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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Synthetic two-piece and three-piece split inteins for protein trans-splicing

W Sun, J Yang, XQ Liu - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2004 - ASBMB
Inteins are protein-intervening sequences that can self-excise and concomitantly splice
together the flanking polypeptides. Two-piece split inteins capable of protein trans-splicing …

A mesophilic cysteine-less split intein for protein trans-splicing applications under oxidizing conditions

M Bhagawati, TME Terhorst, F Füsser… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Split intein-mediated protein trans-splicing has found extensive applications in chemical
biology, protein chemistry, and biotechnology. However, an enduring limitation of all well …

An atypical naturally split intein engineered for highly efficient protein labeling

IV Thiel, G Volkmann, S Pietrokovski… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Protein trans‐splicing catalyzed by split inteins is a powerful technique for assembling a
polypeptide backbone from two separate parts. However, split inteins with robust efficiencies …

An atypical mechanism of split intein molecular recognition and folding

AJ Stevens, G Sekar, JA Gramespacher… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Split inteins associate to trigger protein splicing in trans, a post-translational modification in
which protein sequences fused to the intein pair are ligated together in a traceless manner …

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 …