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The first part of this protocol involves the removal of yeast cell walls using the Zymolase enzyme. The resulting spheroplast cells can then be used as template for PCR. This quick and easy to implement protocol describes how to prepare spheroplasted yeast cells for colony PCR.

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[Bio101] Colony PCR Using Yeast Spheroplasted Cells

Molecular Biology > DNA > PCR
Microbiology > Microbial genetics > DNA > PCR

Cell Biology > Cell structure > Cell surface

Fungi > Saccharomyces > Saccharomyces cerevisiae > DNA

Author: Zongtian Tong
Zongtian TongAffiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Center for Metabolism and Obesity Research, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
For correspondence: tongzong@gmail.com
Bio-protocol author page: a14

1/5/2011, 7023 views, 1 Q&A
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21769/BioProtoc.10

[Abstract] The first part of this protocol involves the removal of yeast cell walls using the Zymolase enzyme. The resulting spheroplast cells can then be used as template for PCR. This quick and easy to implement protocol describes how to prepare spheroplasted yeast cells for colony PCR.

Materials and Reagents

Spheroplasted yeast cells
Zymolase 20 T [AMS Biotechnology (Europe)]
Sorbitol
Sodium phosphate
Zymolyase solution (see Recipes)

Equipment

Sterile pipette tips
Standard laboratory PCR machine
Wooden toothpicks

Procedure

Touch an average-size yeast colony (0.5-2 mm) or a cell pellet from a liquid culture with a sterile pipette tip.
Note: Intact cells, a colony on a plate or liquid cultures which are stored at 4 °C for up to 3 months could still be used for this method. Wooden toothpicks should be avoided because they may interfere with either the release of DNA from yeast cells or the PCR reaction itself.
Rinse the cells off the tip with 10 μl Zymolase solution by pipetting up and down, this spheroplasts them.
Incubate for 10 min at 37 °C.
Use 2 μl spheroplasted yeast cells for 50 μl PCR reaction.
Note: Spheroplasted cells should be made fresh; if not, the PCR will not be as efficient.
Zymolyase solution

Recipes

Zymolyase solution
2.5 mg/ml Zymolyase (20 T)
1.2 M sorbitol
0.1 M Na phosphate (pH 7.4)
Aliquots of Zymolyase solution can be stored at -20 °C for at least 6 months.

Acknowledgments

This protocol has been modified and adapted in the Espenshade Lab, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Funding to support different projects that have used this protocol has come from NIH – National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, and the American Heart Association.

References

Chen, H. R., Hsu, M. T. and Cheng, S. C. (1995). Spheroplast preparation facilitates PCR screening of yeast sequence. Biotechniques 19(5): 744-746, 748.
Ling, M., Merante, F. and Robinson, B. H. (1995). A rapid and reliable DNA preparation method for screening a large number of yeast clones by polymerase chain reaction. Nucleic Acids Res 23(23): 4924-4925.

How to cite: Tong, Z. (2011). Colony PCR Using Yeast Spheroplasted Cells. Bio-protocol Bio101: e10. DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.10; Full Text

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11/19/2012 1:16:05 AM

useful

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