光オクサゾールアミノ酸を含むタンパク質のセルロース合成
Shengxi Chen1, Xun Ji1, Mingxuan Gao1
1Biodesign Center for BioEnergetics, and School of Molecular Sciences , Arizona State University , Tempe , Arizona 85287 , United States.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|March 21, 2019
まとめ
研究者たちは 遺伝子コードを拡張し 光オクサゾールアミノ酸を 生きたE.コライ細胞内のタンパク質に 組み込みました この新しいアミノ酸は タンパク質の工学能力を拡張し タンパク質のタグ付けと視覚化のための 新しいツールを提供します
科学分野:
- 生物化学
- 分子生物学
- 合成生物学
背景:
- 遺伝子コードの拡張により,非正規のアミノ酸 (ncAAs) がタンパク質,主にα-l-アミノ酸に含まれる.
- 修正されたリボソームはディペプチドとディペプチドミメティックを組み込むために使用されています.
- 自然系は特定のアミノ酸構造を好み,組み込まれたncaaの多様性を制限する.
研究 の 目的:
- α-アミノ基を欠く非正規の光オクサゾールアミノ酸をセルロースに組み込むこと.
- このオクサゾールアミノ酸の 光タンパク質タグとしての有用性を示すために
- タンパク質工学のための遺伝子組み換えアミノ酸のレパートリーを拡大する.
主な方法:
- 改変されたE. coliのリボソームとピロリシル-tRNA合成酵素 (PylRS) を利用した.
- 標的タンパク質 (hnRNP LL RRM1ドメイン) とPylRSシステムをコードする共変形プラズミッド.
- オクサゾールアミノ酸 (オクサゾール2) を含有する介質に細胞をインキュベートし,質量スペクトロメトリで組み込みを確認した.
- 表現と分析された緑色光タンパク質とMreBタンパク質.
主要な成果:
- オクサゾール2をhnRNP LL RRM1ドメイン,GFP,およびE. coli細胞内のMreBに組み込みました.
- オクサゾール2の併用により,タンパク質の光性が著しく向上した.
- 改造されたMreBは野生型のタンパク質機能と細胞形態を保持した.
- マススペクトロメトリーを用いて成功裏に組み込みました.
結論:
- 改変されたリボソームとPylRSを用いた非正規のオクサゾールアミノ酸のセルロース組み込みで実証された.
- 添加されたオクサゾール2は強力な光タグとして作用し,タンパク質の光性を高める.
- この方法は,タンパク質合成のために遺伝的にコードできるアミノ酸の範囲を大幅に拡張します.
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