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Review
. 2005 Dec;9(6):561-9.
doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2005.09.018. Epub 2005 Oct 13.

Protein semisynthesis and expressed protein ligation: chasing a protein's tail

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Protein semisynthesis and expressed protein ligation: chasing a protein's tail

Dirk Schwarzer et al. Curr Opin Chem Biol. 2005 Dec.

Abstract

The adaptation of native chemical ligation to protein semisynthesis has become a powerful way to address problems in the analysis of protein structure and function. In particular, the exploitation of nature's inteins in expressed protein ligation is now a standard approach in the study of proteins. Site-specific incorporation of unnatural amino acids, biophysical probes and post-translational modifications in proteins have led to new insights into enzyme mechanisms, protein folding, ion channel function, translation and signaling.

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