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ArticleCommunications biology2020

Reconstituted cell-free protein synthesis using in vitro transcribed tRNAs.

Keita Hibi, Kazuaki Amikura, Naoki Sugiura, Keiko Masuda, Satoshi Ohno, Takashi Yokogawa, Takuya Ueda, Yoshihiro Shimizu

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Article in Communications biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

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8 authors.

Keita HibiDepartment of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8562, Japan.
Kazuaki AmikuraDepartment of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8562, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9813-9462
Naoki SugiuraDepartment of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8562, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5149-128X
Keiko MasudaLaboratory for Cell-Free Protein Synthesis, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), Suita, Osaka, 565-0874, Japan.
Satoshi OhnoDepartment of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan.
Takashi YokogawaDepartment of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3272-3225
Takuya UedaDepartment of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8562, Japan.
Yoshihiro ShimizuLaboratory for Cell-Free Protein Synthesis, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), Suita, Osaka, 565-0874, Japan. yshimizu@riken.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3499-1394

Funding

Studies of Transfer RNAR35GM122560 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SOLL, DIETER · 2017 to 2022
$5.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM122560
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Entire reconstitution of tRNAs for active protein production in a cell-free system brings flexibility into the genetic code engineering. It can also contribute to the field of cell-free synthetic biology, which aims to construct self-replicable artificial cells. Herein, we developed a system equipped only with in vitro transcribed tRNA (iVTtRNA) based on a reconstituted cell-free protein synthesis (PURE) system. The developed system, consisting of 21 iVTtRNAs without nucleotide modifications, is able to synthesize active proteins according to the redesigned genetic code. Manipulation of iVTtRNA composition in the system enabled genetic code rewriting. Introduction of modified nucleotides into specific iVTtRNAs demonstrated to be effective for both protein yield and decoding fidelity, where the production yield of DHFR reached about 40% of the reaction with native tRNA at 30°C. The developed system will prove useful for studying decoding processes, and may be employed in genetic code and protein engineering applications.

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Genetic CodeProtein BiosynthesisAmino AcidsCell-Free SystemEscherichia coliProtein EngineeringProteinsRNA, TransferTranscription, GeneticAmino AcidsProteinsRNA, Transfer

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PMID32620935
PMCPMC7334211

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