Addition of a photocrosslinking amino acid to the genetic code of Escherichia coli

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作者
Chin, JW
Martin, AB
King, DS
Wang, L
Schultz, PG
机构
[1] Scripps Res Inst, Dept Chem, La Jolla, CA 92037 USA
[2] Scripps Res Inst, Skaggs Inst Chem Biol, La Jolla, CA 92037 USA
[3] Univ Calif Berkeley, Howard Hughes Med Inst, Dept Mol & Cell Biol, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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10.1073/pnas.172226299
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Benzophenones are among the most useful photocrosslinking agents in biology. We have evolved an orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase/tRNA pair that makes possible the in vivo incorporation of p-benzoyl-L-phenylalanine into proteins in Escherichia coli in response to the amber codon, TAG. This unnatural amino acid was incorporated with high translational efficiency and fidelity into the dimeric protein glutathione S-transferase. Irradiation resulted in efficient crosslinking (>50%) of the protein subunits. This methodology may prove useful for discovering and defining protein interactions in vitro and in vivo.
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