Peptide Synthesis through Cell-Free Expression of Fusion Proteins Incorporating Modified Amino Acids as Latent Cleavage Sites for Peptide Release

ChemBioChem ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (10) ◽  
pp. 908-912 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mantas Liutkus ◽  
Samuel A. Fraser ◽  
Karine Caron ◽  
Dannon J. Stigers ◽  
Christopher J. Easton
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Peptide Synthesis ◽  
Fusion Proteins ◽  
Free Expression ◽  
Cleavage Sites ◽  
Peptide Release

scholarly journals Sir3p Domains Involved in the Initiation of Telomeric Silencing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Genetics ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 150 (3) ◽  
pp. 977-986 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yangsuk Park ◽  
John Hanish ◽  
Arthur J Lustig
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Active Site ◽  
Fusion Proteins ◽  
Initiation Site ◽  
Negative Control ◽  
Model System ◽  
Mutant Protein ◽  
Regulatory Domain ◽  
C Terminus ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient

Abstract Previous studies from our laboratory have demonstrated that tethering of Sir3p at the subtelomeric/telomeric junction restores silencing in strains containing Rap1-17p, a mutant protein unable to recruit Sir3p. This tethered silencing assay serves as a model system for the early events that follow recruitment of silencing factors, a process we term initiation. A series of LexA fusion proteins in-frame with various Sir3p fragments were constructed and tested for their ability to support tethered silencing. Interestingly, a region comprising only the C-terminal 144 amino acids, termed the C-terminal domain (CTD), is both necessary and sufficient for restoration of silencing. Curiously, the LexA-Sir3N205 mutant protein overcomes the requirement for the CTD, possibly by unmasking a cryptic initiation site. A second domain spanning amino acids 481-835, termed the nonessential for initiation domain (NID), is dispensable for the Sir3p function in initiation, but is required for the recruitment of the Sir4p C terminus. In addition, in the absence of the N-terminal 481 amino acids, the NID negatively influences CTD activity. This suggests the presence of a third region, consisting of the N-terminal half (1-481) of Sir3p, termed the positive regulatory domain (PRD), which is required to initiate silencing in the presence of the NID. These data suggest that the CTD “active” site is under both positive and negative control mediated by multiple Sir3p domains.

The dependence of racemization in peptide synthesis on the relative configuration of amino acids

1978 ◽  
Vol 19 (30) ◽  
pp. 2711-2712 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anatol Arendt ◽  
Aleksander M. Kołodziejczyk ◽  
Teresa Sołowska
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Peptide Synthesis ◽  
Relative Configuration

ChemInform Abstract: 4-Methoxybenzyloxycarbonyl Amino Acids in Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis.

ChemInform ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 19 (16) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. S. WANG ◽  
S. T. CHEN ◽  
K. T. WANG ◽  
R. B. MERRIFIELD
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Peptide Synthesis ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis

Sequence of the rat factor VIII cDNA

2004 ◽  
Vol 91 (01) ◽  
pp. 38-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christof Geisen ◽  
Erhard Seifried ◽  
Johannes Oldenburg ◽  
Matthias Watzka
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Factor Viii ◽  
Posttranslational Modifications ◽  
Function Analysis ◽  
Amino Acid Level ◽  
Coagulation System ◽  
Cleavage Sites ◽  
Human Factor Viii ◽  
Exon 20

SummaryFactorVIII acts as an essential compound of the tenase complex of the coagulation system. Herein we report the cDNA of the rat factor VIII. The rat cDNA comprises 6777 nucleotides and encodes a protein of 2258 amino acids, 61 amino acids less than mouse and 92 amino acids less than human factor VIII. The overall identity compared to human cDNA is 61% on the cDNA and 51% on the amino acid level. In cDNA, highest levels of sequence identity can be observed in the A and C domains (ranging between 68% and 73%), whereas B domain and the small acidic regions are more divergent (34%-49%). Compared to mouse and human most sites for posttranslational modifications such as sulfatation and glycosylation as well as thrombin and protein C cleavage sites are conserved in rat. Alternative transcripts lacking exon 17 and/or comprising additional 26 bp due to alternative splicing of exon 20 were found. Furthermore, 13 polymorphisms (seven in exon 14, one in exon 20, 23, 24, and 25, two in the 3’UTR) three of which lead to an amino acid exchange could be detected. Our findings might provide new insights into the structure-function analysis of the factor VIII protein and might prove useful for future animal models addressing the function of factor VIII.

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