Engineering Artificially Split Inteins for Applications in Protein Chemistry:  Biochemical Characterization of the Split Ssp DnaB Intein and Comparison to the Split Sce …

S Brenzel, T Kurpiers, HD Mootz - Biochemistry, 2006 - ACS Publications
In protein trans-splicing, an intein domain split into two polypeptide chains mediates linkage
of the flanking amino acid sequences, the N-and C-terminal exteins, with a native peptide …

Structure–activity studies on the upstream splice junction of a semisynthetic intein

A Wasmuth, C Ludwig, HD Mootz - Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 2013 - Elsevier
Protein trans-splicing by split inteins holds great potential for the chemical modification and
semisynthesis of proteins. However, the structural requirements of the extein sequences …

In Vivo and In Vitro Protein Ligation by Naturally Occurring and Engineered Split DnaE Inteins

AS Aranko, S Züger, E Buchinger, H Iwaï - PloS one, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Background Protein trans-splicing by naturally occurring split DnaE inteins is used for
protein ligation of foreign peptide fragments. In order to widen biotechnological applications …

Extein Residues Play an Intimate Role in the Rate-Limiting Step of Protein Trans-Splicing

NH Shah, E Eryilmaz, D Cowburn… - Journal of the American …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Split inteins play an important role in modern protein semisynthesis techniques. These
naturally occurring protein splicing domains can be used for in vitro and in vivo protein …

A functional interplay between intein and extein sequences in protein splicing compensates for the essential block B histidine

K Friedel, MA Popp, JCJ Matern, EM Gazdag… - Chemical …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Inteins remove themselves from a precursor protein by protein splicing. Due to the
concomitant structural changes of the host protein, this self-processing reaction has enabled …

Characterization of a Naturally Occurring Trans-Splicing Intein from Synechocystis sp. PCC6803

DD Martin, MQ Xu, TC Evans - Biochemistry, 2001 - ACS Publications
A naturally occurring trans-splicing intein from the dnaE gene of Synechocystis sp.
PCC6803 (Ssp DnaE intein) was used to characterize the intein-catalyzed splicing reaction …

Protein trans-splicing and functional mini-inteins of a cyanobacterial dnaB intein

H Wu, MQ Xu, XQ Liu - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Protein …, 1998 - Elsevier
A 429 aa theoretical intein is encoded in the dnaB gene (DNA helicase) of the
cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC6803. This intein is shown to be capable of …

Protein Trans-Splicing of Multiple Atypical Split Inteins Engineered from Natural Inteins

Y Lin, M Li, H Song, L Xu, Q Meng, XQ Liu - PLoS One, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Protein trans-splicing by split inteins has many uses in protein production and research.
Splicing proteins with synthetic peptides, which employs atypical split inteins, is particularly …

Interaction studies and alanine scanning analysis of a semi-synthetic split intein reveal thiazoline ring formation from an intermediate of the protein splicing reaction

C Ludwig, D Schwarzer, HD Mootz - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2008 - ASBMB
We recently reported an artificially split intein based on the Ssp DnaB mini-intein that
consists of a synthetic N-terminal intein fragment (Int N) and a recombinant C-terminal part …

Split inteins: nature's protein ligases

NH Shah, TW Muir - Israel journal of chemistry, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Split inteins carry out a naturally occurring process known as protein trans‐splicing, where
two protein fragments bind to form a catalytically competent enzyme, then catalyze their own …