Cellular incorporation of unnatural amino acids and bioorthogonal labeling of proteins

K Lang, JW Chin - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
In the past 15 years, there have been rapid developments in the ability to cotranslationally
incorporate unnatural amino acids into proteins produced in cells, both at defined sites via …

Synthetic and editing mechanisms of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases

JJ Perona, I Gruic-Sovulj - Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases in biology and …, 2014 - Springer
Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRS) ensure the faithful transmission of genetic information
in all living cells. The 24 known aaRS families are divided into 2 structurally distinct classes …

Noncanonical amino acids in the interrogation of cellular protein synthesis

JT Ngo, DA Tirrell - Accounts of chemical research, 2011 - ACS Publications
Proteins in living cells can be made receptive to bioorthogonal chemistries through
metabolic labeling with appropriately designed noncanonical amino acids (ncAAs). In the …

Structural diversity and protein engineering of the aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases

JJ Perona, A Hadd - Biochemistry, 2012 - ACS Publications
Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRS) are the enzymes that ensure faithful transmission of
genetic information in all living cells, and are central to the developing technologies for …

Noncanonical Amino Acid Incorporation in Animals and Animal Cells

JC Kim, YJ Kim, S Cho, HS Park - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Noncanonical amino acids (ncAAs) are synthetic building blocks that, when incorporated
into proteins, confer novel functions and enable precise control over biological processes …

Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases in the bacterial world

R Giegé, M Springer - EcoSal Plus, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs) are modular enzymes globally conserved in the three
kingdoms of life. All catalyze the same two-step reaction, ie, the attachment of a …

Reaching New Heights in Genetic Code Manipulation with High Throughput Screening

BR Lino, SJ Williams, ME Castor… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The chemical and physical properties of proteins are limited by the 20 canonical amino
acids. Genetic code manipulation allows for the incorporation of noncanonical amino acids …

Non‐canonical Amino Acid Substrates of E. coli Aminoacyl‐tRNA Synthetases

MCT Hartman - ChemBioChem, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In this comprehensive review, I focus on the twenty E. coli aminoacyl‐tRNA synthetases and
their ability to charge non‐canonical amino acids (ncAAs) onto tRNAs. The promiscuity of …

Structure of Leishmania major methionyl-tRNA synthetase in complex with intermediate products methionyladenylate and pyrophosphate

ET Larson, JE Kim, FH Zucker, A Kelley, N Mueller… - Biochimie, 2011 - Elsevier
Leishmania parasites cause two million new cases of leishmaniasis each year with several
hundreds of millions of people at risk. Due to the paucity and shortcomings of available …

Molecules and methods for iterative polypeptide analysis and processing

JJ Havranek, B Borgo - US Patent 9,435,810, 2016 - Google Patents
Reagents and methods for the digital analysis of proteins or peptides are provided.
Specifically provided herein are proteins for identifying the N-terminal amino acid or N …