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Photosynthetic reaction center variants made via genetic code expansion show Tyr at M210 tunes the initial electron transfer mechanism.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 21 Dec 2021
Weaver Jared Bryce, Lin Chi-Yun, Faries Kaitlyn M, Mathews Irimpan I, Russi Silvia, Holten Dewey, Kirmaier Christine, Boxer Steven G
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Photosynthetic reaction centers (RCs) from Rhodobacter sphaeroides were engineered to vary the electronic properties of a key tyrosine (M210) close to an essential electron transfer component via its replacement with site-specific, genetically encoded noncanonical amino acid tyrosine analogs. High fidelity of noncanonical amino acid incorporation was verified with mass spectrometry and X-ray crystallography and...
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