Cracking the code: reprogramming the genetic script in prokaryotes and eukaryotes to harness the power of noncanonical amino acids

C Jann, S Giofré, R Bhattacharjee, EA Lemke - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Over 500 natural and synthetic amino acids have been genetically encoded in the last two
decades. Incorporating these noncanonical amino acids into proteins enables many …

Cellular Site-Specific Incorporation of Noncanonical Amino Acids in Synthetic Biology

W Niu, J Guo - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Over the past two decades, genetic code expansion (GCE)-enabled methods for
incorporating noncanonical amino acids (ncAAs) into proteins have significantly advanced …

Unleashing the potential of noncanonical amino acid biosynthesis to create cells with precision tyrosine sulfation

Y Chen, S Jin, M Zhang, Y Hu, KL Wu, A Chung… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Despite the great promise of genetic code expansion technology to modulate structures and
functions of proteins, external addition of ncAAs is required in most cases and it often limits …

Precision modification of native antibodies

KL Wu, C Yu, C Lee, C Zuo, ZT Ball… - Bioconjugate …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Antibodies, particularly of the immunoglobulin G (IgG) isotype, are a group of biomolecules
that are extensively used as affinity reagents for many applications in research, disease …

Advances in engineering microbial biosynthesis of aromatic compounds and related compounds

RM Dickey, AM Forti, AM Kunjapur - Bioresources and Bioprocessing, 2021 - Springer
Aromatic compounds have broad applications and have been the target of biosynthetic
processes for several decades. New biomolecular engineering strategies have been …

[PDF][PDF] Applications of genetic code expansion technology in eukaryotes

Q Guo, YJ Cao - Protein & Cell, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Unnatural amino acids (UAAs) have gained significant attention in protein engineering and
drug development owing to their ability to introduce new chemical functionalities to proteins …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis of precision antibody conjugates using proximity-induced chemistry

YJ Cao, C Yu, KL Wu, X Wang, D Liu, Z Tian, L Zhao… - Theranostics, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rationale: Therapeutic antibody conjugates allow for the specific delivery of cytotoxic agents
or immune cells to tumors, thus enhancing the antitumor activity of these agents and …

Genetic Code Expansion: Recent Developments and Emerging Applications

Y Huang, P Zhang, H Wang, Y Chen, T Liu… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The concept of genetic code expansion (GCE) has revolutionized the field of chemical and
synthetic biology, enabling the site-specific incorporation of noncanonical amino acids …

Biosynthesis of halogenated tryptophans for protein engineering using genetic code expansion

Y Guo, L Cheng, Y Hu, M Zhang, R Liu, Y Wang… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Genetic Code Expansion technology offers significant potential in incorporating
noncanonical amino acids into proteins at precise locations, allowing for the modulation of …

Creation of bacterial cells with 5-hydroxytryptophan as a 21st amino acid building block

Y Chen, J Tang, L Wang, Z Tian, A Cardenas, X Fang… - Chem, 2020 - cell.com
While most organisms utilize 20 canonical amino acid building blocks for protein synthesis,
adding additional candidates to the amino acid repertoire can greatly facilitate the …