A Cassette Approach for the Identification of Intein Insertion Sites

T Sonntag - Split Inteins: Methods and Protocols, 2017 - Springer
Over the past decade split inteins have established themselves as powerful tools for protein
engineering, protein semisynthesis, and protein functional control approaches. Their key …

Protein trans-splicing as a protein ligation tool to study protein structure and function

AS Aranko, G Volkmann - 2011 - degruyter.com
Protein trans-splicing (PTS) exerted by split inteins is a protein ligation reaction which
enables overcoming the barriers of conventional heterologous protein production. We …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Naturally split inteins assemble through a “capture and collapse” mechanism

NH Shah, E Eryilmaz, D Cowburn… - Journal of the American …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Split inteins are a class of naturally occurring proteins that carry out protein splicing in trans.
The chemical mechanism of protein trans-splicing is well-understood and has been …

A promiscuous split intein with expanded protein engineering applications

AJ Stevens, G Sekar, NH Shah… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
The protein trans-splicing (PTS) activity of naturally split inteins has found widespread use in
chemical biology and biotechnology. However, currently used naturally split inteins suffer …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Unprecedented rates and efficiencies revealed for new natural split inteins from metagenomic sources

P Carvajal-Vallejos, R Pallissé, HD Mootz… - Journal of Biological …, 2012 - ASBMB
Inteins excise themselves out of precursor proteins by the protein splicing reaction and have
emerged as valuable protein engineering tools in numerous and diverse biotechnological …

Nature's recipe for splitting inteins

AS Aranko, A Wlodawer, H Iwaï - Protein Engineering, Design & …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Protein splicing in trans by split inteins has increasingly become a powerful protein-
engineering tool for protein ligation, both in vivo and in vitro. Over 100 naturally occurring …

[HTML][HTML] Protein Trans-Splicing of an Atypical Split Intein Showing Structural Flexibility and Cross-Reactivity

H Song, Q Meng, XQ Liu - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Inteins catalyze a protein splicing reaction to excise the intein from a precursor protein and
join the flanking sequences (exteins) with a peptide bond. In a split intein, the intein …

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 …