Skip to main content
. 2016 Oct 21;11(10):e0165137. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0165137

Table 2. In vitro protein synthesis using cell-free system based on S30-T7 lysate.

A. Materials and solutions required: Notes:
 1M HEPES-KOH (pH = 8)
 1M magnesium acetate
 1M potassium acetate
 5.2 M ammonium acetate
 50% (v/v) Polyethylene glycol 6000 (PEG)
 0.5 M 3-phosphoglycerate (3-PGA)
 50 mM of 17 amino acids These 17 amino acids are alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glutamine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, proline, serine, threonine, and valine.
 50 mM of 3 amino acids These 3 amino acids are tryptophan, phenylalanine, and tyrosine.
 100 mM Adenine triphosphate (ATP)
 50 mM Guanidine triphosphate (GTP)
 100 mM Uridine triphosphate (UTP)
 S30-T7 lysate Prepared according to Table 1
 DNase, RNase free H2O
B. Equipment: Notes:
 Floor incubator shaker or a Thermomixer®
C. Procedure:
  • 1.1

    Prepare the CFPS reaction mixtures according to Table 3. Make sure to thaw and add the S30-T7 lystae just prior to the incubation and protien production step.

  • 1.2

    Incubate the reaction using a floor incubator shaker at 250 rpm, or a Thermomixer® at 1200 rpm at a constant temperature for 2 hours. When this protocol is first used, it is recommened to incubate the reaction at 37°C. In addition, perform a parallel reaction without DNA, to obtain a negative control.

  • 1.3

    Evaluate the produced protein amount using a suitable method, according to the target protein properties.