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Silver Biomineralization Assay
Here we present an assay to determine whether the AG4 Silver binding peptide is present in the outer membrane of E.coli.
Materials
Procedure
Picking and Incubating Colonies
- Add 4mL of LB media with the appropriate antibiotics to a clean test tube
- Pick a well-isolated, round, and "normal" looking colony of our proposed silver binding peptide with a pipet tip
- Drop it in the test tube
- Incubate at 37 overnight
Treating with Silver
- Centrifuge the colony solution for 30 seconds
- Pour out the supernatant (contains extracellular proteins, unneeded nutrients)
- Add 200ul of PBS, centrifuge for 30 seconds, and throw out the supernatant
- Add 200uL of 0.1 mM silver nitrate and resuspend the cells
- Incubate at 37 overnight
Further Cleaning
- Notice the color of the solution after incubation
- Centrifuge the colony solution for 30 seconds
- Pour out the supernatant (contains extracellular proteins, unneeded nutrients)
- Add 200uL of Tris Buffer and resuspend
- Centrifuge the colony solution for 30 seconds
- Pour out the supernatant
- Add 200uL of Tris Buffer and resuspend
Control Group
Picking and Incubating Colonies
- Add 4mL of LB media with the appropriate antibiotics to a clean test tube
- Pick a well-isolated, round, and "normal" looking colony of control E coli with no silver binding peptide with a toothpick
- Drop it in the test tube
- Incubate at 37 overnight
Treating with Silver
- Centrifuge the colony solution for 30 seconds
- Pour out the supernatant (contains extracellular proteins, unneeded nutrients)
- Add 200uL of 0.1 mM silver nitrate and resuspend the cells
- Incubate at 37 overnight
Further Cleaning
- Notice the color of the solution after incubation
- Centrifuge the colony solution for 30 seconds
- Pour out the supernatant (contains extracellular proteins, unneeded nutrients)
- Add 200uL of Tris Buffer and resuspend
- Centrifuge the colony solution for 30 seconds
- Pour out the supernatant
- Add 200uL of Tris Buffer and resuspend
- Look for reddish colour change