title: An expanded genetic code in mammalian cells with a functional quadruplet codon.
abstract: We have utilized in vitro evolution to identify tRNA variants with significantly enhanced activity for the incorporation of unnatural amino acids into proteins in response to a quadruplet codon in both bacterial and mammalian cells. This approach will facilitate the creation of an optimized and standardized system for the genetic incorporation of unnatural amino acids using quadruplet codons, which will allow the biosynthesis of biopolymers that contain multiple unnatural building blocks.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln , Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, United States.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.forename: Peter G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Schultz
authors.forename: Jiantao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guo
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D003062:Codon; D004925:Escherichia / Q000235:genetics; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005453:Fluorescence; D015723:Gene Library; D005815:Genetic Code; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D003062:Codon; D012343:RNA, Transfer