Studying Reversible Protein Post-translational Modification through Co-translational Modification.

Understanding the post-translational modifications of targeted proteins is of great significance for manipulating the physiological processes of eukaryotes. Chemical biology tools have been used to investigate the biological roles of those post-translational modifications at particular sites, especially genetic code expansion technology, which can also be combined with the concept of synthetic biology to generate a genetically modified organism with a synthetic auxotroph for co-translational modification components. In this concept, we will introduce applications, limitations, and perspectives of genetic code expansion technology for studying post-translational modification based on recent progresses. Future perspectives of genetically modified organisms also will be discussed in regard to the application of post-translational modification research.