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MOLECULAR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY
Volume 19, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.15252/msb.202110591
Keywords
bacterial physiology; orthogonal translation system; phosphoserine; stress tolerance; synthetic biology
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In the past two decades, synthetic biological systems have revolutionized the study of cellular physiology. The use of orthogonal translation systems (OTSs) to incorporate non-standard amino acids has provided unprecedented access to cellular mechanisms regulated by post-translational modifications. However, the systems-level biology of OTS development and utilization remains underexplored. This study investigates the global interactions between OTS components and the cellular environment, aiming to improve OTS performance and enhance orthogonality.
Over the past two decades, synthetic biological systems have revolutionized the study of cellular physiology. The ability to site-specifically incorporate biologically relevant non-standard amino acids using orthogonal translation systems (OTSs) has proven particularly useful, providing unparalleled access to cellular mechanisms modulated by post-translational modifications, such as protein phosphorylation. However, despite significant advances in OTS design and function, the systems-level biology of OTS development and utilization remains underexplored. In this study, we employ a phosphoserine OTS (pSerOTS) as a model to systematically investigate global interactions between OTS components and the cellular environment, aiming to improve OTS performance. Based on this analysis, we design OTS variants to enhance orthogonality by minimizing host process interactions and reducing stress response activation. Our findings advance understanding of system-wide OTS:host interactions, enabling informed design practices that circumvent deleterious interactions with host physiology while improving OTS performance and stability. Furthermore, our study emphasizes the importance of establishing a pipeline for systematically profiling OTS:host interactions to enhance orthogonality and mitigate mechanisms underlying OTS-mediated host toxicity.
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