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Unnatural amino acid replacement in a yeast G protein-coupled receptor in its native environment.
Biochemistry - 20 May 2008
Huang Li-Yin, Umanah George, Hauser Melinda, Son Cagdas, Arshava Boris, Naider Fred, Becker Jeffrey M
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Ste2p is the G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) for the tridecapeptide pheromone alpha factor of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. This receptor-pheromone pair has been used extensively as a paradigm for investigating GPCR structure and function. Expression in yeast harboring a cognate tRNA/aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase pair specifically evolved to incorporate p-benzoyl- l-phenylalanine (Bpa) in response to the amber codon...
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