of the Ighg1 constant heavy chain and Igkc constant light chain were
identified using the Ensembl genome browser (release 98,46 (link) accession numbers – Ighg1: ENSMUSG00000076614,
Igkc: ENSMUSG00000076609). gRNA-H.m1 (5′-CTTGGTGCTGCTGGCCGGGT-3′)
and gRNA-L.mκ (5′-GGAATGAGTGTTAGAGACAA-3′)
were designed using
from Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) with the appropriate BbsI overhangs
for cloning into the plasmid px330-U6-Chimeric_BB-CBh-hSpCas9, which
was obtained as a gift from Feng Zhang (Addgene plasmid #42230). Oligos
were phosphorylated using a thermocycler with the T4 PNK enzyme (M0201,
New England Biolabs) by incubation at 37 °C for 30 min, and annealed
by incubation at 95 °C for 5 min, and cooling at a rate of 0.1
°C/s to 25 °C. Annealed oligos of gRNA-H.m1 and gRNA-L.mκ
were cloned into the px330 vector at the BbsI site. Synthetic gene
fragments containing homologous arms and desired insert for Fab′
fragment generation and tag insertion were synthesized by IDT and
cloned into the PCR2.1 TOPO TA vector (K-450001, ThermoFisher Scientific).
All gRNA/Cas9 and HDR plasmids were isolated from DH5α competent E. coli and purified with the NucleoBond Xtra Midi
Kit (740410.100, Macherey-Nagel) according to the manufacturer’s
protocol.