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* in vivo maturation of Venus ~7 -/+ 2.5 min (Yu and Xie, Science'06)
* in vivo maturation of Venus ~7 -/+ 2.5 min (Yu and Xie, Science'06)
* homoaffinity of purified recombinant YFP, K(d) = 0.11mM (Zacharias et al., Science v296:913-916, 2002)
* homoaffinity of purified recombinant YFP, K(d) = 0.11mM (Zacharias et al., Science v296:913-916, 2002)
* loops in GFP that accept insertions without loss of function (fluorescence):<BR>
## aa144-145 (Karmella Haynes)


===Protein turnover===
===Protein turnover===
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*The plasmid in ST11 and ST12 (and all pPM derivatives) have an A to G mutation in the PLtet-O1 promoter (at position 1982 in pPM5).  This substitution doesn't appear to alter behavior of Ptet, but I haven't done the direct comparison to original PLtet-O1.
*The plasmid in ST11 and ST12 (and all pPM derivatives) have an A to G mutation in the PLtet-O1 promoter (at position 1982 in pPM5).  This substitution doesn't appear to alter behavior of Ptet, but I haven't done the direct comparison to original PLtet-O1.


*PMB14 and 27 both contain integrated version of LacI AND TetR.  They work equally well at repressing Plac and Ptet.
*pPM1, pPM2 and derivatives have a "T7 promoter" flanking the MCS.  This T7 promoter sequence is truncated and doesn't support expression by T7 polymerase, although it can be useful for sequencing.
 
*PMB14 and 27 both contain integrated version of LacI AND TetR (at ''attB'', phage lambda attachment site).  They work equally well at repressing Plac and Ptet.
 
===Microscopy===
*0.3 um depth of field with 100x objective (Shay's estimate)
*80 micron x 80 micron Field of View on the CCD with 100x objective on the Zeiss scope (Shay's estimate, entry by Burak Aug 13, 08)
*120 micron x 120 micron Field of View on the CCD with 60x objective on the Zeiss scope (Shay's estimate, entry by Burak Aug 13, 08)


==What we'd like to know==
==What we'd like to know==
* radius of photobleached area (when acquiring Matrix of images on scope, how far apart should frames be?)
* radius of photobleached area (when acquiring Matrix of images on scope, how far apart should frames be?)
can be limited with constriction of field diaphragm to field of view
* how fast can you spin coli without losing cfu? stationary vs. log phase growth
* how fast can you spin coli without losing cfu? stationary vs. log phase growth
* percent of MFG-GFP fusions that are non-functional (eg in S.c. ORFeome collection)???  Partial loss of function may not be detected in viability, but rather in growth rate or protein localization?
* percent of MFG-GFP fusions that are non-functional (eg in S.c. ORFeome collection)???  Partial loss of function may not be detected in viability, but rather in growth rate or protein localization?

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What we know

Fluorescent Proteins

  • in vivo maturation of Venus ~7 -/+ 2.5 min (Yu and Xie, Science'06)
  • homoaffinity of purified recombinant YFP, K(d) = 0.11mM (Zacharias et al., Science v296:913-916, 2002)
  • loops in GFP that accept insertions without loss of function (fluorescence):
    1. aa144-145 (Karmella Haynes)

Protein turnover

  • degradation of GFP-LAA: in vivo??? in vitro <5min (Bukau, Sue Wickner)
  • degradation of N-end rule substrate ~2min (Varshavsky, Science'91)

E.coli

  • E. coli doubling times

strain W1485: 46.9' at 28deg, 24.1' at 37deg, 21.4' at 42deg (Condon and Squires, J.Bact 1995)

  • supplementing minimal media with 0.1% casamino acids attenuates GFP toxicity (Alper and Stephanopoulos, PNAS'05)
  • Compared to closed circular dsDNA, nicked circular DNA and ssDNA are 50% as efficient, linear DNA is 0.1% as efficient in transformation of E. coli.

Lab Strains

  • The plasmid in ST11 and ST12 (and all pPM derivatives) have an A to G mutation in the PLtet-O1 promoter (at position 1982 in pPM5). This substitution doesn't appear to alter behavior of Ptet, but I haven't done the direct comparison to original PLtet-O1.
  • pPM1, pPM2 and derivatives have a "T7 promoter" flanking the MCS. This T7 promoter sequence is truncated and doesn't support expression by T7 polymerase, although it can be useful for sequencing.
  • PMB14 and 27 both contain integrated version of LacI AND TetR (at attB, phage lambda attachment site). They work equally well at repressing Plac and Ptet.

Microscopy

  • 0.3 um depth of field with 100x objective (Shay's estimate)
  • 80 micron x 80 micron Field of View on the CCD with 100x objective on the Zeiss scope (Shay's estimate, entry by Burak Aug 13, 08)
  • 120 micron x 120 micron Field of View on the CCD with 60x objective on the Zeiss scope (Shay's estimate, entry by Burak Aug 13, 08)

What we'd like to know

  • radius of photobleached area (when acquiring Matrix of images on scope, how far apart should frames be?)

can be limited with constriction of field diaphragm to field of view

  • how fast can you spin coli without losing cfu? stationary vs. log phase growth
  • percent of MFG-GFP fusions that are non-functional (eg in S.c. ORFeome collection)??? Partial loss of function may not be detected in viability, but rather in growth rate or protein localization?