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Importance of single molecular determinants in the fidelity of expanded genetic codes.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 25 Jan 2011
Antonczak Alicja K, Simova Zuzana, Yonemoto Isaac T, Bochtler Matthias, Piasecka Anna, Czapinska Honorata, Brancale Andrea, Tippmann Eric M
Abstract excerpt
The site-selective encoding of noncanonical amino acids (NAAs) is a powerful technique for the installation of novel chemical functional groups in proteins. This is often achieved by recoding a stop codon and requires two additional components: an evolved aminoacyl tRNA synthetase (AARS) and a cognate tRNA. Analysis of the most successful AARSs reveals common characteristics. The highest fidelity NAA systems...
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