR product has blunt ends. For best results, do not use DNA polymerase reagent containing Taq DNA polymerase.
3.PCR primers for PCR reaction must not have 5’ phosphate.
4.pBP-Blunt Vector contains the lacZ-a fragment gene. In the presence of X-gal, the transformants are blue. When inserted into the vector, PCR product will disrupt the expression of lacZ-a fragment and the transformants are white.
5.For best results, PCR product shorter than 2 kb should be column-purified to remove primers and primer-dimers. If longer than 2 kb, it should be gel-purified. Adding PCR product directly to the ligation reaction without purification will increase the background colony number, and thus blue/white screening is essential.
6.If PCR product is copied from a plasmid containing a kanamycin resistant gene, treat the PCR product with Dpn I before purification to destroy the template.
7.For best cloning results, PCR product should be freshly prepared target DNA. Blue and white selection.