Molecular Techniques and Methods

Isolation of Plasmid DNA from E. coli
(Alkaline Lysis Method)

Copy Right © 2001/ Institute of Molecular Development LLC


INTRODUCTION




MATERIALS AND SOLUTIONS

Solution-1 (100 ml)
50 mM Tris-HCl (pH8.0) --------------------- 5 ml of 1 M Tris-HCl
10 mM EDTA -------------------------------- 2 ml of 0.5 M EDTA
10 mg RNase A (heat-treated) ---------------- 1 ml of RNase A (10 mg/ml)
Deionized H2O ------------------------------- 92 ml
  • Keep at 4oC.

    Solution-2 (100 ml)
    200 mM NaOH ------------------------------- 4 ml of 5 M NaOH
    1% SDS -------------------------------------- 10 ml of 10% SDS
    Deionized H2O -------------------------------- 86 ml

    Solution-3 (3 M KoAc) (100 ml)
    5 M Potassium acetate (pH4.8) ------------------ 49 g
    Glacial acetic acid -------------------------------- 23 ml
    Add deionized H2O to make a final volume of --- 100 ml
  • CRITICAL-Adjust pH to 4.8 with glacial acetic acid.




    PROCEDURES

    1. Pellet 1.5 ml overnight culture of E. coli by centrifugation at 12,000 rpm for 30 second.

    2. Remove supernatant. Add 100 ul of Solution-1 to the cell pellet.

    3. Vortex to resuspend cells completely.

    4. Add 100 ul of Solution-2.
  • Mix well by inverting tubes. Do not vortex.

    5. Incubate tubes at room temperature for 5 minutes.

    6. Add 100 ul of Solution-3.
  • Mix well by inverting tubes. Do not vortex.

    7. To precipitate cell debris, centrifuge tubes at 12,000 rpm for 15 minutes.
  • (After step 7, silica resin column may be used for further purification.
    See Regeneration of Silica Based Resin (Ex. Qiagen Plasmid Purification Resin).

    8. Transfer supernatent to a new tube.

    9. Add 800 ul of 100% ethanol.

    10. To pellet DNA, centrifuge tubes at 12,000 rpm for 15 min. at 4oC.

    11. Remove supernatent.

    12. Resuspend DNA pellet in 270 ul of TE buffer (pH8.0) and 30 ul of Solution-3.

    13. Dissolve DNA pellet completely by vortexing.

    14. Add 750 ul of 100% ethanol.

    15. To pellet DNA, centrifuge tubes at 12,000 rpm for 15 min. at 4oC.

    16. Dissolve DNA pellet in 50-100 ul TE buffer.




    NOTES

  • If RNA contamination is problem, repeat steps 12 to 15 .

  • RNA contamination can be removed by DNase-free RNase treatment.




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    REFERENCES


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