Genetic code expansion tools to introduce post-translational modifications (C02)

• Subject Area: Biochemistry
• Term: from 2018 to 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 325871075

Protein post-translational modifications (PTMs) are important for regulating diverse aspects of cellular physiology. Within this CRC we want to leverage genetic code expansion approaches - in conjunction with in vivo chemistries and enzymatic reactions – to site-specifically incorporate PTMs such as succinylation and ubiquitination into proteins in vivo. Such approaches will help us deciphering their roles – in collaboration with other groups of this CRC and in the Munich area – in nucleosome dynamics, DNA replication and transcription and protein localization. Furthermore these tools will benefit from the advantage of being generally applicable to diverse biological questions.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1309: Chemical Biology of Epigenetic Modifications
• Applicant Institution: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
• Project Head: Professorin Dr. Kathrin Lang