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Introducción genética de los aminoácidos bioquímicamente reactivos deshidroalanina y deshidrobutirina en las

Bing Yang, Nanxi Wang, Paul D Schnier

¹Hangzhou Research Institute of Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hangzhou 310018 , China.

Journal of the American Chemical Society

|May 1, 2019

Resumen

Este estudio introduce un nuevo método, la COnversión Química Genéticamente Codificada (GECCO), para incorporar aminoácidos reactivos en proteínas. GECCO permite la modificación precisa de proteínas para aplicaciones avanzadas de investigación biológica e ingeniería.

Área de la Ciencia:

La bioquímica
Biología Química
Biología molecular

Sus antecedentes:

La expansión del código genético con aminoácidos no naturales (UAAs) amplía las capacidades de las proteínas.
Los Uaas actuales están limitados a grupos inertes o bioortogonales debido a restricciones biológicas.

Objetivo del estudio:

Desarrollar una estrategia para la incorporación de aminoácidos bioquímicamente reactivos en las proteínas.
Para superar las limitaciones de las tecnologías de aminoácidos no naturales existentes.

Principales métodos:

Desarrolló la estrategia de conversión química genéticamente codificada (GECCO).
Utilizó la reacción de intercambio de fluoruro de azufre (SuFEx) entre fluorosulfato-l-tirosina y serina/treonina.
Residuos reactivos de deshidroalanina y deshidrobutirina generados específicamente en el sitio en las proteínas.

Principales resultados:

Se ha demostrado la capacidad de GECCO para crear residuos reactivos de aminoácidos in situ.
Demostró la compatibilidad de GECCO con varias proteínas y reacciones inter e intramoleculares.
Etiquetado con éxito las proteínas que contienen deshidroalanina con tiol-sacárido para crear glicoproteínas miméticas.

Conclusiones:

GECCO proporciona una nueva solución para la introducción de aminoácidos reactivos en las proteínas.
Este método abre nuevas posibilidades para la manipulación química in vivo en los sistemas biológicos.
GECCO está preparado para avanzar en la investigación biológica y la ingeniería de proteínas.

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