2024
β‑Amino Acids Reduce Ternary Complex Stability and Alter the Translation Elongation Mechanism
Cruz-Navarrete F, Griffin W, Chan Y, Martin M, Alejo J, Brady R, Natchiar S, Knudson I, Altman R, Schepartz A, Miller S, Blanchard S. β‑Amino Acids Reduce Ternary Complex Stability and Alter the Translation Elongation Mechanism. ACS Central Science 2024, 10: 1262-1275. PMID: 38947208, PMCID: PMC11212133, DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.4c00314.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-natural amino acidsComplex stabilityTernary complex stabilityTemplate synthesisDetection limitEnergy transfer measurementsTernary complex formationComplex formationSingle-molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer measurementsIn vitro detection limitTernary complexFluorescence resonance energy transfer measurementsAmino acidsMechanism of protein synthesisResonance energy transfer measurementsSynthesis of proteinsRate of translocationMRNA decodingElongation substratesStabilityElongation factorIsomersRibosome utilizationAminoacyl-tRNAStereoisomers
2018
Divergent Control of Point and Axial Stereogenicity: Catalytic Enantioselective C−N Bond‐Forming Cross‐Coupling and Catalyst‐Controlled Atroposelective Cyclodehydration
Kwon Y, Chinn AJ, Kim B, Miller SJ. Divergent Control of Point and Axial Stereogenicity: Catalytic Enantioselective C−N Bond‐Forming Cross‐Coupling and Catalyst‐Controlled Atroposelective Cyclodehydration. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2018, 57: 6251-6255. PMID: 29637680, PMCID: PMC5964046, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201802963.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAxis of chiralityCopper complexesChiral phosphoric acid catalystChiral copper complexesPhosphoric acid catalystStereogenic carbon centersMultiple stereoisomersCatalytic approachCatalytic reactionStereogenic elementsAcid catalystRemote desymmetrizationCatalyst controlAxial chiralityCarbon centerStereogenic centersCross couplingHigh diastereoselectivityPhosphoric acidCatalystChiralityStereoisomersCyclodehydrationStereogenicityReaction