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Evolution of multiple, mutually orthogonal prolyl-tRNA synthetase/tRNA pairs for unnatural amino acid mutagenesis in Escherichia coli.


ABSTRACT: The site-specific incorporation of unnatural amino acids (UAAs) into proteins in living cells relies on an engineered tRNA/aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase (tRNA/aaRS) pair, orthogonal to the host cell, to deliver the UAA of choice in response to a unique nonsense or frameshift codon. Here we report the generation of mutually orthogonal prolyl-tRNA/prolyl-tRNA synthase (ProRS) pairs derived from an archaebacterial ancestor for use in Escherichia coli. By reprogramming the anticodon-binding pocket of Pyrococcus horikoshii ProRS (PhProRS), we were able to identify synthetase variants that recognize engineered Archaeoglobus fulgidus prolyl-tRNAs (Af-tRNA(Pro)) with three different anticodons: CUA, AGGG, and CUAG. Several of these evolved PhProRSs show specificity toward a particular anticodon variant of Af-tRNA(Pro), whereas others are promiscuous. Further evolution of the Af-tRNA(Pro) led to a variant exhibiting significantly improved amber suppression efficiency. Availability of a prolyl-tRNA/aaRS pair should enable site-specific incorporation of proline analogs and other N-modified UAAs into proteins in E. coli. The evolution of mutually orthogonal prolyl-tRNA/ProRS pairs demonstrates the plasticity of the tRNA-aaRS interface and should facilitate the incorporation of multiple, distinct UAAs into proteins.

SUBMITTER: Chatterjee A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3443146 | biostudies-other | 2012 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Evolution of multiple, mutually orthogonal prolyl-tRNA synthetase/tRNA pairs for unnatural amino acid mutagenesis in Escherichia coli.

Chatterjee Abhishek A   Xiao Han H   Schultz Peter G PG  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20120827 37


The site-specific incorporation of unnatural amino acids (UAAs) into proteins in living cells relies on an engineered tRNA/aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase (tRNA/aaRS) pair, orthogonal to the host cell, to deliver the UAA of choice in response to a unique nonsense or frameshift codon. Here we report the generation of mutually orthogonal prolyl-tRNA/prolyl-tRNA synthase (ProRS) pairs derived from an archaebacterial ancestor for use in Escherichia coli. By reprogramming the anticodon-binding pocket of Py  ...[more]

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