Evolution of Amber Suppressor tRNAs for Efficient Bacterial Production of Proteins Containing Nonnatural Amino Acids

Abstract

Applied evolution: Regions of the M. jannaschii tyrosyl tRNACUA thought to interact with elongation factor Tu were randomized, and the resulting tRNA libraries were subjected to in vitro evolution. The tRNAs identified resulted in significantly improved yields of proteins containing nonnatural amino acids. In some cases, the degree of improvement varied in an amino acid dependent manner. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.