Cracking the code: reprogramming the genetic script in prokaryotes and eukaryotes to harness the power of noncanonical amino acids

C Jann, S Giofré, R Bhattacharjee, EA Lemke - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Over 500 natural and synthetic amino acids have been genetically encoded in the last two
decades. Incorporating these noncanonical amino acids into proteins enables many …

Designing a synthetic moss genome using GenoDesigner

W Yu, S Zhang, S Zhao, L Chen, J Cao, H Ye, J Yan… - Nature plants, 2024 - nature.com
The de novo synthesis of genomes has made unprecedented progress and achieved
milestones, particularly in bacteria and yeast. However, the process of synthesizing a …

Debugging and consolidating multiple synthetic chromosomes reveals combinatorial genetic interactions

Y Zhao, C Coelho, AL Hughes, L Lazar-Stefanita… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
The Sc2. 0 project is building a eukaryotic synthetic genome from scratch. A major milestone
has been achieved with all individual Sc2. 0 chromosomes assembled. Here, we describe …

Synthetic yeast chromosome XI design provides a testbed for the study of extrachromosomal circular DNA dynamics

BA Blount, X Lu, MRM Driessen, D Jovicevic… - Cell Genomics, 2023 - cell.com
We describe construction of the synthetic yeast chromosome XI (synXI) and reveal the
effects of redesign at non-coding DNA elements. The 660-kb synthetic yeast genome project …

Randomizing the human genome by engineering recombination between repeat elements

J Koeppel, R Ferreira, T Vanderstichele, LM Riedmayr… - Science, 2025 - science.org
We lack tools to edit DNA sequences at scales necessary to study 99% of the human
genome that is noncoding. To address this gap, we applied CRISPR prime editing to insert …

[HTML][HTML] Context-dependent neocentromere activity in synthetic yeast chromosome VIII

S Lauer, J Luo, L Lazar-Stefanita, W Zhang… - Cell Genomics, 2023 - cell.com
Pioneering advances in genome engineering, and specifically in genome writing, have
revolutionized the field of synthetic biology, propelling us toward the creation of synthetic …

Consequences of a telomerase-related fitness defect and chromosome substitution technology in yeast synIX strains

LH McCulloch, V Sambasivam, AL Hughes, N Annaluru… - Cell Genomics, 2023 - cell.com
We describe the complete synthesis, assembly, debugging, and characterization of a
synthetic 404,963 bp chromosome, synIX (synthetic chromosome IX). Combined …

Engineering is evolution: a perspective on design processes to engineer biology

SD Castle, M Stock, TE Gorochowski - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Careful consideration of how we approach design is crucial to all areas of biotechnology.
However, choosing or develo** an effective design methodology is not always easy as …

The design and engineering of synthetic genomes

JS James, J Dai, WL Chew, Y Cai - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Synthetic genomics seeks to design and construct entire genomes to mechanistically dissect
fundamental questions of genome function and to engineer organisms for diverse …

Building synthetic chromosomes from natural DNA

ALV Coradini, CN Ville, ZA Krieger, J Roemer… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
De novo chromosome synthesis is costly and time-consuming, limiting its use in research
and biotechnology. Building synthetic chromosomes from natural components is an …