Repurposing a plant peptide cyclase for targeted lysine acylation

FBH Rehm, TJ Tyler, Y Zhou, YH Huang, CK Wang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Transpeptidases are powerful tools for protein engineering but are largely restricted to
acting at protein backbone termini. Alternative enzymatic approaches for internal protein …

Design of a recombinant asparaginyl ligase for site-specific modification using efficient recognition and nucleophile motifs

J Tang, M Hao, J Liu, Y Chen, G Wufuer, J Zhu… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Asparaginyl ligases have been extensively utilized as valuable tools for site-specific
bioconjugation or surface-modification. However, the application is hindered by the …

An efficient peptide ligase engineered from a bamboo asparaginyl endopeptidase

XB Wang, CH Zhang, T Zhang, HZ Li, YL Liu… - The FEBS …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, a few asparaginyl endopeptidases (AEPs) from certain higher plants have
been identified as efficient peptide ligases with wide applications in protein labeling and …

On the design of a constitutively active peptide asparaginyl ligase for facile protein conjugation

N Chua, YH Wong, A El Sahili, CF Liu… - FEBS Open bio, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Peptide asparaginyl ligases (PALs) are precision tools for peptide cyclization, cell‐surface
labelling, protein semisynthesis and protein conjugation. PALs are expressed as inactive …

Expanding the substrate specificity of peptide asparaginyl ligase

N Chua - 2023 - dr.ntu.edu.sg
Through amide bond formation, peptide ligases (such as sortase A and subtiligase)
introduce specific protein modifications, providing a specific and affordable tool for protein …