{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Zhang J"],"funding":["Swiss National Science Foundation","National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China)"],"pagination":["8605"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12480666"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["16(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Genetic code expansion (GCE) has significantly enhanced the diversity of proteins in the biological world, leading to a wide range of applications. Despite the advances in GCE, the cost of noncanonical amino acids (ncAAs) remains one of the major obstacles for large-scale production. In situ biosynthesis of ncAAs from commercial precursors offers a promising solution to this challenge, yet only a few biosynthetic pathways have been reported. Here, we present a platform that couples the biosynthesis of aromatic ncAAs with genetic code expansion in E. coli, enabling the production of proteins and peptides containing ncAAs. Forty ncAAs are synthesized from aryl aldehydes by the biosynthetic pathway, while nineteen ncAAs are incorporated into superfolder GFP using three orthogonal translation "],"journal":["Nature communications"],"pubmed_title":["A robust platform streamlining aromatic noncanonical amino acid biosynthesis and genetic code expansion in Escherichia coli."],"pmcid":["PMC12480666"],"funding_grant_id":["206039","22071259","22307126"],"pubmed_authors":["Li Y","Zhang J","Zhao W","Chen XH","Seebeck FP","Liao C","Wang Y","Yu K","Xu Y"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"A robust platform streamlining aromatic noncanonical amino acid biosynthesis and genetic code expansion in Escherichia coli.","description":"Genetic code expansion (GCE) has significantly enhanced the diversity of proteins in the biological world, leading to a wide range of applications. Despite the advances in GCE, the cost of noncanonical amino acids (ncAAs) remains one of the major obstacles for large-scale production. In situ biosynthesis of ncAAs from commercial precursors offers a promising solution to this challenge, yet only a few biosynthetic pathways have been reported. Here, we present a platform that couples the biosynthesis of aromatic ncAAs with genetic code expansion in E. coli, enabling the production of proteins and peptides containing ncAAs. Forty ncAAs are synthesized from aryl aldehydes by the biosynthetic pathway, while nineteen ncAAs are incorporated into superfolder GFP using three orthogonal translation ","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025 Sep","modification":"2026-06-03T23:24:50.637Z","creation":"2026-05-03T03:11:11.007Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12480666","cross_references":{"pubmed":["41022877"],"doi":["10.1038/s41467-025-63679-6"]}}