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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2012
Applicant:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Inventors:
Inchan Kwon, Pasadena, CA (US);
David Tirrell, Pasadena, CA (US);
Assignee:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides a method of incorporating nonstandard amino acids into a protein by utilizing a modified aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase to charge the nonstandard amino acid to a modified tRNA, which forms strict Watson-Crick base-pairing with a codon that normally forms wobble base-pairing with natural tRNAs.