An aminoacylation ribozyme evolved from a natural tRNA-sensing T-box riboswitch
March 23rd, 2020 by Satoshi Ishida
Nature Chemical Biology, Published online: 23 March 2020; doi:10.1038/s41589-020-0500-6
The authors develop a ribozyme, Tx2.1, that is capable of aminoacylating tRNA with specificity for the anticodon from directed evolution of a T-box riboswitch. Tx2.1 could be used to charge non-natural amino acids in an in vitro translation system.