Part:BBa_K1976020

O-Methyl-L-tyrosine tRNA synthetase

This part encodes for the aminoacyl tRNA synthetase (aaRS) for the non-natural amino-acid O‑methyl‑l‑tyrosine.

Figure 1:Dimer of the Methanocaldococcus jannaschii tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase specific for O-methyl-l-tyrosine.

Usage

The aaRS is used in combination with the supressor tRNA (for example BBa_K1976023). Together they form a so called orthogonal pair used for non-natural amino acid incorporation at position of the amber stop codon. In this case the non-natural amino acid is O‑methyl‑l‑tyrosine.

Characteristics

Figure 2: SDS-PAGE of E. coli TOP10 culture lysate after 6 hours of constitutive expression of OMT-RS. Left: Cell lysate from E. coli TOP10 not transformed with any plasmid. Right: Cell lysate from E. coli TOP10 transformed with the constitutive OMT generator BBa_K1976022. The OMT-RS holds a molar mass of ~35 kDa.

Sequence and Features

Assembly Compatibility:

• 10
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
• 12
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]
• 21
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]
• 23
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
• 25
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
• 1000
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]

References
[1] L. Wang, J. Xie and P. G. Schultz, Expanding the genetic code, Annu Rev Biophys, vol. 35, pp. 225-249, 2006
[2] L. Wang, A. Brock, B. Herberich and P. G. Schultz, Expanding the genetic code of Escherichia coli, Science, vol. 292, pp.498-500, 2001
[3] C. C. Liu and P. G. Schultz, Adding new chemistries to the genetic code, Annu Rev Biochem, vol. 79, pp.413-444, 2010
[4] Y. Zhang, L. Wang, P. G. Schultz and I. A. Wilson, Crystal structures of apo wild-type M. jannaschii tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase (TyrRS) and an engineered TyrRS specific for O-methyl-L-tyrosine, Protein Sci, vol. 14, pp.1340-1349, 2005