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A redox trap to augment the intein toolbox.
Biotechnology and bioengineering - 1 Jun 2013
Callahan Brian P, Stanger Matthew, Belfort Marlene
Abstract excerpt
The unregulated activity of inteins during expression and consequent side reactions during work-up limits their widespread use in biotechnology and chemical biology. Therefore, we exploited a mechanism-based approach to regulate intein autocatalysis for biotechnological application. The system, inspired by our previous structural studies, is based on reversible trapping of the intein's catalytic cysteine residue...
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