Cellular Site-Specific Incorporation of Noncanonical Amino Acids in Synthetic Biology

W Niu, J Guo - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Over the past two decades, genetic code expansion (GCE)-enabled methods for
incorporating noncanonical amino acids (ncAAs) into proteins have significantly advanced …

Using genetically incorporated unnatural amino acids to control protein functions in mammalian cells

AR Nödling, LA Spear, TL Williams… - Essays in …, 2019 - portlandpress.com
Genetic code expansion allows unnatural (non-canonical) amino acid incorporation into
proteins of interest by repurposing the cellular translation machinery. The development of …

Time-resolved protein activation by proximal decaging in living systems

J Wang, Y Liu, Y Liu, S Zheng, X Wang, J Zhao, F Yang… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
A universal gain-of-function approach for selective and temporal control of protein activity in
living systems is crucial to understanding dynamic cellular processes. Here we report …

Dissociative bioorthogonal reactions

J Tu, M Xu, RM Franzini - ChemBioChem, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Bioorthogonal reactions that proceed readily under physiological conditions without
interference from biomolecules have found widespread application in the life sciences …

Recent technologies for genetic code expansion and their implications on synthetic biology applications

H Tang, P Zhang, X Luo - Journal of molecular biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Genetic code expansion (GCE) enables the site-specific incorporation of non-canonical
amino acids as novel building blocks for the investigation and manipulation of proteins. The …

Chemogenetic and optogenetic control of post-translational modifications through genetic code expansion

W Zhou, A Deiters - Current opinion in chemical biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Post-translational modifications (PTMs) of proteins extensively diversify the biological
information flow from the genome to the proteome and thus have profound …

Artificial Small Molecules as Cofactors and Biomacromolecular Building Blocks in Synthetic Biology: Design, Synthesis, Applications, and Challenges

F Liu, L He, S Dong, J Xuan, Q Cui, Y Feng - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Enzymes are essential catalysts for various chemical reactions in biological systems and
often rely on metal ions or cofactors to stabilize their structure or perform functions …

Bioorthogonal Engineering of Bacterial Effectors for Spatial–Temporal Modulation of Cell Signaling

J Zhao, Y Liu, F Lin, W Wang, S Yang, Y Ge… - ACS Central …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The complicated and entangled cell signaling network is dynamically regulated by a wide
array of enzymes such as kinases. It remains desirable but challenging to specifically …

Expansion of the genetic code

N Gohil, G Bhattacharjee, V Singh - Advances in synthetic biology, 2020 - Springer
The genetic code consists of codons that code for 20 canonical amino acids and 3
termination signals and is an indispensable element of life. It controls all cellular activities …

Optical Control of CRISPR/Cas9 and Kinase Function

W Zhou - 2022 - d-scholarship.pitt.edu
Genetic code expansion provides a unique solution by allowing for site-specific installation
of functionally masked unnatural amino acids (UAAs) into proteins, rendering them inert until …