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- Title
Chemical modification of proteins by insertion of synthetic peptides using tandem protein trans-splicing.
- Authors
Khoo, K. K.; Galleano, I.; Gasparri, F.; Wieneke, R.; Harms, H.; Poulsen, M. H.; Chua, H. C.; Wulf, M.; Tampé, R.; Pless, S. A.
- Abstract
Manipulation of proteins by chemical modification is a powerful way to decipher their function. However, most ribosome-dependent and semi-synthetic methods have limitations in the number and type of modifications that can be introduced, especially in live cells. Here, we present an approach to incorporate single or multiple post-translational modifications or non-canonical amino acids into proteins expressed in eukaryotic cells. We insert synthetic peptides into GFP, NaV1.5 and P2X2 receptors via tandem protein trans-splicing using two orthogonal split intein pairs and validate our approach by investigating protein function. We anticipate the approach will overcome some drawbacks of existing protein enigineering methods. Chemical modification of proteins can be used to decipher function or use that function for therapeutic purposes. Here, the authors insert synthetic peptides via tandem protein trans-splicing to add post-translational modifications or non-canonical amino acids.
- Subjects
CHEMICAL modification of proteins; PEPTIDOMIMETICS; SYNTHETIC proteins; POST-translational modification; PROTEINS
- Publication
Nature Communications, 2020, Vol 11, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2041-1723
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41467-020-16208-6