Abstract:
:The Watson-Crick base pairs between the 3'-terminal end of tRNAs and ribosomal RNA in the peptidyl transferase center are universally conserved. Here, we report that the introduction of compensatory mutations to Escherichia coli RNAs in this site leads to an orthogonal system independent of the wild-type counterpart, as demonstrated via the production of two peptide sequences from a single mRNA. This work thus identifies a new way to reprogram the genetic code.
journal_name
Nat Chem Bioljournal_title
Nature chemical biologyauthors
Terasaka N,Hayashi G,Katoh T,Suga Hdoi
10.1038/nchembio.1549subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2014-07-01 00:00:00pages
555-7issue
7eissn
1552-4450issn
1552-4469pii
nchembio.1549journal_volume
10pub_type
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