Mutagenic PCR

From Powers Lab UC Davis

Cocktail

n* ul H20 (variable depending on amt. of MnCl2)
2.0 ul 10x Taq Buffer
1.0 ul Primer #1 (10 uM)
1.0 ul Primer #2 (10 uM)
1.0 ul Plasmid DNA (template)
6.0 ul 50 mM MgCl2
0.5 ul Taq enzyme
2.0 ul 2mM dNTP's ( [dATP] is variable, see table)
x* ul 5mM MnCl2 (variable, see table)
20 ul Total volume

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCR Conditions
Step
Temp
Time
(1-2kb fragment)
1)
95 C
3'
2)
95 C
45 sec
3)
50 C
30 sec
4)
72 C
2'
5)
Repeat 2) x 25
6)
72 C
10'
7)
4 C
Forever

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCR Mutagenesis Results
Group
Final [MnCl2]
Final [dATP]
Mutations (out of 600bp)
Percentage
I
0mM
.2mM
0
0.00
I
0mM
.2mM
0
0.00
II
0.2mM
.1mM
3
0.50
II
0.2mM
.1mM
2
0.33
III
0.2mM
.2mM
2
0.33
III
0.2mM
.2mM
4
0.67
IV
0.4mM
.1mM
10
1.67
IV
0.4mM
.1mM
12
2.00
V
0.4mM
.2mM
7
1.17
V
0.4mM
.2mM
2
0.33