This article describes the chemical aminoacylation of the yeast phenylalanine suppressor tRNA with a series of amino acids bearing fluorinated side chains via the hybrid dinucleotide pdCpA and ligation to the corresponding truncated tRNA species. Aminoacyl-tRNAs can be used to synthesize biologically relevant proteins which contain fluorinated amino acids at specific sites by means of a cell-free translation system. Such engineered proteins are expected to contribute to our understanding of discrete fluorines’ interaction with canonical amino acids in a native protein environment and to enable the design of fluorinated proteins with arbitrary desired properties.
本文描述了使用含有氟代侧链的一系列氨基酸通过杂交二核苷酸pdCpA化学氨酰化酵母苯丙氨酸抑制子tRNA,并与相应的截短tRNA物种连接。氨酰-tRNA可以用于通过无细胞翻译系统在特定位点合成含有氟代氨基酸的生物学相关蛋白质。这种工程蛋白质有望为我们了解离散氟元素在天然蛋白质环境中与基本氨基酸的相互作用以及设计具有任意所需特性的氟化蛋白质做出贡献。