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Synthesis of proteins by automated flow chemistry

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Hartrampf, N., Saebi, A., Poskus, M., Gates, Z. P., Callahan, A. J., Cowfer, A. E., Hanna, S., Antilla, S. +10 more·2020·Science

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Abstract

Ribosomes can produce proteins in minutes and are largely constrained to proteinogenic amino acids. Here, we report highly efficient chemistry matched with an automated fast-flow instrument for the direct manufacturing of peptide chains up to 164 amino acids long over 327 consecutive reactions. The machine is rapid: Peptide chain elongation is complete in hours. We demonstrate the utility of this approach by the chemical synthesis of nine different protein chains that represent enzymes, structural units, and regulatory factors. After purification and folding, the synthetic materials display biophysical and enzymatic properties comparable to the biologically expressed proteins. High-fidelity automated flow chemistry is an alternative for producing single-domain proteins without the ribosome.

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  • Notorious challenges, including base-induced racemization of seco-acids containing an α-chirality center, Z/E isomerization of α,β-unsaturated seco-acids, and a competitive reaction involving intermolecular esterification leading to diolide side products, have rendered macrolactonization a formidable task.

    “However, notorious challenges, including base-induced racemization of seco-acids containing an α-chirality center,47Z/E isomerization of α, β-unsaturated seco-acids,48 and a competitive reaction involving intermolecular esterification leading to the formation of diolide side products have rendered it a formidable task.”

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Hartrampf, N., Saebi, A., Poskus, M., Gates, Z. P., Callahan, A. J., Cowfer, A. E., Hanna, S., Antilla, S., Schissel, C. K., Quartararo, A. J., Ye, X., Mijalis, A. J., Simon, M. D., Loas, A., Liu, S., Jessen, C., Nielsen, T. E., & Pentelute, B. L.
Affiliations
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
  • Novo Nordisk (Denmark) (DK)
Corresponding author
  • Saebi, A.
  • Poskus, M.
  • Pentelute, B. L.
Venue
Science
Published
2020-05-29
Volume
368
Issue
6494
Pages
980-987
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W3029756541
Cited by
367
References
72
Citations by year
2026: 35 · 2025: 61 · 2024: 76 · 2023: 63 · 2022: 44 · 2021: 61 · 2020: 25
FWCI
15.65
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by-nc-nd
Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • ChemRxiv (acceptedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Funders
  • National Science Foundation (1122374)
  • Novo Nordisk
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
Keywords
protein synthesis, translation elongation, single-domain proteins, protein folding, enzyme activity, protein purification
MeSH terms
Protein Domains, Peptides, Proteins, Protein Folding, Solid-Phase Synthesis Techniques

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