Before starting:
- Prepare all required reagents and solutions
Protocol:
- Transform the vector into an appropriate E. coli expression strain and plate out on minimal medium plates; incubate overnight at 37°C
- Pick a colony and use this to inoculate 5 ml of Medium A; grow overnight at 37°C
- Add the overnight culture to 1 liter of Medium A and grow the culture at the appropriate temperature until the OD600 ~ 0.8 – 1.0
- Induce expression of the target protein and continue culturing for 2-12 hours
- Harvest the cells by centrifugation at 4°C
- When you don’t continue immediately with the protein purification, freeze the cell pellet and store at -20°C until further usage
Comment: the growth rate of the culture and the optimal induction conditions can vary significantly depending on the vector backbone, the construct design and the solubility of the protein of interest
Medium A (per liter):
- 100 ml M9 medium (10x)
- 10 ml trace elements solution (100x)
- 20 ml 10% (w/v) 13C-glucose
- 1 ml 1M MgSO4
- 0.3 ml 1M CaCl2
- 1 ml biotin (1 mg/ml)
- 1 ml thiamin (1 mg/ml)
- Appropriate antibiotics
10x M9 medium (per liter)
- 60 g Na2HPO4
- 30 g KH2PO4
- 5 g NaCl
- 5 g N15H4Cl
100 x trace elements solution (per liter):
- 5 g EDTA
- 0.83 g FeCl3.6H2O
- 84 mg ZnCl2
- 13 mg CuCl2.2H2O
- 10 mg CoCl2.6H2O
- 10 mg H3BO3
- 1.6 mg MnCl2.6H2O
Comment: First dissolve the 5 g EDTA in 800 ml water and adjust the pH to 7.5. Then add the other components and adjust the volume to 1 L. Sterilize the solution by filtration through a 0.22 µm filter.
Stock solutions
- 10% (w/v) 13C-glucose (sterilized)
- 1M MgSO4 (sterilized)
- 1M CaCl2 (sterilized)
- 1 mg/ml Biotin (filter sterilized)
- 1 mg/ml Thiamin (filter sterilized)