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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2025

High-Efficiency Trifluoromethyl-Methionine Incorporation into Cyclophilin A by Cell-Free Synthesis for

Wenkai Zhu, Christina M Monnie, Kristīne Kitoka, Angela M Gronenborn

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Article in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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  2. Biophysical journal · 2026
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  4. Analytical chemistry · 2026
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  5. Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2025
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Wenkai ZhuDepartment of Structural Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3501 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA-15261, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1711-9991
Christina M MonnieDepartment of Structural Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3501 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA-15261, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0227-5337
Kristīne KitokaDepartment of Structural Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3501 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA-15261, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2547-3675
Angela M GronenbornDepartment of Structural Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3501 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA-15261, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9072-3525

Funding

Project 3. IntegrationU54AI170791 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Zandrea Ambrose · 2022 to 2026
$30.6M
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases U54AI170791National Science Foundation 2116534National Science Foundation CHE 1708773NIAID NIH HHS U54 AI170791
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fluorine-19 NMR spectroscopy has emerged as a powerful tool for studying protein structure, dynamics, and interactions. Of particular interest is the exploitation of trifluoromethyl (tfm) groups, given their high sensitivity and superior transverse relaxation properties, compared to single fluorine atoms. However, biosynthetic incorporation of tfm-bearing amino acids remains challenging due to cytotoxicity and incompatibility with natural tRNA synthetases. Here, we report on overcoming this challenge using cell-free synthesis, incorporating trifluoromethyl-methionine (tfmM) into the protein Cyclophilin A (CypA) with remarkably high efficiency, impossible via biosynthetic means. Importantly, we demonstrate that tfmM CypA binds a native substrate, the N-terminal domain of HIV-1 capsid protein (HIV-1 CA-NTD), and retains peptidyl prolyl cis/trans isomerase activity. It also binds the peptide inhibitor Cyclosporine A (CsA) with the same affinity as non-labeled, wild-type CypA. Furthermore, we show that

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Cyclophilin AMethionineCell-Free SystemFluorineHumansMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyNuclear Magnetic Resonance, BiomolecularCyclophilin AFluorineMethionine19F NMR spectroscopycell-free synthesisCyclophilin Asolvent paramagnetic relaxation enhancementtrifluoromethyl methionine

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PMID39571097
PMCPMC11813676

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