Barcoding of nucleic acids
The present disclosure relates to methods, kits and products for barcoding of nucleic acids. In certain embodiments, the present disclosure provides a method of producing nucleic acid for sequencing utilising clonal amplification on a solid substrate, the method comprising: (a) providing a nucleic acid sample for sequencing; (b) amplifying the nucleic acid sample using an amplifying primer comprising a degenerate nucleotide sequence and a 5′ fixed nucleotide sequence, to produce amplified nucleic acids; and (c) further amplifying the amplified nucleic acids with (i) a first primer comprising the 5′ fixed nucleotide sequence and a first adapter nucleotide sequence, and (ii) a second primer comprising the 5′ fixed nucleotide sequence and a second adapter nucleotide sequence, wherein the first adapter nucleotide sequence or the second adapter nucleotide sequence provides a sequence for subsequent priming of DNA synthesis from a nucleotide sequence attached to the solid substrate and the other adapter nucleotide sequence provides a sequence for subsequent priming of DNA synthesis from a template produced from the subsequent priming, and wherein one or more of the first primer, the second primer and the amplifying primer comprise a specific identifier sequence to identify nucleic acids amplified with the first primer, the second primer and/or the amplifying primer; thereby producing nucleic acid for sequencing utilising clonal amplification on the solid substrate.
1. A method of producing nucleic acid for sequencing utilising clonal amplification on a solid substrate, the method comprising:
(a) providing a nucleic acid sample for sequencing;
(b) amplifying the nucleic acid sample using:
an amplifying primer comprising a degenerate nucleotide sequence and a 5′ fixed nucleotide sequence; and
one or more target specific primers,
to produce amplified nucleic acids; and
(c) further amplifying the amplified nucleic acids with (i) a first primer comprising the 5′ fixed nucleotide sequence and a first adapter nucleotide sequence, and (ii) a second primer comprising the 5′ fixed nucleotide sequence and a second adapter nucleotide sequence, wherein the first adapter nucleotide sequence or the second adapter nucleotide sequence provides a sequence for subsequent priming of DNA synthesis from a nucleotide sequence attached to the solid substrate and the other adapter nucleotide sequence provides a sequence for subsequent priming of DNA synthesis from a template produced from the subsequent priming, and wherein one or more of the first primer, the second primer and the amplifying primer comprise a specific identifier sequence to identify nucleic acids amplified with the first primer, the second primer and/or the amplifying primer;
thereby producing nucleic acid for sequencing utilising clonal amplification on the solid substrate.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the amplifying primer comprises a degenerate nucleotide sequence consisting of 6 nucleotides.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the amplifying primer comprises a fixed nucleotide sequence 3′ to the degenerate nucleotide sequence.
4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the fixed nucleotide sequence 3′ to the degenerate nucleotide sequence consists of a nucleotide sequence of 6 nucleotides.
5. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the fixed nucleotide sequence 3′ to the degenerate nucleotide sequence consists of the nucleotide sequence 5′-ATGTGG-, 5′-ATCTCA-3′ or TGAGAT.
6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the 5′ fixed nucleotide sequence consists of a nucleotide sequence of 10 nucleotides.
7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the 5′ fixed nucleotide sequence consists of the nucleotide sequence 5′-CCAGCCTTGC-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 2), 5′-CCGACTCGAG-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 23), 5′-GATGCTCGAG-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 24), 5′-GATGCCTTGC-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 25), 5′-GCTCTTCCGATCT-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 26), 5′-GCTCTTCCGATCTACTCGAG-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 27), 5′-GCTCTTCCGATCTGAG-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 18), 5′-AGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCT-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 28) or 5′-CAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCT-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 29).
8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first adapter nucleotide sequence comprises the nucleotide sequence 5′-CCGCTTTCCTCTCTATGGGCAGTCGGTGAT-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 11) or 5′-CCTCTCTATGGGCAGTCGGTGAT-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 47).
9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second adapter nucleotide sequence comprises the nucleotide sequence 5′-CCATCTCATCCCTGCGTGTCTCCGACTCAG-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 14).
10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first primer comprises a first adapter nucleotide sequence for subsequent priming of DNA synthesis and the second primer comprises a second adapter sequence which is identical or complementary to a nucleotide sequence attached to the solid substrate.
11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first primer and the second primer comprise a nucleotide sequence which is identical or complementary to a nucleotide sequence attached to the solid substrate.
12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the specific identifier sequence consists of a nucleotide sequence of 10 nucleotides.
13. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the specific identifier sequence comprises the nucleotide sequence 5′-TCTAACGGAC-3 (SEQ ID NO: 3).
14. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the amplifying primer comprises a specific identifier sequence, the first primer comprises a first adapter sequence for subsequent priming of DNA synthesis, and the second primer comprises a nucleotide sequence identical or complementary to a nucleotide sequence attached to the solid substrate and a specific identifier sequence.
15. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first primer comprises a first adapter sequence for subsequent priming of DNA synthesis and a specific identifier sequence, and the second primer comprises a nucleotide sequence identical or complementary to a nucleotide sequence attached to the solid substrate.
16. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first primer comprises a first adapter sequence for subsequent priming of DNA synthesis and a nucleotide sequence identical or complementary to a nucleotide sequence attached to the solid substrate, and the second primer comprises a nucleotide sequence identical or complementary to another nucleotide sequence attached to the solid substrate and a specific identifier sequence.
17. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises further amplifying with the one or more target specific primers in step (c).