Gao Wei, Bu Ning, Lu Yuan
College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 100034, Liaoning, China.
Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Methods Protoc. 2019 Feb 12;2(1):16. doi: 10.3390/mps2010016.
Unnatural proteins are crucial biomacromolecules and have been widely applied in fundamental science, novel biopolymer materials, enzymes, and therapeutics. Cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS) system can serve as a robust platform to synthesize unnatural proteins by highly effective site-specific incorporation of unnatural amino acids (UNAAs), without the limitations of cell membrane permeability and the toxicity of unnatural components. Here, we describe a quick and simple method to synthesize unnatural proteins in CFPS system based on crude extract, with unnatural orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase and suppressor tRNA evolved from . The superfolder green fluorescent protein (sfGFP) and -propargyloxyphenylalanine (PaF) were used as the model protein and UNAA. The synthesis of unnatural sfGFPs was characterized by microplate spectrophotometer, affinity chromatography, and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). This protocol provides a detailed procedure guiding how to use the powerful CFPS system to synthesize unnatural proteins on demand.
非天然蛋白质是至关重要的生物大分子,已广泛应用于基础科学、新型生物聚合物材料、酶和治疗学领域。无细胞蛋白质合成(CFPS)系统可作为一个强大的平台,通过高效位点特异性掺入非天然氨基酸(UNAAs)来合成非天然蛋白质,不受细胞膜通透性和非天然成分毒性的限制。在此,我们描述了一种基于粗提物在CFPS系统中合成非天然蛋白质的快速简便方法,该方法使用了从[具体来源]进化而来的非天然正交氨酰-tRNA合成酶和抑制性tRNA。超折叠绿色荧光蛋白(sfGFP)和对炔丙氧基苯丙氨酸(PaF)用作模型蛋白和非天然氨基酸。通过微孔板分光光度计、亲和色谱和液相色谱-质谱/质谱(LC-MS/MS)对非天然sfGFP的合成进行了表征。本方案提供了一个详细的程序,指导如何使用强大的CFPS系统按需合成非天然蛋白质。