Genetic Code Expansion in Rhodobacter sphaeroides to Incorporate Noncanonical Amino Acids into Photosynthetic Reaction Centers

ACS Synthetic Biology
Jared Bryce Weaver, Steven G Boxer

Abstract

Photosynthetic reaction centers (RCs) are the membrane proteins responsible for the initial charge separation steps central to photosynthesis. As a complex and spectroscopically complicated membrane protein, the RC (and other associated photosynthetic proteins) would benefit greatly from the insight offered by site-specifically encoded noncanonical amino acids in the form of probes and an increased chemical range in key amino acid analogues. Toward that goal, we developed a method to transfer amber codon suppression machinery developed for E. coli into the model bacterium needed to produce RCs, Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Plasmids were developed and optimized to incorporate 3-chlorotyrosine, 3-bromotyrosine, and 3-iodotyrosine into RCs. Multiple challenges involving yield and orthogonality were overcome to implement amber suppression in R. sphaeroides, providing insights into the hurdles that can be involved in host transfer of amber suppression systems from E. coli. In the process of verifying noncanonical amino acid incorporation, characterization of this membrane protein via mass spectrometry (which has been difficult previously) was substantially improved. Importantly, the ability to incorporate noncanonical amino acids in R. ...Continue Reading

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