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A flexible codon in genomically recoded Escherichia coli permits programmable protein phosphorylation
Pirman NL, Barber KW, Aerni HR, Ma NJ, Haimovich AD, Rogulina S, Isaacs FJ, Rinehart J. A flexible codon in genomically recoded Escherichia coli permits programmable protein phosphorylation. Nature Communications 2015, 6: 8130. PMID: 26350500, PMCID: PMC4566969, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9130.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProtein phosphorylationProtein phosphorylation eventsFull-length proteinNon-phosphorylated formPhosphoserine-containing proteinsPhosphorylation eventsMEK1 kinaseUAG codonKinase activityRecombinant DNADNA templateEscherichia coliE. coliCodonPhosphorylationFunctional informationSerineProteinColiBiochemical investigationsPhosphoproteomeInefficient productionKinasePhosphoserineDNAGenomically Recoded Organisms Expand Biological Functions
Lajoie MJ, Rovner AJ, Goodman DB, Aerni HR, Haimovich AD, Kuznetsov G, Mercer JA, Wang HH, Carr PA, Mosberg JA, Rohland N, Schultz PG, Jacobson JM, Rinehart J, Church GM, Isaacs FJ. Genomically Recoded Organisms Expand Biological Functions. Science 2013, 342: 357-360. PMID: 24136966, PMCID: PMC4924538, DOI: 10.1126/science.1241459.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNew genetic codesRelease factor 1UAG stop codonNonstandard amino acidsEscherichia coli MG1655UAA codonGenetic codeColi MG1655Biological functionsStop codonChemical diversityT7 bacteriophageAmino acidsFactor 1CodonMG1655OrganismsProteinDiversityDeletionBacteriophagesViral resistanceTranslation functionGROVivo
2020
The mechanism of β-N-methylamino-l-alanine inhibition of tRNA aminoacylation and its impact on misincorporation
Han N, Bullwinkle T, Loeb K, Faull K, Mohler K, Rinehart J, Ibba M. The mechanism of β-N-methylamino-l-alanine inhibition of tRNA aminoacylation and its impact on misincorporation. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2020, 295: 1402-1410. DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)49898-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAmino acid activationSerine codonsProtein synthesisHuman protein extractsHuman seryl-tRNA synthetaseAminoacyl-tRNA synthetaseSeryl-tRNA synthetaseAmyotrophic lateral sclerosisAlanyl-tRNA synthetaseN-methylaminoNonproteinogenic amino acidsCotranslational incorporationTRNA aminoacylationAlzheimer's diseaseProtein extractsBiochemical assaysAmino acidsExchange assayBMAAAcid activationSynthetaseCodonAminoacylationNeurodegenerative diseasesMultiple different mechanisms