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Practical Applications And Future Directions Of Genetic Code Expansion: Validation Of Novel Akt1 Substrates And The Design Of A Synthetic Auxotroph Strain Of B. Subtilis, Mcshane M. Mckenna
Practical Applications And Future Directions Of Genetic Code Expansion: Validation Of Novel Akt1 Substrates And The Design Of A Synthetic Auxotroph Strain Of B. Subtilis, Mcshane M. Mckenna
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In Chapter 1, site-specifically phosphorylated variants of the oncogene Akt1 were made in Escherichia coli using the orthogonal translation system that enable genetic code expansion with phosphoserine. The differentially phosphorylated variants of Akt1 were used to validate newly predicted Akt1 substrates. The predicted target sites of the peptide substrates were synthesized and subjected to in vitro kinase assays to quantify the activity of each Akt1 phosphorylated variant towards the predicted peptide. A previously uncharacterized kinase-substrate interaction between Akt1 and a peptide derived from RAB11 Family Interacting Protein 2 (RAB11FIP2) was validated in vitro. Chapter 2 describes the preliminary development of …
The Role Of Thymine-Dna Glycosylase In Transcriptional Regulation, Bart Kolendowski
The Role Of Thymine-Dna Glycosylase In Transcriptional Regulation, Bart Kolendowski
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Precise control over transcriptional regulation is required for normal cell function. Errors in transcriptional regulation underpin many diseases including cancer. Thymine DNA Glycosylase (TDG) is a base excision repair protein and a coregulator that has been implicated in a diverse set of fundamental biological processes including embryonic development, nuclear receptor signaling and Wnt signaling. Importantly, TDG has been shown to play an important role in transcriptional regulation in a wide variety of systems. Details surrounding the mechanism through which TDG acts remain unclear. In this thesis we explore the role of TDG in Estrogen Receptor (ER)-dependent signaling and in cellular …