Synthesis of Polyester by Means of Genetic Code Reprogramming
説明
Here we report the ribosomal polymerization of alpha-hydroxy acids by means of genetic code reprogramming. The flexizyme system, a ribozyme-based tRNA acylation tool, was used to re-assign individual codons to seven types of alpha-hydroxy acids, and then polyesters were synthesized under controls of the reprogrammed genetic code using a reconstituted cell-free translation system. The sequence and length of the polyester segments were specified by the mRNA template, indicating that high-fidelity ribosome expression of polyesters was possible. This work opens a door for the mRNA-directed synthesis of backbone-altered biopolymers.
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- Chemistry & Biology
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Chemistry & Biology 14 (12), 1315-1322, 2007-12
Elsevier BV
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キーワード
- PROTEINS
- Polyesters
- Clinical Biochemistry
- Biochemistry
- Biopolymers
- RNA, Transfer
- Drug Discovery
- Escherichia coli
- RNA, Messenger
- Molecular Biology
- Pharmacology
- Base Sequence
- CHEMBIO
- Genetic Code
- Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
- Molecular Medicine
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Hydroxy Acids
- Peptides
- Oligopeptides
- Ribosomes