Marine sponges often house small-molecule-producing symbionts extracellularly in their mesohyl, providing the host with a means of chemical defence against predation and microbial infection. Here, we report an intriguing case of chemically mediated symbiosis between the renieramycin-containing sponge Haliclona sp.
Unnatural amino acids (Uaas) can be translationally incorporated into proteins in vivo using evolved tRNA/aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase (RS) pairs, affording chemistries inaccessible when restricted to the 20 natural amino acids. To date, most evolved RSs aminoacylate Uaas chemically similar to the
Amersham Prize winner. Expanding the genetic code.
Lei Wang
Science (New York, N.Y.), 302(5645), 584-585 (2003-10-25)
Journal of molecular biology, 404(1), 70-87 (2010-09-15)
We describe a strategy for the rapid selection of mutant aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRS) with specificity for a novel amino acid based on fluorescence-activated cell sorting of transformed Escherichia coli using as reporter the enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP) whose gene
Biochemistry and molecular biology international, 31(5), 797-805 (1993-12-01)
An enzyme fraction with catalytic activities for the biosynthesis of the pipecolic acid containing cyclopeptolide SDZ 90-215 was partially purified and characterized from the genus Septoria. The crude cell homogenate was subjected to polyethyleneimine precipitation, ammonium sulfate precipitation and FPLC
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