2020
Initiation of Protein Synthesis with Non‐Canonical Amino Acids In Vivo
Tharp J, Ad O, Amikura K, Ward F, Garcia E, Cate J, Schepartz A, Söll D. Initiation of Protein Synthesis with Non‐Canonical Amino Acids In Vivo. Angewandte Chemie 2020, 132: 3146-3150. DOI: 10.1002/ange.201914671.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-canonical amino acidsDistinct non-canonical amino acidsE. coli translational machineryAmino acidsNon-canonical initiationTRNA fMetTranslational machineryInitiator tRNASynthetic biologyE. coli strainsProtein synthesisDiverse sidechainsColi strainsFMetRemarkable versatilityVivoInitial stepSecond positionGenomeTyrRSTRNARedundant copiesMachineryBiologyPolypeptide
2000
One Polypeptide with Two Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetase Activities
Stathopoulos C, Li T, Longman R, Vothknecht U, Becker H, Ibba M, Söll D. One Polypeptide with Two Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetase Activities. Science 2000, 287: 479-482. PMID: 10642548, DOI: 10.1126/science.287.5452.479.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProlyl-tRNA synthetaseProtein synthesisCysteinyl-tRNA synthetase activityAmino-terminal sequenceSynthetase activityAminoacyl-tRNA synthetase activityCertain archaeaEvolutionary originMethanococcus jannaschiiGenome sequenceSubstrate specificityGenetic analysisSuch organismsMessenger RNARNA synthetasesSynthetaseSequenceArchaeaJannaschiiSynthetasesRNAOrganismsPolypeptideProlylProtein