PCR

Materials

Reagent

Volume

2*mix

25μL

AocI (2285bp)

1μL

FAD (2137bp)

1μL

 pAO815 plasmid (7709bp)

1μL

Forward primer

1μL

Reverse primer

1μL

ddH2O

22μL

* Total system is 50μL.

 

Apparatus

Amount

Centrifugal machine

1

PCR thermal cycler

1

 

Procedure

1. Remove three 200μL EP tubes, add 2mix (25μL), AocI (1μL), forward primer (1μL), reserve primer (1μL), ddH2O (22μL) in the first tube. Add 2mix (25μL), FAD (1μL), forward primer (1μL), reserve primer (1μL), and ddH2O (22μL) in the second tube. Add 2mix (25μL),  pAO815 plasmid (1μL), forward primer (1μL), reserve primer (1μL), and ddH2O (22μL) in the third tube.

2. Use a Centrifugal machine to make liquid mix together and drop to the bottom.

3. Use PCR thermal cycler to warm up at 95°C for 5 min, denaturation at 95°C for 30s, annealing at 55°C for 30 s, and extension at 72°C for 2 min 30s, 3 steps in a group, cycle 30 times.

 

AGE (Agarose gel electrophoresis)

Materials

Reagent

Volume/mass

Agarose

0.5g

10TAE

50mL

Nucleic acid dye

3μL

 

Apparatus

Amount

Electrophoresis apparatus

1

Molten metal bath

1

 

Procedure

1. Mix agarose (0.5g), 10TAE (50mL), Nucleic acid dye (3μL).

2. Pour the mixture into the model to make two middle and three large glues.

3. Heat for 2 min until melted thoroughly, and add 3μL nucleic acid dye.

4. Place in the electrophoresis tank.

5. Spotting: Take the PCR solution, add Buffer, mix well, and point into the glue well.

6. After the electrophoresis, the glue is brought to ultraviolet light for irradiation to verify the stripe position.

 

Make medium (LB)-culture coli

Materials

Reagent

Volume/mass

Yeast extract

5g

NaCl

10g

Tryptone

10g

Agar powder

2g/100mL

ddH2O

500mL

 

Apparatus

Amount

Electronic scale

1

Graduated cylinder

1

Erlenmeyer flask

5

 

Procedure

1. Mix yeast extract (5g), NaCl (10g), tryptone (10g), and ddH2O (500mL), and pour 100mL into an Erlenmeyer flask; a total of 300mL is required to make liquid LB.

2. Add agar powder (2g) per 100 mL to make a solid LB.

3. Autoclaved and refrigerated for subsequent use.

 

Gel extraction

Materials

Reagent

Volume/mass

Buffer B2

300μL

Wash Solution

500μL

ddH2O

30μL

Agarose gel

0.001g

 

Apparatus

Amount

Electronic scale

1

Water bath

1

Adsorption column

4

Collecting pipe

4

Centrifugal machine

1

Centrifuge tube

4

 

Procedure

1. Cut the chunk containing the fragment of interest from the agarose gel and weigh it.

2. Add Buffer B2 (300μL) and let it melt in a 50°C water bath for 10 minutes.

3. Transfer the binding mix to the column and centrifuge at 8000X g for 30 sec. Discard the filtrate in the collection tube. Return the column to the collection.

4. Add Wash Solution (500μL), centrifuge at 9,000X g for 30 sec, and decant the liquid from the collection tube.

5. Repeat step 4 once.

6. Centrifuge the empty adsorption column at 9,000X g for 1 min.

7. Place the adsorption column in a clean 1.5 mL centrifuge tube, add ddH2O (30μL) to the center of the adsorption membrane, let stand at room temperature for 1 min, and centrifuge for 1 min. Save the DNA solution in the tube.

 

pAO815-AocI-FAD Construction

Materials

Regent

Volume

Buffer S

500μL

Buffer SP1

250μL

Buffer SP2

250μL

Buffer SP3

350μL

Buffer DW1

500μL

Wash Solution

500μL

 

Apparatus

Amount

Centrifugal machine

1

 

Procedure

1. Add Buffer S (500μL) to the collection tube centrifuge for 1min, and dump the waste liquid.

2. Centrifuge the pure bacteria 12000X g for 1 min—centrifuge to settle the bacteria to the bottom and drain the waste liquid in the collection tube.

3. Add Buffer SP1 (250μL) and centrifuge.

4. Add Buffer SP2 (250μL), gently shake the centrifuge tube 10 times, and let stand for 2 min.

5. Add Buffer SP3 (350μL) and gently shake the centrifuge tube 10 times.

6. Add Buffer DW1 (500μL) and centrifuge for 30 s; add Wash Solution (500μL) and centrifuge for 30 sec, then drain the waste from the collection tube and repeat. Aspirate the liquid from the collection tube and re-drip it.

7. Place the adsorption column in a clean 1.5 mL centrifuge tube, add ddH2O (50μL) to the center of the adsorption membrane, let stand at room temperature for 2 min, and centrifuge for 2 min. Save the DNA solution in the tube.

 

Shaking bacteria

Materials

Reagent

Volume

Medium (LB)

5mL

Amp antibiotics

5μL

 

Apparatus

Amount

Centrifuge tubes

6

Petri dish

6

 

Procedure

1. Add 5 ml of LB liquid medium to a sterile centrifuge tube, add 5μl Amp antibiotic, and pick up single colonies into the medium.

2. Place in a constant temperature shaker at 37 Celsius for 16 hours until the liquid becomes turbid.

 

DNA concentration detection

Materials

Reagent

Volume

ddH2O

130μL

 pAO815-AocI

50μL

 pAO815-AocI-FAD

50μL

 

Apparatus

Amount

Concentration detector

1

 

Procedure

1. Wash the metal sheet of the concentration detector and dry it three times.

2. Aspirate three tubes of  pAO815-AocI (10μL) samples and three tubes of  pAO815-AocI-FAD (10μL) samples sequentially and dropwise to the middle of the metal sheet.

3. Tested on a computer, concentration and purity are recorded on sample tubes.

4. After the test, the metal sheet of the instrument is washed and dried three times.

 

Homologous recombination ( pAO815-AocI & pAO815-AocI-FAD)

Materials

Reagent ( pAO815-AocI)

Volume

Clone mix

5μL

 pAO815

4μL

AocI

1μL

 

Reagent ( pAO815-AocI-FAD)

Volume

Clone mix

5μL

 pAO815

4μL

AocI

1μL

FAD

1μL

 

Apparatus

Amount

EP tube

2

PCR thermal cycler

1

 

Procedure

1. Take two centrifuge tubes (1.5mL), one labeled  pAO815-AocI, and add clone mix (5μL),  pAO815 sample (4μL), and AocI (1μL) in the tube. Label  pAO815-AocI-FAD on another tube and add clone mix (5μL),  pAO815 (4μL), AocI (1μL), and FAD (1μL).

2. Place both tubes into the PCR thermal cycler at 55 °C for 20 min and immediately lower it to 4 °C.

 

Heat shock

Materials

Reagent

Volume

DH5ɑ( pAO815-AocI)

100μL

DH5ɑ( pAO815-AocI-FAD)

100μL

Plasmid

10μL

LB medium

700μL

 

Apparatus

Amount

EP tube

2

Metal bath

1

Orbital Shaker

1

 

Procedure

1. Take out the EP tube containing the plasmid, take the DH5α competent two tubes from the refrigerator, label  pAO815-AocI and  pAO815-AocI-FAD, and put them in ice.

2. Place the DH5ɑ in ice to thaw, and after the solid in the tube is melted, add plasmid (10μL) and  pAO815-AocI (100μL) to the first EP tube, add plasmid (10μL) and  pAO815-AocI-FAD (100μL) in the second tube, and insert the EP tube into ice for 30 min.

3. Remove the tube from ice and put it in the metal bath at 42 °C for 45 s.

4. Remove the tube and insert it into ice for 2 min.

5. add LB medium to the tube (700μL) in the ultra-clean stage.

6. Place the tubes on a shaker at 37 °C at 200 rpm for 1 h.

 

Coating

Materials

Reagent

Volume

Bacterial solution

200μL

 

Apparatus

Amount

Petri dish

8

 

Procedure

1. Centrifuge bacterial solution 12,000X g for 30 sec.

2. Take bacterial solution (50μL) on the ultra-clean stage, discard the remaining bacterial solution, beat the bacterial solution in the pipette gun back to the original test tube, and pipette evenly.

3. Transfer bacterial solution (20μL) to the medium of the Petri dish and apply evenly with a coater. Cover the Petri dish and label pAO815-AocI and pAO815-AocI-FAD.

 

Colony identification by PCR

Materials

Reagent

Volume

2*mix

10μL

Forward primer

1μL

Reverse primer

1μL

dd H2O

8μL

 

Apparatus

Amount

Molten metal bath

1

Collecting tube

1

Centrifugal machine

1

 

Procedure

1. Mix 2*mix (10μl), forward primer (1μl), reverse primer (1μl), dd H2O (8μl)

2. Centrifuge mixing

3. Put the bacteria into the collection tube

4. Centrifuge for 30s

5. Heating by Molten metal bath at 72℃ for 2min30s.

 

Make YPD(1L)

Materials

Reagent

mass

Tryptone

20g

Yeast extract

10g

Glucose

20g

 

Procedure

1. Mix Tryptone(20g), yeast extract(10g), glucose(20g).

2. Adjust the pH value to pH 6.5 for the YPD solution.

 

Make SDS-His(100mL)

Materials

Reagent

Volume/mass

Distilled water

95mL

Agar powder

2.5g

40% glucose solution

5mL

 

Procedure

1. Mix distilled water (95ml), Agar powder (2.5g), and 40% glucose(5ml).

2. Adjust pH value to pH6.0 for SDS-His solution.

3. High-temperature sterilization 121℃ for 20min.

 

Yeast transformation

Materials

Reagent

Volume

Plasmid pAO815-AocⅠ-FAD

15μL

 pAO815-p1-up

1μL

 pAO815-p2-dn

1μL

Yeast conversion promoter

5μL

Melting GS115 receptor cells on ice

100μL

Pichia pastoris transformation liquid

500μL

0.9%NaCl

100μL

 

 

Apparatus

Amount

Sterile 1.5ml EP tub

1

Water bath

1

Centrifugal machine

1

 

Procedure

1. Label four 1.5ml centrifuge tubes pAO815-AocI/1, pAO815-AocI/2, pAO815-AocI-FAD/1 and pAO815-AocI-FAD/2, respectively

2. Each tube added high-fidelity enzyme mixture(25μL), forward primer(1μL), reverse primer(1μL), corresponding DNA, and distilled water(22μL).

3. Use the centrifuge to teleport to the centrifuge tube low.

4. Put them in the PCR thermal cycler, then set time and temperature as follows: 98℃ for the 30s, 98℃ for the 30s, 54℃ for 5s, 72℃ for 2 min,72℃ for 1 min,12℃ to until next step.

 

Materials

Reagent

Volume

Linear plasmid

15μL

Coarse reformer

5μL

GS115

100mL

Invert fluid

500mL

0.9% NaCl

100μL

 

Apparatus

Amount

Aseptic room

1

Molten metal bath

1

Centrifugal machine

1

 

 

Procedure

1. The plasmid pAO815-AocI-FAD to be transformed was taken, and PCR amplification was performed with primers pAO815-p1-up and pAO815-p2-dn (system 50μl). The PCR products were purified and recovered, and the amount of linear plasmid to be added was calculated after nucleic acid concentration was measured.

2. A sterile 1.5ml EP tube was taken, and precooled linear plasmid 1-5μg (volume no higher than 15μl), yeast transformation promoter 5μl, 100μl ice-melted GS115 receptive cells, and Pichia Pastoris transformation solution 500μl were added in sequence, then gently turned and mixed 6-8 times.

3.Water bath at 30℃ for 30min, gently turn and mix 6-8 times every 15min.

4.Water bath at 42℃ for 15min, gently turn and mix 6-8 times every 7.5min.

The supernatant was temporarily centrifuged at 5.12000rpm, re-suspended with 0.9% NaCl, coated with SDS-His medium, and cultured at 30℃ for 3-7 days.

 

Yeast PCR testing

Material

Reagent

Volume

2*mix

10μL

Yeast DNA

2μL

Forward primer- pAO815-AocI-FAD

1μL

Reverse primer- pAO815-AocI-FAD

1μL

ddH2O

6μL

Loading buffer

2μL

Marker

10μL

* Total system is 20μL.

 

Apparatus

Amount

Centrifugal machine

1

PCR thermal cycler

1

 

Procedure

1. Add 2mix (10μL), yeast DNA(2μL), forward primer (1μL), reserve primer (1μL), ddH2O (6μL) in the tube.

2. Add loading buffer (2μL ) in EP tube

3. Use a Centrifugal machine to make liquid mix together and drop to the bottom; add Marker (10μL) and sample in the gel.

4. Use PCR thermal cycler to warm up at 95°C for 5min, denaturation at 95°C for 30s, annealing at 55°C for 30s, and extension at 72°C for 2min30s, 3 steps in a group, cycle 30 times.

 

Enlarged incubation

Material

Reagent

Volume

 pAO815-AocI (after shaker)

1mL

 pAO815-AocI-FAD (after shaker)

1mL

GS115 (after shaker)

1mL

YPD (include amp+)

100mL

 

Apparatus

Amount

Thermostatic oscillator

1

 

Procedure

1. Add pAO815-AocI-FAD, pAO815-AocI and GS115 after shaking to YPD liquid (100mL) containing Amp+.

2. Put it in a shaker at 30℃ for about 3-4 hours until it reaches OD600 into 0.6-0.8.

 

Methanol induction

Material

Reagent

Volume

Methanol*0%

0μL

Methanol*0.25%

250μL

Methanol*0.5%

500μL

Methanol*0.75%

750μL

Methanol*1%

1mL

 

Procedure

1. 0%, 0.25%, 0.5%, 0.75% and 1% methanol were added to the YPD respectively

2. Induce protein expression.

 

Makeup SDS-PAGE

Material

Reagent (lower layer gel)

Volume

Distilled water

4.7mL

30% Acr-Bis (29:1)

2.7mL

Gel Buffer A

2.5mL

10% APS

0.1mL

TEMED

0.005mL

 

Reagent (upper layer gel)

Volume

Distilled water

1.0mL

30% Acr-Bis (29:1)

0.5mL

Gel Buffer B

1.5mL

10% APS

0.03mL

TEMED

0.003mL

 

Apparatus

Amount

Protein electrophoresis apparatus

2

 

Procedure

1. Add the reagents in the table above to the protein electrophoresis apparatus in turn

2. Repeat step 1

 

Cell disruption

Material

Reagent

Volume

Yeast culture

50mL

Protein extract solution

15mL

 

Apparatus

Amount

Centrifugal machine

1

Ultrasonic Cell Disruptor

1

 

Procedure

1. Transfer the yeast culture into a 50mL centrifuge tube, centrifuge at 8000 rpm for 5 minutes, pour off the supernatant, add the culture to the residue, continue centrifugation, and collect all the cultures together.

2. Add 15 ml of protein extract solution (100 mmol/L NaCl, 10 mmol/L EDTA, pH 8.0) to each tube and blow with a gun to suspend the sediment.

3. Put the centrifuge tube on a small test tube rack, insert the metal head of the ultrasonic crusher into the centrifuge tube, close the door of the ultrasonic crusher after adjusting the position of the test tube, turn on the power supply of the instrument, and ultrasonically crush the bacteria in each centrifuge tube. Conditions: power 80 watts, working for 2 seconds, interval of 2 seconds, 5 cycles at a time.

4. After 6 times of treatment, centrifuge at 8000 rpm for 5min minutes.

5. Take out the centrifuge tube, carefully suck out the supernatant, protein crude body fluid, and put it in a new centrifuge tube.

 

Ni-His Protein purification

Ni-His Protein purification

Material

Reagent

Volume

Nondenaturing Lysis Buffer

500μL

Crude protein

1mL

Elution Buffer

500μL

 

Apparatus

Amount

Centrifugal machine

1

 

Procedure

1. Adding a nickel column and centrifuging at 12000rpm at 4 ℃ for 1 min.

2. Discard the supernatant, add nondenaturing lysis buffer (500μL ), and centrifuge at 12000 rpm at 4℃ for 1min.

3. Repeat step 2

4. Add nondenaturing lysis buffer (500μL, blow and mix evenly, and let it stand until the nickel column sinks.

5. Add 1mL of crude protein to the nickel column, add crude protein again after the liquid drops, and move the filtered crude protein to a new test tube.

6. Filter the crude protein three times according to step 5.

7. Take out the nickel column and put it on a new test tube.

8. Add 500 mL of washing liquid and wait for the liquid to drip completely.

9. Repeat step 8 three times.

10. Take out the nickel column and put it on a new test tube.

11. Add 500 mL of eluent until the liquid drops completely.

12. Repeat step 11 three times

 

SDS-PAGE gel electrophoresis

Material

Reagent

Volume

Bromophenol blue

500μL

 

Apparatus

Amount

Electrophoresis apparatus

1

 

Procedure

1. Add Bromophenol blue dye to the sample.

2. Sample in the prepared gel.

3. 80V gel electrophoresis for 15min so that the Bromophenol blue mark moves to the edge of the concentrated glue.

4.120V, gel electrophoresis for 1 hour.

 

Dyeing & decoloring

Material

Reagent- dyeing

Volume

Coomassie Brilliant Blue

400mL

 

Reagent- decoloring

Volume

Ethanol

400mL

Glacial acetic acid

200mL

Distilled water

400mL

 

Procedure

1. Add Coomassie Brilliant Blue (400mL) in a container.

2. Wait four hours for coloring.

3. Add ethanol, glacial acetic acid, and distilled water and mix with them.

4. Take out the lustful sample and put it in the decoloring solution.

5. Leave it for one night to decolorize the sample completely.

 

‘Transparent circle’ Experiment

Material

Reagent

Volume

Bromocresol purple

12μg/mL

Histamine

0μg/mL

20μg/mL

50μg/mL

100μg/mL

200μg/mL

Amp+

25μL

 

Procedure

1. Prepare the concentration of histamine and bromocresol purple.

2. Prepare five Petri dishes and draw four areas on them with a mark, marking two areas as GS115 blank and the other two areas as pAO815-AocI-FAD.

3. Bromocresol purple, Amp+, and histamine were added to each Petri dish, and the concentration of histamine was different in each Petri dish, which was 0μg/mL, 20μg/mL, 50μg/mL, 100μg/mL, and 200μg/mL respectively.

 

HPLC Experiment

 To test whether the transformants were successful in acquiring the ability to degrade biogenic amines as expected, the concentration of biogenic amines in the fermentation products was quantified using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) after fermentation for a period of time using two different strains under the same fermentation conditions. Firstly, the bacterial broth was incubated at 30°C until OD=0.6, followed by the addition of 200ug/ml histamine solution and setting different incubation temperatures, i.e., 20°C, 25°C, 30°C, 37°C, and 45°C. After 12h,24h,36h,48h,72h of fermentation, 50mL of supernatant was taken and sent to the company to determine the histamine concentration using HPLC. Determination of biogenic amines in samples with reference to the method of GB 5009.208-2016 "Determination of biogenic amines in food".

 

Number

Time-pAO815-AocI

Temperature

Number

Time-pAO815-AocI-FAD

Temperature

1

12h

20℃

26

12h

20℃

2

24h

27

24h

3

36h

28

36h

4

48h

29

48h

5

72h

30

72h

6

12h

25℃

31

12h

25℃

7

24h

32

24h

8

36h

33

36h

9

48h

34

48h

10

72h

35

72h

11

12h

30℃

36

12h

30℃

12

24h

37

24h

13

36h

38

36h

14

48h

39

48h

15

72h

40

72h

16

12h

37℃

41

12h

37℃

17

24h

42

24h

18

36h

43

36h

19

48h

44

48h

20

72h

45

72h

21

12h

45℃

46

12h

45℃

22

24h

47

24h

23

36h

48

36h

24

48h

49

48h

25

72h

50

72h

51

0h

30℃

52

0h

30℃

53

12h GS115

54

72h GS115

55

72h

56

72h