pRK5-EGFP-Tau E14
(Plasmid #46907)

• Purpose: expresses EGFP tagged Tau E14 in mammalian cells
• Depositing Lab: Karen Ashe
• Publication: Hoover et al Neuron. 2010 Dec 22;68(6):1067-81. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2010.11.030.

Backbone

• Vector backbone: pRK5
• Backbone manufacturer: Clontech
• Vector type: Mammalian Expression

Growth in Bacteria

• Bacterial Resistance(s): Ampicillin, 100 μg/mL
• Growth Temperature: 37°C
• Growth Strain(s): DH5alpha
• Copy number: Unknown

Gene/Insert

• Gene/Insert name: Tau E14
• Alt name: Tau
• Alt name: microtubule-associated protein tau
• Alt name: MAPT
• Species: H. sapiens (human)
• Mutation: all 14 S/P or T/P amino acid residues (T111, T153, T175, T181, S199, S202, T205, T212, T217, T231, S235, S396, S404, and S422; numbering based on the longest 441-amino acid brain isoform of htau) to glutamate
• Entrez Gene: MAPT (a.k.a. DDPAC, FTD1, FTDP-17, MAPTL, MSTD, MTBT1, MTBT2, PPND, PPP1R103, TAU, Tau-PHF6, tau-40)
• Promoter: CMV
• Tag / Fusion Protein:
  • EGFP (N terminal on insert)

Cloning Information

• Cloning method: Restriction Enzyme
• 5′ cloning site: Cla1 (not destroyed)
• 3′ cloning site: SalI (not destroyed)
• 5′ sequencing primer: SP6
• 3′ sequencing primer: SV40pA-R

Resource Information

• Articles Citing this Plasmid:
  • 6 References

Terms and Licenses

• Academic/Nonprofit Terms:
  • UBMTA
• Industry Terms:
  • Not Available to Industry

Depositor Comments

WT htau construct (Addgene plasmid 46904) was used as a template to make mutations and contains human four-repeat tau lacking the N-terminal sequences (4R0N) and contains exons 1, 4 and 5, 7, and 9–13, intron 13, and exon 14.