Enzymes with noncanonical amino acids.
Amino Acid Sequence
Amino Acids
/ chemistry
Amino Acyl-tRNA Synthetases
/ metabolism
Biocatalysis
Catalytic Domain
Diazonium Compounds
/ chemistry
Enzymes
/ chemistry
Genetic Code
Molecular Conformation
Oxidation-Reduction
Photochemical Processes
Protein Engineering
beta-Alanine
/ analogs & derivatives
Directed evolution
Enzyme design
Genetic code expansion
Noncanonical amino acids
Journal
Current opinion in chemical biology
ISSN: 1879-0402
Titre abrégé: Curr Opin Chem Biol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9811312
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
04 2020
04 2020
Historique:
received:
10
10
2019
revised:
10
12
2019
accepted:
15
01
2020
pubmed:
13
3
2020
medline:
13
2
2021
entrez:
13
3
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Enzyme design and engineering strategies rely almost exclusively on nature's alphabet of twenty canonical amino acids. Recent years have seen the emergence of powerful genetic code expansion methods that allow hundreds of structurally diverse amino acids to be installed into proteins in a site-selective manner. Here, we will highlight how the availability of an expanded alphabet of amino acids has opened new avenues in enzyme engineering research. Genetically encoded noncanonical amino acids have provided new tools to probe complex enzyme mechanisms, improve biocatalyst activity and stability, and most ambitiously to design enzymes with new catalytic mechanisms that would be difficult to access within the constraints of the genetic code. We anticipate that the studies highlighted in this article, coupled with the continuing advancements in genetic code expansion technology, will promote the widespread use of noncanonical amino acids in biocatalysis research in the coming years.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32163871
pii: S1367-5931(20)30007-7
doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2020.01.006
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Amino Acids
0
Diazonium Compounds
0
Enzymes
0
beta-Alanine
11P2JDE17B
2,3-diaminopropionic acid
8908T5BN6R
Amino Acyl-tRNA Synthetases
EC 6.1.1.-
diazoacetic ester
N84B835FMR
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
136-144Subventions
Organisme : European Research Council
ID : 757991
Pays : International
Organisme : Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
ID : BB/M027023/1
Pays : United Kingdom
Organisme : Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
ID : BB/M027023/1
Pays : United Kingdom
Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflict of interest statement Nothing declared.