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Site-Specific N- and C-Terminal Labeling of a Single Polypeptide Using Sortases of Different Specificity

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The generality of N-terminal labeling with SrtAstaph is demonstrated by near-quantitative labeling of multiple protein substrates with excellent site specificity.
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The unique reactivity of two sortase enzymes, SrtAstaph from Staphylococcus aureus and SrtAstrep from Streptococcus pyogenes, is exploited for site-specific labeling of a single polypeptide with different labels at its N and C termini. SrtAstrep is used to label the protein’s C terminus at an LPXTG site with a fluorescently labeled dialanine nucleophile. Selective N-terminal labeling of proteins containing N-terminal glycine residues is achieved using SrtAstaph and LPXT derivatives. The generality of N-terminal labeling with SrtAstaph is demonstrated by near-quantitative labeling of multiple protein substrates with excellent site specificity.

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Genetically encoded norbornene directs site-specific cellular protein labelling via a rapid bioorthogonal reaction

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Developments and recent advancements in the field of endogenous amino acid selective bond forming reactions for bioconjugation

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Designer proteins: applications of genetic code expansion in cell biology.

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Sortases and the Art of Anchoring Proteins to the Envelopes of Gram-Positive Bacteria

TL;DR: This review focuses on the mechanisms of surface protein anchoring to the cell wall envelope by sortases and the role that these enzymes play in bacterial physiology and pathogenesis.
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Sortagging: a versatile method for protein labeling

TL;DR: sortagging (sortase-mediated transpeptidation) is a versatile chemoenzymatic system for site-specific labeling of proteins with small (<2 kDa) probes and is applied to proteins in vitro and on the surface of living cells.
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An iron-regulated sortase anchors a class of surface protein during Staphylococcus aureus pathogenesis

TL;DR: Cell wall-anchored surface proteins and the isd locus seem involved in a novel mechanism of iron acquisition that is important for bacterial pathogenesis.
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An embarrassment of sortases - a richness of substrates?

TL;DR: In this article, the authors search for sortase homologues among complete and incomplete genome sequences, and find them to be present in almost all Gram-positives, a single Gram-negative bacterium and an archaean.
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Sortase‐Mediated Ligation: A Gift from Gram‐Positive Bacteria to Protein Engineering

TL;DR: This article outlines the technique, sortase‐mediated ligation, and its applications in protein engineering, which include the introduction of unnatural molecules into proteins, protein immobilization, protein–protein conjugation, protein cyclization, as a self‐cleavable tag for protein expression, protein-PNA hybrids, neoglycoconjugates, and cell‐surface protein labeling, etc.
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