Search Results - "Wiltschi, Birgit"
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Aligning fermentation conditions with non-canonical amino acid addition strategy is essential for Nε-((2-azidoethoxy)carbonyl)-L-lysine uptake and incorporation into the target protein
Published in Scientific reports (25-10-2024)“…Protein engineering with non-canonical amino acids (ncAAs) holds great promises for diverse applications, however, there are still limitations in the…”
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Fluoro amino acids: A rarity in nature, yet a prospect for protein engineering
Published in Biotechnology journal (01-03-2015)“…Fluoro amino acids are highly valuable compounds constantly gaining relevance in diverse fields of the biosciences as well as in the pharmaceutical industry…”
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Engineering cascade biocatalysis in whole cells for bottom-up synthesis of cello-oligosaccharides: flux control over three enzymatic steps enables soluble production
Published in Microbial cell factories (09-04-2022)“…Soluble cello-oligosaccharides (COS, β-1,4-D-gluco-oligosaccharides with degree of polymerization DP 2-6) have been receiving increased attention in different…”
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Performance analysis of orthogonal pairs designed for an expanded eukaryotic genetic code
Published in PloS one (06-04-2012)“…The suppression of amber stop codons with non-canonical amino acids (ncAAs) is used for the site-specific introduction of many unusual functions into proteins…”
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A bispecific, crosslinking lectibody activates cytotoxic T cells and induces cancer cell death
Published in Journal of translational medicine (09-12-2022)“…Aberrant glycosylation patterns play a crucial role in the development of cancer cells as they promote tumor growth and aggressiveness. Lectins recognize…”
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Substituting the catalytic proline of 4-oxalocrotonate tautomerase with non-canonical analogues reveals a finely tuned catalytic system
Published in Scientific reports (25-02-2019)“…The enzyme 4-oxalocrotonate tautomerase shows remarkable catalytic versatility due to the secondary amine of its N-terminal proline moiety. In this work, we…”
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Synthetic biology of proteins: tuning GFPs folding and stability with fluoroproline
Published in PloS one (27-02-2008)“…Proline residues affect protein folding and stability via cis/trans isomerization of peptide bonds and by the C(gamma)-exo or -endo puckering of their…”
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Inhibition of the Fungal Fatty Acid Synthase Type I Multienzyme Complex
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (02-09-2008)“…Fatty acids are among the major building blocks of living cells, making lipid biosynthesis a potent target for compounds with antibiotic or antineoplastic…”
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Antibody fragments functionalized with non-canonical amino acids preserving structure and functionality - A door opener for new biological and therapeutic applications
Published in Heliyon (01-12-2023)“…Functionalization of proteins by incorporating reactive non-canonical amino acids (ncAAs) has been widely applied for numerous biological and therapeutic…”
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A Machine Learning Approach for Efficient Selection of Enzyme Concentrations and Its Application for Flux Optimization
Published in Catalysts (01-03-2020)“…The metabolic engineering of pathways has been used extensively to produce molecules of interest on an industrial scale. Methods like gene regulation or…”
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Natural history and experimental evolution of the genetic code
Published in Applied microbiology and biotechnology (01-03-2007)“…The standard genetic code is a set of rules that relates the 20 canonical amino acids in proteins to groups of three bases in the mRNA. It evolved from a more…”
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Residue-Specific Incorporation of the Non-Canonical Amino Acid Norleucine Improves Lipase Activity on Synthetic Polyesters
Published in Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology (26-01-2022)“…Environmentally friendly functionalization and recycling processes for synthetic polymers have recently gained momentum, and enzymes play a central role in…”
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One, two, many: Strategies to alter the number of carbohydrate binding sites of lectins
Published in Biotechnology advances (01-11-2022)“…Carbohydrates are more than an energy-storage. They are ubiquitously found on cells and most proteins, where they encode biological information. Lectins bind…”
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Incorporation of non-canonical amino acids into proteins in yeast
Published in Fungal genetics and biology (01-04-2016)“…•More than 30 non-canonical amino acids have been added to the genetic code of yeasts.•Photocrosslinker amino acids are applied in protein–protein interaction…”
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Evaluation of bicinchoninic acid as a ligand for copper(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne bioconjugations
Published in Organic & biomolecular chemistry (07-09-2012)“…The Cu(I)-catalyzed cycloaddition of terminal azides and alkynes (click chemistry) represents a highly specific reaction for the functionalization of…”
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Biocatalytic Friedel–Crafts Acylation and Fries Reaction
Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (19-06-2017)“…The Friedel–Crafts acylation is commonly used for the synthesis of aryl ketones, and a biocatalytic version, which may benefit from the chemo‐ and…”
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Fast Protein Modification in the Nanomolar Concentration Range Using an Oxalyl Amide as Latent Thioester
Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (18-07-2022)“…We show that latent oxalyl thioester surrogates are a powerful means to modify peptides and proteins in highly dilute conditions in purified aqueous media or…”
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Enzymes revolutionize the bioproduction of value-added compounds: From enzyme discovery to special applications
Published in Biotechnology advances (01-05-2020)“…Competitive sustainable production in industry demands new and better biocatalysts, optimized bioprocesses and cost-effective product recovery. Our review…”
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Genetic code expansion in E. coli enables production of a functional ‘ready-to-click’ T cell receptor-specific scFv
Published in New biotechnology (25-09-2023)“…Antibody-based cancer therapies have been evolving at a rapid pace in the pharmaceutical market. Bispecific antibody-drug conjugates that engage immune cells…”
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Protein Engineering mit nicht-kanonischen Aminosäuren
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