2023
System‐wide optimization of an orthogonal translation system with enhanced biological tolerance
Mohler K, Moen J, Rogulina S, Rinehart J. System‐wide optimization of an orthogonal translation system with enhanced biological tolerance. Molecular Systems Biology 2023, 19: msb202110591. PMID: 37477096, PMCID: PMC10407733, DOI: 10.15252/msb.202110591.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOrthogonal translation systemHost interactionsNon-standard amino acidsPost-translational modificationsSystems-level biologyStress response activationTranslation systemSynthetic biological systemsCellular physiologyProtein phosphorylationOTS performanceHost physiologyCellular environmentAmino acidsCellular mechanismsDeleterious interactionsResponse activationBiological systemsPhysiologyOTS developmentUnparalleled accessPhosphorylationHost toxicityBiologyInteraction
2014
Revealing the amino acid composition of proteins within an expanded genetic code
Aerni HR, Shifman MA, Rogulina S, O'Donoghue P, Rinehart J. Revealing the amino acid composition of proteins within an expanded genetic code. Nucleic Acids Research 2014, 43: e8-e8. PMID: 25378305, PMCID: PMC4333366, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku1087.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-standard amino acidsOrthogonal translation systemGenetic codeUAG codonProtein synthesisConventional proteomic analysisRecombinant reporter proteinRelease factor 1Amino acid insertionAmino acid compositionReporter proteinProteomic analysisExtended proteinSurprising diversityUAG readthroughAcid insertionProteomic workflowStop codonNative proteinCodonEscherichia coliAmino acidsMessenger RNAUAGProteinExpanded Cellular Amino Acid Pools Containing Phosphoserine, Phosphothreonine, and Phosphotyrosine
Steinfeld JB, Aerni HR, Rogulina S, Liu Y, Rinehart J. Expanded Cellular Amino Acid Pools Containing Phosphoserine, Phosphothreonine, and Phosphotyrosine. ACS Chemical Biology 2014, 9: 1104-1112. PMID: 24646179, PMCID: PMC4027946, DOI: 10.1021/cb5000532.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNonstandard amino acidsAmino acidsGenetic codeOrthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetaseCellular amino acid poolsIntracellular levelsPhosphorylated amino acidsAminoacyl-tRNA synthetaseE. coliLow-phosphate mediumAmino acid poolCotranslational insertionTRNA pairsMetabolic engineeringRecombinant proteinsDeficient cellsStandard amino acidsProtein synthesisWT cellsPhosphoserinePhosphotyrosinePhosphothreonineProteinAcid poolColi