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ACS SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY
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AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.1c00626
关键词
noncanonical amino acids; genetic code manipulation; amber suppression; yeast display; aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase; polyspecificity; fluorescence-activated cell sorting
资金
- Army Research Office [W911NF-16-1-0175]
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health [1R35GM133471]
- Tufts University startup funds
- National Institutes of Health [1S10OD016196-01]
- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship [2016231237]
Protein expression with genetically encoded noncanonical amino acids (ncAAs) has various applications, but the lack of orthogonal translation systems (OTSs) limits their use. This study uses yeast display and flow cytometry to screen libraries of aaRSs for incorporating new ncAAs, improving existing aaRSs, and creating highly selective OTSs. The discovery of previously unknown aaRS variants significantly increases the available options for genetic code manipulation in yeast.
Protein expression with genetically encoded noncanonical amino acids (ncAAs) benefits a broad range of applications, from the discovery of biological therapeutics to fundamental biological studies. A major factor limiting the use of ncAAs is the lack of orthogonal translation systems (OTSs) that support efficient genetic code expansion at repurposed stop codons. Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs) have been extensively evolved in Escherichia coli but are not always orthogonal in eukaryotes. In this work, we use a yeast display-based ncAA incorporation reporter platform with fluorescence-activated cell sorting to screen libraries of aaRSs in high throughput for (1) the incorporation of ncAAs not previously encoded in yeast; (2) the improvement of the performance of an existing aaRS; (3) highly selective OTSs capable of discriminating between closely related ncAA analogues; and (4) OTSs exhibiting enhanced polyspecificity to support translation with structurally diverse sets of ncAAs. The number of previously undiscovered aaRS variants we report in this work more than doubles the total number of translationally active aaRSs available for genetic code manipulation in yeast. The success of myriad screening strategies has important implications related to the fundamental properties and evolvability of aaRSs. Furthermore, access to OTSs with diverse activities and specific or polyspecific properties is invaluable for a range of applications within chemical biology, synthetic biology, and protein engineering.
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