News & Views
Scientists succeed in multiple insertion of synthetic amino acids
Jul 01 2010
The achievement overshadows scientists' previous capability to replace only one naturally occurring amino acid with a synthetic equivalent at any one time.
"The research area of genetic code engineering and code extension has, with this result, reached a new development phase," says head of the research group Nediljko Budisa.
Research was conducted at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry and aimed to insert multiple amino acids, outside of the 20 that occur naturally within proteins, in order to change more than one property of a protein at a time.
With several hundred naturally occurring amino acids outside of proteins and more which can be artificially created within the laboratory, the opportunities for future research could be vast.
The Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry addresses a variety of research topics, including X-ray crystallography as a means of analysing quality control and degradation of RNAs.
Digital Edition
ILM 49.5 July
July 2024
Chromatography Articles - Understanding PFAS: Analysis and Implications Mass Spectrometry & Spectroscopy Articles - MS detection of Alzheimer’s blood-based biomarkers LIMS - Essent...
View all digital editions
Events
Jul 28 2024 San Diego, CA USA
Jul 30 2024 Jakarta, Indonesia
Jul 31 2024 Chengdu, China
ACS National Meeting - Fall 2024
Aug 18 2024 Denver, CO, USA
Aug 25 2024 Copenhagen, Denmark