Ellyn Daugherty SM Biotech Career PathwayDirect ELISA of Alpha-Amylase Welcome to my workshop: Fill in the card in the tri-fold brochure (if I dont already have one from you) and turn it in to me a copy of my curriculum. Please read through these slides (on the handout in your pee-chee folder). When done, please read through the lab packet (in the pee-chee folder). :-) Ellyn In Biotech, companies find a product of interest (amylase) and make sure to have assays to show its presence, activity, & concentration Amylase is an enzyme that catalyzes starch digestion. It is used commercially in several ways including: 1)Remove starch in products 2)Produce sugar from starch 3)Processing of cellulostic biofuel The rAmylase Project is the focus of the 2 nd semester of the SMBCP Learn how to assay for a protein of commercial interest (amylase) Transform cells to produce that protein (using pAmylase and C2523 cells) Scale-up cells to volumes where amylase can be purified and assayed The San Mateo Biotechnology Career Pathway ELISAs taught in Biotech 2 (Ch 6) and Biotech 4 (Ch 14) The rAmylase Project Model of rDNA/protein Business < Chapters 1-5 Basic SLOP < Lab 5f Amylase PAGE (revised) < Lab 6e Amylase Producing Bacteria < Lab 6c Amylase Activity Assay (revised) < Lab 6d Amylase ELISA & Western Blot (new) < Labs 7a/7b/7f/7g Amy Spectrophotometry < Lab 8b Restriction Digestion of pAmylase < Lab 4j/8b/8g DNA Gel Electrophoresis (revised) < Lab 8c pAmy Transformation of E. coli < Lab 9c/9d Amy Ion-Ex Chromatography < Lab 8g/4h Genomic & plasmid DNA Isolation < Lab 13i Amylase Gene PCR (new) Introduction to ELISA ELISA short for enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay An ELISA uses antibodies with conjugated enzymes to specifically identify and measure the amount (concentration) of a protein in a solution ELISA A specific antibody (Ab) recognizes a specific protein (Ag). An enzyme bound to the Ab causes a color change in a substrate (so you can see the Ab is there). The more color in a well, the more Ab-enz complex is bound to target protein = higher target protein concentration. Di Lab 6d Amylase Elisa Kit Expected Results