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ArticleJournal of the American Chemical Society2016

In Vivo Biosynthesis of a β-Amino Acid-Containing Protein.

Clarissa Melo Czekster, Wesley E Robertson, Allison S Walker, Dieter Söll, Alanna Schepartz

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Article in Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 78 papers.

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78 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Clarissa Melo CzeksterDepartment of Chemistry, ‡Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, and §Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University , New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8107, United States.
Wesley E RobertsonDepartment of Chemistry, ‡Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, and §Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University , New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8107, United States.
Allison S WalkerDepartment of Chemistry, ‡Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, and §Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University , New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8107, United States.
Dieter SöllDepartment of Chemistry, ‡Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, and §Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University , New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8107, United States.
Alanna SchepartzDepartment of Chemistry, ‡Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, and §Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University , New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8107, United States.

Funding

TRANSFER RNAR01GM022854 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SOLL, DIETER · 1985 to 2016
$21.3M
TRANSFER RNAR37GM022854 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SOLL, DIETER G · 1991 to 2000
$786k
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM022854NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM022854
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It has recently been reported that ribosomes from erythromycin-resistant Escherichia coli strains, when isolated in S30 extracts and incubated with chemically mis-acylated tRNA, can incorporate certain β-amino acids into full length DHFR in vitro. Here we report that wild-type E. coli EF-Tu and phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase collaborate with these mutant ribosomes and others to incorporate β(3)-Phe analogs into full length DHFR in vivo. E. coli harboring the most active mutant ribosomes are robust, with a doubling time only 14% longer than wild-type. These results reveal the unexpected tolerance of E. coli and its translation machinery to the β(3)-amino acid backbone and should embolden in vivo selections for orthogonal translational machinery components that incorporate diverse β-amino acids into proteins and peptides. E. coli harboring mutant ribosomes may possess the capacity to incorporate many non-natural, non-α-amino acids into proteins and other sequence-programmed polymeric materials.

Indexed as

Amino Acyl-tRNA SynthetasesEscherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsMolecular Dynamics SimulationMutationPeptide Elongation Factor TuPhenylalaninePhenylalanine-tRNA LigaseProtein EngineeringRNA, Ribosomal, 23SSubstrate SpecificityTetrahydrofolate DehydrogenaseAmino Acyl-tRNA SynthetasesEscherichia coli ProteinsPeptide Elongation Factor TuPhenylalaninePhenylalanine-tRNA LigaseRNA, Ribosomal, 23STetrahydrofolate Dehydrogenase

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PMID27086674
PMCPMC6640638

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