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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2019

Plasticity and Constraints of tRNA Aminoacylation Define Directed Evolution of Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases.

Ana Crnković, Oscar Vargas-Rodriguez, Dieter Söll

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Genetic Code Expansion: Another Solution to Codon Assignments.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  7. Reprogramming the genetic code.Nature reviews. Genetics · 2021
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  8. Circadian clock control of eIF2α phosphorylation is necessary for rhythmic translation initiation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ana CrnkovićDepartment of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. ana.crnkovic@yale.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-0581-1887
Oscar Vargas-RodriguezDepartment of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. oscar.vargas@yale.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-2301-2800
Dieter SöllDepartment of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. dieter.soll@yale.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-3077-8986
Yale University · US

Funding

Studies of Transfer RNAR35GM122560 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SOLL, DIETER · 2017 to 2022
$5.6M
National Institutes of Health R35GM122560NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM122560U.S. Department of Energy DE-FG02-98ER20311
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genetic incorporation of noncanonical amino acids (ncAAs) has become a powerful tool to enhance existing functions or introduce new ones into proteins through expanded chemistry. This technology relies on the process of nonsense suppression, which is made possible by directing aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs) to attach an ncAA onto a cognate suppressor tRNA. However, different mechanisms govern aaRS specificity toward its natural amino acid (AA) substrate and hinder the engineering of aaRSs for applications beyond the incorporation of a single l-α-AA. Directed evolution of aaRSs therefore faces two interlinked challenges: the removal of the affinity for cognate AA and improvement of ncAA acylation. Here we review aspects of AA recognition that directly influence the feasibility and success of aaRS engineering toward d- and β-AAs incorporation into proteins in vivo. Emerging directed evolution methods are described and evaluated on the basis of aaRS active site plasticity and its inherent constraints.

Indexed as

Directed Molecular EvolutionTransfer RNA AminoacylationAmino Acyl-tRNA SynthetasesMutationAmino Acyl-tRNA Synthetasesaminoacyl-tRNA synthetasesdirected evolutiongenetic code expansionnoncanonical amino acidssynthetic biology

Identifiers

PMID31075874
PMCPMC6540133
OpenAlexW2943964913

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