Department of Chemistry , College of William & Mary , P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg , Virginia 23187 , United States.
Department of Chemistry , The Scripps Research Institute , La Jolla , California 92037 , United States.
ACS Chem Biol. 2018 Apr 20;13(4):854-870. doi: 10.1021/acschembio.7b00974. Epub 2018 Mar 2.
Our understanding of the complex molecular processes of living organisms at the molecular level is growing exponentially. This knowledge, together with a powerful arsenal of tools for manipulating the structures of macromolecules, is allowing chemists to to harness and reprogram the cellular machinery in ways previously unimaged. Here we review one example in which the genetic code itself has been expanded with new building blocks that allow us to probe and manipulate the structures and functions of proteins with unprecedented precision.
我们对生物体分子水平上复杂分子过程的理解正在呈指数级增长。这些知识,加上一套强大的大分子结构操作工具,使化学家能够以前所未有的方式利用和重新编程细胞机制。在这里,我们回顾了一个例子,其中遗传密码本身已经扩展到新的构建块,使我们能够以前所未有的精度探测和操作蛋白质的结构和功能。