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 …

Proteome complexity and the forces that drive proteome imbalance

JW Harper, EJ Bennett - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
The cellular proteome is a complex microcosm of structural and regulatory networks that
requires continuous surveillance and modification to meet the dynamic needs of the cell. It is …

Cellular stress associated with aneuploidy

J Zhu, HJ Tsai, MR Gordon, R Li - Developmental cell, 2018 - cell.com
Aneuploidy, chromosome stoichiometry that deviates from exact multiples of the haploid
compliment of an organism, exists in eukaryotic microbes, several normal human tissues …

Translational fidelity and mistranslation in the cellular response to stress

K Mohler, M Ibba - Nature microbiology, 2017 - nature.com
Faithful translation of mRNA into the corresponding polypeptide is a complex multistep
process, requiring accurate amino acid selection, transfer RNA (tRNA) charging and mRNA …

Transfer RNAs: diversity in form and function

MD Berg, CJ Brandl - RNA biology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
As the adaptor that decodes mRNA sequence into protein, the basic aspects of tRNA
structure and function are central to all studies of biology. Yet the complexities of their …

mRNA translation gone awry: translation fidelity and neurological disease

M Kapur, SL Ackerman - Trends in Genetics, 2018 - cell.com
Errors during mRNA translation can lead to a reduction in the levels of functional proteins
and an increase in deleterious molecules. Advances in next-generation sequencing have …

Phenotypic mutations contribute to protein diversity and shape protein evolution

ML Romero Romero, C Landerer, J Poehls… - Protein …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Errors in DNA replication generate genetic mutations, while errors in transcription and
translation lead to phenotypic mutations. Phenotypic mutations are orders of magnitude …

Errors in translational decoding: tRNA wobbling or misincorporation?

X Ou, J Cao, A Cheng, MP Peppelenbosch… - PLoS genetics, 2019 - journals.plos.org
As the central dogma of molecular biology, genetic information flows from DNA through
transcription into RNA followed by translation of the message into protein by transfer RNAs …

Function and origin of mistranslation in distinct cellular contexts

MH Schwartz, T Pan - Critical reviews in biochemistry and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Mistranslation describes errors during protein synthesis that prevent the amino acid
sequences specified in the genetic code from being reflected within proteins. For a long …

Codon misreading tRNAs promote tumor growth in mice

M Santos, PM Pereira, AS Varanda, J Carvalho… - RNA biology, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Deregulation of tRNAs, aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases and tRNA modifying enzymes are
common in cancer, raising the hypothesis that protein synthesis efficiency and accuracy …