
Part:BBa_K1416000
The tRNA synthetase/tRNA needed for incorporating o-(2-nitrobenzyl)-L-tyrosine (ONBY) at a UAG codon
The part includes the gene coding for the Methanocaldococcus jannaschii synthetase mutated to charge the orthogonal tRNA (also in the part) with the non-canonical amino acid o-nitrobenzyl tyrosine (ONBY) along with the proper promoters and terminator. This part encodes for the incorporation of ONBY during translation at AUG amber stop codons in a cell with Release Factor 1 (RF1) knocked out such as "Amberless" E. coli or "RF0" E. coli.
This part was used by the UT Austin 2014 iGEM team in their ncAA kit project. In this work they demonstrated that while ONBY itself is slightly toxic to the cells, the synthetase/tRNA pair acted with good fidelity at incorporating only ONBY. Additionally, this part was also used in the UT Austin 2014 iGEM Photocage project, where the part successfully incorporated ONBY within T7 RNA polymerase (RNAP), yielding a light-activated T7 RNAP.

Sequence and Features
- 10COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
- 12COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]
- 21INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]Illegal BglII site found at 1153
Illegal BamHI site found at 1159 - 23COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
- 25INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]Illegal NgoMIV site found at 323
Illegal NgoMIV site found at 1185
Illegal NgoMIV site found at 1645 - 1000INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]Illegal SapI.rc site found at 316
Illegal SapI.rc site found at 1109
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