Engineering Thermal Properties of Elastin-like Polypeptides by Incorporation of Unnatural Amino Acids in a Cell-free Protein Synthesis System
- Authors
- Catherine, Christy; Oh, Su Jin; Lee, Kyung-Ho; Min, Seung-Eui; Won, Jong-In; Yun, Hyungdon; Kim, Dong-Myung
- Issue Date
- Jun-2015
- Publisher
- KOREAN SOC BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOENGINEERING
- Keywords
- protein engineering; cell-free protein synthesis; unnatural amino acids; ELP; proline
- Citation
- BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOPROCESS ENGINEERING, v.20, no.3, pp.417 - 422
- Journal Title
- BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOPROCESS ENGINEERING
- Volume
- 20
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 417
- End Page
- 422
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hongik/handle/2020.sw.hongik/9818
- DOI
- 10.1007/s12257-015-0190-1
- ISSN
- 1226-8372
- Abstract
- Based on the central dogma of protein synthesis, traditional methods for protein engineering require that altering protein structure and function must be accompanied by changing the nucleotide sequence of the genes encoding the protein. However, the preparation of a template gene for each individual protein requires a great deal of time and effort, thereby limiting the throughput and scope of studying engineered proteins. In this study, we describe translation-level engineering of proteins using cell-free protein synthesis. Taking advantage of the promiscuity of aminoacyl tRNA synthetases in accepting structurally similar amino acid analogues, unnatural amino acids were introduced into elastin-like polypeptides in place of the corresponding cognate amino acids. Through the incorporation of various analogues and starting from the same gene, the phase transition temperatures of elastin-like polypeptides became tunable. Our results demonstrate the usefulness of cell-free protein synthesis for protein engineering using unnatural amino acids without the need for cloning.
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