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ArticleiScience2025

Directed evolution of an orthogonal transcription engine for programmable gene expression in eukaryotes.

Shaunak Kar, Elizabeth C Gardner, Kamyab Javanmardi, Daniel R Boutz, Raghav Shroff, Andrew P Horton, Thomas H Segall-Shapiro, Andrew D Ellington, Jimmy Gollihar

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9 authors.

Shaunak KarLaboratory of Antibody Discovery and Accelerated Protein Therapeutics, Center for Infectious Diseases, Houston Methodist Research Institute and Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
Elizabeth C GardnerDepartment of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
Kamyab JavanmardiDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
Daniel R BoutzLaboratory of Antibody Discovery and Accelerated Protein Therapeutics, Center for Infectious Diseases, Houston Methodist Research Institute and Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
Raghav ShroffLaboratory of Antibody Discovery and Accelerated Protein Therapeutics, Center for Infectious Diseases, Houston Methodist Research Institute and Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
Andrew P HortonLaboratory of Antibody Discovery and Accelerated Protein Therapeutics, Center for Infectious Diseases, Houston Methodist Research Institute and Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
Thomas H Segall-ShapiroLaboratory of Antibody Discovery and Accelerated Protein Therapeutics, Center for Infectious Diseases, Houston Methodist Research Institute and Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
Andrew D EllingtonDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
Jimmy GolliharLaboratory of Antibody Discovery and Accelerated Protein Therapeutics, Center for Infectious Diseases, Houston Methodist Research Institute and Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

T7 RNA polymerase (RNAP) has enabled orthogonal control of gene expression and recombinant protein production across diverse prokaryotic host chassis organisms for decades. However, the absence of 5' methyl guanosine caps on T7 RNAP-derived transcripts has severely limited its utility and widespread adoption in eukaryotic systems. To address this shortcoming, we evolved a fusion enzyme combining T7 RNAP with the single subunit capping enzyme from African swine fever virus using

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PMCPMC11732208

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