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
2022
Enhanced access to the human phosphoproteome with genetically encoded phosphothreonine
Moen J, Mohler K, Rogulina S, Shi X, Shen H, Rinehart J. Enhanced access to the human phosphoproteome with genetically encoded phosphothreonine. Nature Communications 2022, 13: 7226. PMID: 36433969, PMCID: PMC9700786, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34980-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUbiquitous post-translational modificationCo-translational insertionKinase activation mechanismProtein interaction platformOrthogonal translation systemProtein-protein interactionsPost-translational modificationsPhospho-amino acidsAminoacyl-tRNA synthetaseHuman phosphoproteomePhosphorylation eventsTRNA pairsFunctional assignmentCellular processesProtein phosphorylationUpstream kinasePhysiological functionsActivation mechanismTranslation systemKinasePhosphorylationInteraction platformPhosphoproteomePhosphothreoninePhospho
2021
Phosphorylated WNK kinase networks in recoded bacteria recapitulate physiological function
Schiapparelli P, Pirman NL, Mohler K, Miranda-Herrera PA, Zarco N, Kilic O, Miller C, Shah SR, Rogulina S, Hungerford W, Abriola L, Hoyer D, Turk BE, Guerrero-Cázares H, Isaacs FJ, Quiñones-Hinojosa A, Levchenko A, Rinehart J. Phosphorylated WNK kinase networks in recoded bacteria recapitulate physiological function. Cell Reports 2021, 36: 109416. PMID: 34289367, PMCID: PMC8379681, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109416.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsCell Line, TumorCell MovementCell ProliferationEscherichia coliFemaleGlioblastomaHEK293 CellsHumansMaleMice, NudeMiddle AgedPhosphorylationPhosphoserineProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesRecombinant ProteinsSignal TransductionSmall Molecule LibrariesSubstrate SpecificityWNK Lysine-Deficient Protein Kinase 1ConceptsKinase networkAuthentic post-translational modificationsGenetic code expansionPost-translational modificationsProduction of proteinsSmall molecule kinase inhibitorsKinase inhibitorsGenetic codePhosphorylated proteinsCode expansionKinase proteinWNK kinasesPhysiological functionsWNK4 kinaseBiochemical propertiesGlioblastoma cellsKinaseBacterial strainsProteinDistinct sitesPhosphoserineSPAKBacteriaCellular systemsCells