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ArticleFEBS letters2012

Near-cognate suppression of amber, opal and quadruplet codons competes with aminoacyl-tRNAPyl for genetic code expansion.

Patrick O'Donoghue, Laure Prat, Ilka U Heinemann, Jiqiang Ling, Keturah Odoi, Wenshe R Liu, Dieter Söll

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Article in FEBS letters, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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49citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 77 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Patrick O'DonoghueDepartment of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, United States.
Laure Prat
Ilka U Heinemann
Jiqiang Ling
Keturah Odoi
Wenshe R Liu
Dieter Söll
Yale University · USTexas A&M University · US

Funding

TRANSFER RNAR01GM022854 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SOLL, DIETER · 1985 to 2016
$21.3M
Phage Display with Two Genetically Incorporated Noncanonical Amino AcidsR01CA161158 · NCI · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY · PI LIU, WENSHE RAY · 2011 to 2015
$1.6M
TRANSFER RNAR37GM022854 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SOLL, DIETER G · 1991 to 2000
$786k
NCI NIH HHS CA161158NCI NIH HHS R01 CA161158NIGMS NIH HHS GM22854NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM022854NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM022854
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over 300 amino acids are found in proteins in nature, yet typically only 20 are genetically encoded. Reassigning stop codons and use of quadruplet codons emerged as the main avenues for genetically encoding non-canonical amino acids (NCAAs). Canonical aminoacyl-tRNAs with near-cognate anticodons also read these codons to some extent. This background suppression leads to 'statistical protein' that contains some natural amino acid(s) at a site intended for NCAA. We characterize near-cognate suppression of amber, opal and a quadruplet codon in common Escherichia coli laboratory strains and find that the PylRS/tRNA(Pyl) orthogonal pair cannot completely outcompete contamination by natural amino acids.

Indexed as

CodonGenetic CodeAnticodonEscherichia coliLysineProtein BiosynthesisRNA, Transfer, Amino AcylSpectrometry, Mass, Electrospray IonizationSuppression, GeneticAnticodonCodonLysinepyrrolysineRNA, Transfer, Amino Acyl

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PMID23036644
PMCPMC3488457
OpenAlexW1989760659

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