2024
Engineered mRNA–ribosome fusions for facile biosynthesis of selenoproteins
Thaenert A, Sevostyanova A, Chung C, Vargas-Rodriguez O, Melnikov S, Söll D. Engineered mRNA–ribosome fusions for facile biosynthesis of selenoproteins. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2024, 121: e2321700121. PMID: 38442159, PMCID: PMC10945757, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2321700121.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelenocysteine insertion sequenceRibosomal RNARibosome engineeringMessenger RNARegulatory RNA elementsMachinery of protein synthesisInsertion of SecSec-containing proteinsSite-specific insertionBiosynthesis of selenoproteinsNatural messenger RNALive bacterial cellsRNA elementsUAG codonInsertion sequenceRibosome structureUGA codonSec codonInsert SecStop codonSynthetic biologyDesigning proteinsRibosomePolypeptide chainBacterial cells
2020
Front Cover: Hijacking Translation Initiation for Synthetic Biology (ChemBioChem 10/2020)
Tharp J, Krahn N, Varshney U, Söll D. Front Cover: Hijacking Translation Initiation for Synthetic Biology (ChemBioChem 10/2020). ChemBioChem 2020, 21: 1383-1383. DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202000239.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsInitiation 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