2015
A flexible codon in genomically recoded Escherichia coli permits programmable protein phosphorylation
Pirman NL, Barber KW, Aerni HR, Ma NJ, Haimovich AD, Rogulina S, Isaacs FJ, Rinehart J. A flexible codon in genomically recoded Escherichia coli permits programmable protein phosphorylation. Nature Communications 2015, 6: 8130. PMID: 26350500, PMCID: PMC4566969, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9130.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProtein phosphorylationProtein phosphorylation eventsFull-length proteinNon-phosphorylated formPhosphoserine-containing proteinsPhosphorylation eventsMEK1 kinaseUAG codonKinase activityRecombinant DNADNA templateEscherichia coliE. coliCodonPhosphorylationFunctional informationSerineProteinColiBiochemical investigationsPhosphoproteomeInefficient productionKinasePhosphoserineDNA
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 RNAUAGProtein
2012
Enhanced phosphoserine insertion during Escherichia coli protein synthesis via partial UAG codon reassignment and release factor 1 deletion
Heinemann IU, Rovner AJ, Aerni HR, Rogulina S, Cheng L, Olds W, Fischer JT, Söll D, Isaacs FJ, Rinehart J. Enhanced phosphoserine insertion during Escherichia coli protein synthesis via partial UAG codon reassignment and release factor 1 deletion. FEBS Letters 2012, 586: 3716-3722. PMID: 22982858, PMCID: PMC3473164, DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2012.08.031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUAG codonEscherichia coli protein synthesisRelease factor 1Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetaseCellular fitnessCodon reassignmentEssential genesElongation factorPhosphoserine phosphataseProtein synthesisRF-1Protein yieldTranslation systemFactor 1CodonAccompanying lossGFPUAAGenesSynthetaseDeletionWNK4FitnessPhosphataseExpression