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ReviewAnnual review of microbiology2017

Rewriting the Genetic Code.

Takahito Mukai, Marc J Lajoie, Markus Englert, Dieter Söll

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Review in Annual review of microbiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 91 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

91 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Takahito MukaiDepartment of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511; email: dieter.soll@yale.edu.
Marc J LajoieDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195.
Markus EnglertDepartment of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511; email: dieter.soll@yale.edu.
Dieter SöllDepartment of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511; email: dieter.soll@yale.edu.

Funding

TRANSFER RNAR01GM022854 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SOLL, DIETER · 1985 to 2016
$21.3M
Studies of Transfer RNAR35GM122560 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SOLL, DIETER · 2017 to 2022
$5.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM022854NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM122560
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The genetic code-the language used by cells to translate their genomes into proteins that perform many cellular functions-is highly conserved throughout natural life. Rewriting the genetic code could lead to new biological functions such as expanding protein chemistries with noncanonical amino acids (ncAAs) and genetically isolating synthetic organisms from natural organisms and viruses. It has long been possible to transiently produce proteins bearing ncAAs, but stabilizing an expanded genetic code for sustained function in vivo requires an integrated approach: creating recoded genomes and introducing new translation machinery that function together without compromising viability or clashing with endogenous pathways. In this review, we discuss design considerations and technologies for expanding the genetic code. The knowledge obtained by rewriting the genetic code will deepen our understanding of how genomes are designed and how the canonical genetic code evolved.

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Genetic CodeAmino AcidsBiotechnologyCodonMetabolic EngineeringProtein BiosynthesisAmino AcidsCodoncodon usagegenetic codeorthogonalsynthetic biologytranslation engineering

Identifiers

PMID28697669
PMCPMC5772603

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