Synthesis of polyester by means of genetic code reprogramming
Synthesis of polyester by means of genetic code reprogramming
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DOI:
10.1016/j.chembiol.2007.10.015
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2007-12-01
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Suga, Hiroaki
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作者:
Ohta, Atsushi;Murakami, Hiroshi;Suga, Hiroaki
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 reassign individual codons to seven types of a-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.