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pAC-DELTA
(Plasmid #53273)

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Item Catalog # Description Quantity Price (USD)
Plasmid 53273 Standard format: Plasmid sent in bacteria as agar stab 1 $85

Backbone

  • Vector backbone
    pAC-LYC
  • Backbone manufacturer
    Francis X. Cunningham, Jr.
  • Backbone size w/o insert (bp) 9476
  • Total vector size (bp) 12248
  • Modifications to backbone
    A 1.9-kb SmaI-EcoRV fragment containing an A. thaliana lycopene ϵ cyclase cDNA was excised from plasmid y2 and cloned in the Klenow-blunted BamHI site of pTrcHis A to give pTrc-Atϵ. A 2.5-kb EcoRV-KpnI fragment containing the Trc promoter and the A. thaliana lycopene ϵ cyclase was then excised from pTrc-Atϵ and cloned in the Klenow-blunted HindIII site of pAC-LYC to produce pAC-DELTA. The reasoning behind this cloning strategy is now obscure, but the resulting plasmid is useful, yielding delta-carotene as the predominant carotenoid in E. coli. The orientation of the lycopene epsilon-cyclase cDNA relative to the Trc promoter, or to the p15A origin of replication for this plasmid, are both uncertain, therefore the sequence submitted for this plasmid may not be correct.
  • Vector type
    low copy number bacterial cloning vector

Growth in Bacteria

  • Bacterial Resistance(s)
    Chloramphenicol, 25 μg/mL
  • Growth Temperature
    30°C
  • Growth Strain(s)
    Top10
  • Growth instructions
    Grow liquid cultures on a platform shaker at 28 degrees Celsius for 2-3 days in darkness for best delta-carotene production, or grow on agar plates at room temperature for 3-7 days.
  • Copy number
    Low Copy

Gene/Insert

  • Gene/Insert name
    lcyE
  • Alt name
    lycopene epsilon cyclase
  • Alt name
    lycopene epsilon-monocyclase
  • Species
    A. thaliana (mustard weed)
  • GenBank ID
    U50738.1
  • Entrez Gene
    LUT2 (a.k.a. AT5G57030, LUTEIN DEFICIENT 2, LYCOPENE EPSILON-CYCLASE)
  • Promoter Trc

Cloning Information

  • Cloning method Restriction Enzyme
  • 5′ cloning site HindIII (destroyed during cloning)
  • 3′ cloning site HindIII (destroyed during cloning)
  • 5′ sequencing primer none
  • 3′ sequencing primer none
  • (Common Sequencing Primers)

Resource Information

Terms and Licenses

  • Academic/Nonprofit Terms
  • Industry Terms
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Trademarks:
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Depositor Comments

For better yield of low copy number pAC-based plasmids, grow liquid cultures on a platform shaker at ca. 30 degrees Celsius. When cultures reach early stationary phase, dilute 2-fold with growth medium, add spectinomycin (150 mg/liter), and "amplify" for several hours before harvest. For plasmid selection and maintenance in E. coli, use chloramphenicol at 30 mg/liter.

How to cite this plasmid ( Back to top)

These plasmids were created by your colleagues. Please acknowledge the Principal Investigator, cite the article in which the plasmids were described, and include Addgene in the Materials and Methods of your future publications.

  • For your Materials & Methods section:

    pAC-DELTA was a gift from Francis X Cunningham Jr (Addgene plasmid # 53273 ; http://n2t.net/addgene:53273 ; RRID:Addgene_53273)
  • For your References section:

    Cloning and functional analysis of the beta-carotene hydroxylase of Arabidopsis thaliana. Sun Z, Gantt E, Cunningham FX Jr. J Biol Chem. 1996 Oct 4;271(40):24349-52. PubMed 8798688