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PURIFICATION OF DNA FROM LIVING CELLS
NAME : D S SRIMATHI
REFERENCE : 1. Old. R. W. and Primrose - Principles of
gene manipulations
2. GLICK -Molecular Biotechnology
Purification of DNA from Living Cells :
There are three distinct kinds of DNA :
Chromosomaldna /total dna
Plasmid dna
Bacteriophage dna
CHROMOSOMALDNA/TOTAL CELL DNA :
Total cell DNA will often be required as a sourceof material from
which to obtain genes to be cloned. Total cell DNA may be DNA from a culture
of bacteria, from a plant, from animal cells, or from any other type of organism
that is being studied .It consists of the genomic DNA of the organism along with
any additional DNA molecules, such as plasmids, that are present.
 PURIFICATION OF TOTAL CELL DNA :
The simplest type of DNA purification procedure, that where the entire
DNA complement of a bacterial cell is required.
procedure for total DNA preparation :
four stages :
 A culture of bacteria is growth and then harvested.
 Cell disruption
 Removal of cellular components except DNA
 DNA solution is concentrated.
 GROWTHAND HARVESTING THE BACTERIAL CULTURE :
Most bacteria can be grown without too much difficulty in a liquid medium
(broth culture). The culture medium must provide a balanced mixture of the
essential nutrients at concentrations that will allow the bacteria to grow and
divide efficiently.
Luria-Bertani (LB) is a complex or undefined medium, media must be
used when the bacterial culture has to be grown under precisely controlled
conditions . In LB medium at 37°C, aerated by shaking at 150–250 rpm on a
rotary platform, E. coli cells divide onceevery 20 min In order to prepare a cell
extract, the bacteria must be obtained in as small a volume as possible.
Harvesting is therefore performed by spinning the culture in a
centrifuge Fairly low centrifugation speeds will pellet the bacteria at the bottom
of the centrifuge tube, allowing the culture medium to be poured off.
 PREPERATIONOF CELL EXTRACT :
The bacterial cell is enclosed in a cytoplasmic membrane and surrounded by
a rigid cell wall. With some species, including E. coli, the cell wall may itself be
enveloped by a outer membrane. All of these barriers have to be disrupted to
release the cell components
Techniques for breaking the bacterial cells can be divided into two methods :
 Physical method
 Chemical method
PHYSICAL METHOD :
In physical methods, in which the cells are disrupted by mechanical forces,
CHEMICAL METHOD
 In chemical methods, where cell lysis is brought about by exposure to
chemical agents that affect the integrity of the cell barriers. Chemical methods
are most commonly used with bacterial cells when the object is DNA preparation
.
 Chemical lysis generally involves one agent attacking the cell wall and
another disrupting the cell membrane
 The chemicals that are used depend on the species of bacterium involved,
but with E. coli and related organisms, weakening of the cell wall is usually
brought about by lysozyme, ethylenediamine tetra acetate (EDTA),or a
combination of both.
 Lysozyme which digests the polymeric compounds that give the cell wall
its rigidity.
 EDTA removes magnesium ions that are essential for preserving the
overall structure of the cell envelope, and also inhibits cellular enzymes that
could degrade DNA
 The detergent such as sodium dodecylsulphate (SDS) is also added.
Detergents aid the process oflysis by removing lipid molecules and thereby
cause disruption of the cell membranes.
The final step in preparation of a cell extract is removal of insoluble cell debris.
Components such as partially digested cell wall fractions can be pelleted by
centrifugation leaving the cell extract as a reasonably clear supernatant.
 REMOVAL OF CELLULAR COMPONENTS EXCEPTDNA:
 The standard way to deproteinize a cell extract is to add phenol or a 1 : 1
mixture of phenol and chloroform. These organic solvents precipitate proteins but
leave the nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) in aqueous solution
 The result is that if the cell extract is mixed gently with the solvent, and
the layers then separated by centrifugation, precipitated protein molecules are left
as a white coagulated mass at the interface between the aqueous and organic
layers . The aqueous solution of nucleic acids can then be removed with a pipette.
 the cell extract with a protease suchas pronaseor proteinase K before
phenol extraction. These enzymes break polypeptides down into smaller units,
which are more easily removed by phenol
 Some RNA molecules, especially messenger RNA (mRNA), are removed
by phenol treatment, but most remain with the DNA in the aqueous layer.
 CONCENTRATING THE DNA :
The most frequently used method of concentration is ethanol
precipitation a temperature of −20°C or less, absolute ethanol efficiently
precipitates polymeric nucleic acids. A white mass structure of DNA is formed.
Purification   of  dna  from  living cells

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Purification of dna from living cells

  • 1. PURIFICATION OF DNA FROM LIVING CELLS NAME : D S SRIMATHI REFERENCE : 1. Old. R. W. and Primrose - Principles of gene manipulations 2. GLICK -Molecular Biotechnology
  • 2. Purification of DNA from Living Cells : There are three distinct kinds of DNA : Chromosomaldna /total dna Plasmid dna Bacteriophage dna CHROMOSOMALDNA/TOTAL CELL DNA : Total cell DNA will often be required as a sourceof material from which to obtain genes to be cloned. Total cell DNA may be DNA from a culture of bacteria, from a plant, from animal cells, or from any other type of organism that is being studied .It consists of the genomic DNA of the organism along with any additional DNA molecules, such as plasmids, that are present.  PURIFICATION OF TOTAL CELL DNA : The simplest type of DNA purification procedure, that where the entire DNA complement of a bacterial cell is required. procedure for total DNA preparation : four stages :  A culture of bacteria is growth and then harvested.  Cell disruption  Removal of cellular components except DNA  DNA solution is concentrated.  GROWTHAND HARVESTING THE BACTERIAL CULTURE : Most bacteria can be grown without too much difficulty in a liquid medium (broth culture). The culture medium must provide a balanced mixture of the essential nutrients at concentrations that will allow the bacteria to grow and divide efficiently. Luria-Bertani (LB) is a complex or undefined medium, media must be used when the bacterial culture has to be grown under precisely controlled conditions . In LB medium at 37°C, aerated by shaking at 150–250 rpm on a rotary platform, E. coli cells divide onceevery 20 min In order to prepare a cell extract, the bacteria must be obtained in as small a volume as possible. Harvesting is therefore performed by spinning the culture in a centrifuge Fairly low centrifugation speeds will pellet the bacteria at the bottom of the centrifuge tube, allowing the culture medium to be poured off.  PREPERATIONOF CELL EXTRACT :
  • 3. The bacterial cell is enclosed in a cytoplasmic membrane and surrounded by a rigid cell wall. With some species, including E. coli, the cell wall may itself be enveloped by a outer membrane. All of these barriers have to be disrupted to release the cell components Techniques for breaking the bacterial cells can be divided into two methods :  Physical method  Chemical method PHYSICAL METHOD : In physical methods, in which the cells are disrupted by mechanical forces, CHEMICAL METHOD  In chemical methods, where cell lysis is brought about by exposure to chemical agents that affect the integrity of the cell barriers. Chemical methods are most commonly used with bacterial cells when the object is DNA preparation .  Chemical lysis generally involves one agent attacking the cell wall and another disrupting the cell membrane  The chemicals that are used depend on the species of bacterium involved, but with E. coli and related organisms, weakening of the cell wall is usually brought about by lysozyme, ethylenediamine tetra acetate (EDTA),or a combination of both.  Lysozyme which digests the polymeric compounds that give the cell wall its rigidity.  EDTA removes magnesium ions that are essential for preserving the overall structure of the cell envelope, and also inhibits cellular enzymes that could degrade DNA  The detergent such as sodium dodecylsulphate (SDS) is also added. Detergents aid the process oflysis by removing lipid molecules and thereby cause disruption of the cell membranes. The final step in preparation of a cell extract is removal of insoluble cell debris. Components such as partially digested cell wall fractions can be pelleted by centrifugation leaving the cell extract as a reasonably clear supernatant.
  • 4.  REMOVAL OF CELLULAR COMPONENTS EXCEPTDNA:  The standard way to deproteinize a cell extract is to add phenol or a 1 : 1 mixture of phenol and chloroform. These organic solvents precipitate proteins but leave the nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) in aqueous solution  The result is that if the cell extract is mixed gently with the solvent, and the layers then separated by centrifugation, precipitated protein molecules are left as a white coagulated mass at the interface between the aqueous and organic layers . The aqueous solution of nucleic acids can then be removed with a pipette.  the cell extract with a protease suchas pronaseor proteinase K before phenol extraction. These enzymes break polypeptides down into smaller units, which are more easily removed by phenol  Some RNA molecules, especially messenger RNA (mRNA), are removed by phenol treatment, but most remain with the DNA in the aqueous layer.  CONCENTRATING THE DNA : The most frequently used method of concentration is ethanol precipitation a temperature of −20°C or less, absolute ethanol efficiently precipitates polymeric nucleic acids. A white mass structure of DNA is formed.