

Soluble cello-oligosaccharides (COS, β‐1,4‐D‐gluco‐oligosaccharides with degree of polymerization DP 2–6) have been receiving increased attention in different industrial sectors, from food and feed to cosmetics. Gaps are repaired and sealed by the cell upon transformation. The small terminal complementary DNA strands (in black) anneal to each other, outcompeting the small terminal loose strand. Adjacent fragments (red and green), amplified with compatible uracil-containing primers, are incubated with the USER enzyme mix, which removes the uracils. The strands are annealed and the gaps can be sealed either in vitro by DNA polymerase and DNA ligase, or by the cell upon transformation. Adjacent DNA fragments (red and green) sharing terminal sequence overlaps are incubated with DNA exonuclease, thereby exposing complementary DNA strands. Simultaneous incubation with BsaI and DNA ligase results in covalently linked fragments. Black arrowheads point toward the BsaI cleavage sites. Fragments to be assembled (red and green) have strategically placed terminal type IIS endonuclease recognition sites (in this case BsaI sites shown in lowercase and underlined). High throughput sequencing methods have revolutionized genomic analysis by producing millions of sequence reads from an organism’s DNA at an ever decreasing cost.Schematic representation of different DNA assembly methodologies.

Restriction enzymes that have a recognition site within the multiple cloning site (MCS) are commonly used since they do not cut elsewhere in the vector DNA and typically produce two easily resolved DNA fragments. Subcloning requires the use of 1-2 restriction enzymes that cut immediately outside the insert fragment without cutting within the insert itself. This method of preparation provides DNA fragments of the desired size with ends compatible to the selected vector DNA.
#Serial cloner cohesive ends serial
Most often, a serial dilution of the selected restriction enzyme(s) is used to digest the starting material and the desired insert size range is isolated by electrophoresis followed by gel extraction of the DNA. The desired insert size for the clone library determines which enzymes are selected, as well as the digestion conditions. Genomic DNA, regardless of the source, is typically digested with restriction enzymes that recognize 6-8 consecutive bases, as these recognition sites occur less frequently in the genome than 4-base sites, and result in larger DNA fragments. In all cases, one or more restriction enzymes are used to digest the DNA resulting in either non-directional or directional insertion into the compatible plasmid. Restriction enzymes can also be used to generate compatible ends on PCR products. The DNA to be cloned can vary widely, from genomic DNA extracted from a pure bacterial culture or a mixed population, to a previously cloned gene that needs to be moved from one vector to another (subcloning). Preparation of DNA for traditional cloning methods is dependent upon restriction enzyme digestion to generate compatible ends capable of being ligated together.
