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ArticleNature communications2022

Unleashing the potential of noncanonical amino acid biosynthesis to create cells with precision tyrosine sulfation.

Yuda Chen, Shikai Jin, Mengxi Zhang, Yu Hu, Kuan-Lin Wu, Anna Chung, Shichao Wang, Zeru Tian, Yixian Wang, Peter G Wolynes and 1 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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45 citing papers in PubMed.

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  15. In Vivo Biosynthesis and Direct Incorporation of Noncanonical Amino Acids into Proteins.Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors.

Yuda ChenDepartment of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA.
Shikai JinCenter for Theoretical Biological Physics, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9525-4166
Mengxi ZhangDepartment of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA.
Yu HuDepartment of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA.
Kuan-Lin WuDepartment of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA.
Anna ChungDepartment of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5561-2651
Shichao WangDepartment of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA.
Zeru TianDepartment of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA.
Yixian WangDepartment of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA.
Peter G WolynesDepartment of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA.
Han XiaoDepartment of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA. han.xiao@rice.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-4311-971X

Funding

Targeting Siglec-9/Sialoglycan Interactions to Enhance NK Functions During HIV InfectionR01AI165079 · NIAID · WISTAR INSTITUTE · PI ABDEL MOHSEN, MOHAMED, XIAO, HAN · 2021 to 2025
$3.1M
Engineering Proteins with Noncanonical Amino AcidsR35GM133706 · NIGMS · RICE UNIVERSITY · PI Han Xiao · 2019 to 2026
$2.9M
Development of Bone-Targeting Antibodies for Ewing Sarcoma Using Genetic Code ExpansionR21CA255894 · NCI · RICE UNIVERSITY · PI XIAO, HAN, YUSTEIN, JASON · 2021 to 2023
$568k
NCI NIH HHS R21 CA255894NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI165079NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM133706
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite the great promise of genetic code expansion technology to modulate structures and functions of proteins, external addition of ncAAs is required in most cases and it often limits the utility of genetic code expansion technology, especially to noncanonical amino acids (ncAAs) with poor membrane internalization. Here, we report the creation of autonomous cells, both prokaryotic and eukaryotic, with the ability to biosynthesize and genetically encode sulfotyrosine (sTyr), an important protein post-translational modification with low membrane permeability. These engineered cells can produce site-specifically sulfated proteins at a higher yield than cells fed exogenously with the highest level of sTyr reported in the literature. We use these autonomous cells to prepare highly potent thrombin inhibitors with site-specific sulfation. By enhancing ncAA incorporation efficiency, this added ability of cells to biosynthesize ncAAs and genetically incorporate them into proteins greatly extends the utility of genetic code expansion methods.

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Genetic CodeThrombinAmino AcidsProteinsTyrosineAmino AcidsProteinsThrombinTyrosine

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PMID36114189
PMCPMC9481576

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