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B12 METABOLISM IN HUMANS By NICOLE AURORA LEAL A ...
B12 METABOLISM IN HUMANS By NICOLE AURORA LEAL A ...
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For the conjugation step, strain BE47 was used as the recipient and exconjugants were<br />
selected by plating on LB agar supplemented with ampicillin (100 µg/ml) and<br />
chloramphenicol (20 µg/ml). Deletion of the pduP coding sequence was verified by PCR<br />
using chromosomal DNA as a template. Lastly, the thr-480 dCAM insertion used for<br />
selection of exconjugants was crossed-off by P22 transduction using a phage lysate<br />
prepared with the wild-type strain and by selecting for prototrophy on NCE glucose<br />
minimal medium.<br />
Antibody Preparation<br />
His8-PduP purified using Ni 2+ -affinity chromatography was resolved on a 12%<br />
Tris-HCl SDS-PAGE gel. The protein band corresponding to His8-PduP was excised and<br />
used as a source of antigen for the preparation of polyclonal antibody in a New Zealand<br />
white rabbit by Cocalico Biologicals (Reamstown, PA). To eliminate antibodies<br />
cross-reacting with E. coli proteins, the antiserum was preadsorbed using acetone powder<br />
prepared from E. coli BL21DE3 RIL containing pTA925 (the expression strain lacking<br />
pduP) as described previously (Harlow and Lane 1988).<br />
Western Blots<br />
Cultures were grown and prepared for SDS-PAGE and electroblotting as<br />
previously described (Havemann et al. 2002). Membranes were probed using adsorbed<br />
anti-PduP antiserum (diluted 1:3,500 in blocking buffer) as the source of the primary<br />
antibody, and goat anti-rabbit conjugated to alkaline phosphatase (diluted 1:3,000 in<br />
blocking buffer) as the secondary antibody. Chromogenic developing agents were used<br />
following the manufacturer’s instructions (Bio-Rad).