pEBFP-N1 vector (V006569)

Price Information

Two tubes of lyophilized plasmid will be delivered, each tube is about 5µg.

Basic Vector Information

pEBFP-N1 carries a blue fluorescent variant of the Aequorea victoria green fluorescent protein gene (GFP). The EBFP gene contains four amino acid substitutions. The Tyr-66 to His substitution gives EBFP fluorescence excitation and emission maxima (380 and 440 nm, respectively) similar to other blue emission variants (1–3). The other three substitutions (Phe-64 to Leu; Ser-65 to Thr; and Tyr- 145 to Phe) enhance the brightness and solubility of the protein, primarily due to improved proteinfolding properties and efficiency of chromophore formation (1, 4, 5). The Em of EBFP is 31,000 cm–1M–1 for 380-nm excitation, leading to a fluorescent signal that is 2–3-fold brighter than other blue variants of GFP and roughly equivalent to wt GFP. In addition, the rate of photobleaching of EBFP is one-half to one-third that of P4-3, a popular predecessor to EBFP (1). EBFP contains >190 silent mutations that create an open reading frame comprised almost entirely of preferred human codons (6). Furthermore, upstream sequences flanking EBFP have been converted to a Kozak consensus translation initiation site (7). These changes increase the translational efficiency of the EBFP mRNA and consequently the expression of EBFP in mammalian and plant cells.The MCS in pEBFP-N1 is between the immediate early promoter of CMV (PCMV IE) and the EBFP coding sequences. Genes cloned into the MCS will be expressed as fusions to the N-terminus of EBFP if they are in the same reading frame as EBFP and there are no intervening stop codons. The inserted gene should include an initiating ATG codon. EBFP with N-terminal fusion moieties retain the fluorescent properties of the native protein and thus can be used to localize fusion proteins in vivo.The vector contains an SV40 origin for replication and a neomycin resistance (Neor ) gene for selection (using G418) in mammalian cells. A bacterial promoter upstream of this cassette (P) expresses kanamycin resistance in E. coli. The vector backbone also provides a pUC19 origin of replication for propagation in E. coli and an f1 origin for single-stranded DNA production.

pEBFP-N1 vector Map

Plasmid Protocol

1. Centrifuge at 5,000×g for 5 min.

2. Carefully open the tube and add 20 μl of sterile water to dissolve the DNA.

3. Close the tube and incubate for 10 minutes at room temperature.

4. Briefly vortex the tube and then do a quick spin to concentrate the liquid at the bottom. Speed is less than 5000×g.

5. Store the plasmid at -20 ℃.

6. The concentration of plasmid re-measurement sometimes differs from the nominal value, which may be due to the position of the lyophilized plasmid in the tube, the efficiency of the re-dissolution, the measurement bias, and adsorption on the wall of the tube, therefore, it is recommended to transform and extract the plasmid before using it

General Plasmid Transform Protocol

1. Take one 100μl of the competent cells and thaw it on ice for 10min, add 2μl of plasmid, then ice bath for 30min, then heat-shock it at 42℃ for 60s, do not stir, and then ice bath for 2min.

2. Add 900μl of LB liquid medium without antibiotics, and incubate at 37℃ for 45min (30℃ for 1-1.5 hours) with 180rpm shaking.

3. Centrifuge at 6000rpm for 5min, leave only 100μl of supernatant to resuspend the bacterial precipitate and spread it onto the target plasmid-resistant LB plate.

4. Invert the plate and incubate at 37℃ for 14h, or at 30℃ for 20h.

5. Pick a single colony into LB liquid medium, add the corresponding antibiotics, incubate at 220rpm for 14h, and extract the plasmid according to the experimental needs and the instructions of the plasmid extraction kit.

pEBFP-N1 vector Sequence

LOCUS       40924_16570        4733 bp DNA     circular SYN 13-JAN-2022
DEFINITION  synthetic circular DNA.
ACCESSION   .
VERSION     .
KEYWORDS    .
SOURCE      synthetic DNA construct
  ORGANISM  synthetic DNA construct
REFERENCE   1  (bases 1 to 4733)
  TITLE     Direct Submission
REFERENCE   2  (bases 1 to 4733)
  AUTHORS   .
  TITLE     Direct Submission
COMMENT     SGRef: number: 1; type: "Journal Article"
FEATURES             Location/Qualifiers
     source          1..4733
                     /mol_type="other DNA"
                     /organism="synthetic DNA construct"
     enhancer        61..364
                     /label=CMV enhancer
                     /note="human cytomegalovirus immediate early enhancer"
     promoter        365..568
                     /label=CMV promoter
                     /note="human cytomegalovirus (CMV) immediate early
                     promoter"
     misc_feature    591..671
                     /label=MCS
                     /note="multiple cloning site"
     CDS             679..1395
                     /codon_start=1
                     /label=EBFP
                     /note="enhanced blue variant of GFP"
                     /translation="MVSKGEELFTGVVPILVELDGDVNGHKFSVSGEGEGDATYGKLTL
                     KFICTTGKLPVPWPTLVTTLTHGVQCFSRYPDHMKQHDFFKSAMPEGYVQERTIFFKDD
                     GNYKTRAEVKFEGDTLVNRIELKGIDFKEDGNILGHKLEYNFNSHNVYIMADKQKNGIK
                     VNFKIRHNIEDGSVQLADHYQQNTPIGDGPVLLPDNHYLSTQSALSKDPNEKRDHMVLL
                     EFVTAAGITLGMDELYK"
     polyA_signal    1521..1642
                     /label=SV40 poly(A) signal
                     /note="SV40 polyadenylation signal"
     rep_origin      complement(1649..2104)
                     /direction=LEFT
                     /label=f1 ori
                     /note="f1 bacteriophage origin of replication; arrow
                     indicates direction of (+) strand synthesis"
     promoter        2131..2235
                     /label=AmpR promoter
     promoter        2237..2594
                     /label=SV40 promoter
                     /note="SV40 enhancer and early promoter"
     CDS             2629..3420
                     /codon_start=1
                     /label=NeoR/KanR
                     /note="aminoglycoside phosphotransferase"
                     /translation="MIEQDGLHAGSPAAWVERLFGYDWAQQTIGCSDAAVFRLSAQGRP
                     VLFVKTDLSGALNELQDEAARLSWLATTGVPCAAVLDVVTEAGRDWLLLGEVPGQDLLS
                     SHLAPAEKVSIMADAMRRLHTLDPATCPFDHQAKHRIERARTRMEAGLVDQDDLDEEHQ
                     GLAPAELFARLKASMPDGEDLVVTHGDACLPNIMVENGRFSGFIDCGRLGVADRYQDIA
                     LATRDIAEELGGEWADRFLVLYGIAAPDSQRIAFYRLLDEFF"
     polyA_signal    3655..3702
                     /label=HSV TK poly(A) signal
                     /note="herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase
                     polyadenylation signal (Cole and Stacy, 1985)"
     rep_origin      4031..4619
                     /direction=RIGHT
                     /label=ori
                     /note="high-copy-number ColE1/pMB1/pBR322/pUC origin of 
                     replication"