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Identifying Amino Acid Overproducers Using Rare-Codon-Rich Markers
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2019
This study presents an alternative strategy to the conventional toxic analog-based method in identifying amino acid overproducers by using rare-codon-rich markers to achieve accuracy, sensitivity, and high-throughput simultaneously.
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Monitoring the Assembly of a Secreted Bacterial Virulence Factor Using Site-specific Crosslinking
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2013
This article illustrates the use of pulse-chase radio labeling in combination with site-specific photocrosslinking to monitor interactions between a protein of interest and other factors in E. coli. Unlike traditional chemical cross-linking methods, this approach generates high resolution “snapshots” of an ordered assembly pathway in a living cell.
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Standards for Quantitative Metalloproteomic Analysis Using Size Exclusion ICP-MS
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2016
Size exclusion chromatography hyphenated with inductively coupled plasma - mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) is a powerful tool to measure changes in the abundance of metalloproteins directly from biological samples. Here we describe a set of metalloprotein standards used to estimate molecular mass and the amount of metal associated with unknown proteins.
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ampliPHOX Colorimetric Detection on a DNA Microarray for Influenza
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2011
ampliPHOX colorimetric detection technology is presented as an inexpensive alternative to fluorescence detection for microarrays. Based on photopolymerization, ampliPHOX produces solid polymer spots visible to the naked eye in just a few minutes. Results are then imaged and automatically interpreted with a simple yet powerful software package.
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Leaky Scanning
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2020
During most eukaryotic translation processes, the small 40S ribosome subunit scans an mRNA from its 5' end until it encounters the first start AUG codon. The large 60S ribosomal subunit then joins the smaller one to initiate protein synthesis. The location of the translation initiation is largely determined by the nucleotides near the start codon as there may be multiple translation initiation sites present on the mRNA. Marilyn Kozak discovered that the sequence RCCAUGG (where R stands for...
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At an amber site, translation outcome depends on competition between release factors and a suppressor tRNA. If release factors recognize the codon first, translation terminates and the polypeptide is released. If the suppressor tRNA pairs with it, an amino acid is inserted and synthesis continues.
The key variable is whether the engineered or naturally occurring suppressor tRNA can pair with UAG during translation. Pairing allows the ribosome to treat the site as an instruction to insert an amino acid rather than as a termination signal. This recoding can permit production of a longer polypeptide, making the site useful for controlled genetic experiments.
An amber mutation provides a discrete test point within a gene. Researchers can compare protein production or function when the codon is read as termination versus when a suppressor tRNA permits amino-acid insertion. This isolates the effect of continued translation at that position and supports precise analysis of protein function and host-pathogen interactions.
A conceptual workflow begins by introducing an amber mutation into the gene of interest and then supplying a compatible suppressor tRNA. Researchers examine whether translation continues and whether the resulting protein or biological effect changes. In infection studies, this strategy can target an essential pathogen gene, linking recoding to focused analysis of its role.
Amber recoding can support development of attenuated organisms, in which altered translation is used as part of a strategy to reduce or control biological function. In pathogen research, the same principle enables investigation of essential genes without treating the genetic change as a simple, uninformative loss. It connects gene-level manipulation with infection biology.
In immunology, amber suppression can control expression of immune-related proteins by determining whether translation stops at the engineered site or proceeds through it. This connects a defined genetic recoding event with protein-level outcomes. In infection research, those outcomes can help examine host-pathogen interactions and the contribution of selected proteins.