Figure 15.
Engineering the hepatitis D virus (HDV) assembly process for site-specific incorporation of unnatural amino acids (UAAs) into its surface envelope proteins. (a) Two-step procedure for the assembly of intact HDV carrying site-specifically incorporated UAA-recognized non-natural amino acids in human hepatocytes Huh-7 cells. (b) Structures of five Pyl analogues used in this study: PenK (Ne-pent-4-ynyloxycarbonyl-l-lysine), ACPK (Ne-((1R,2R)-2-azido-cyclopentyl oxy-carbonyl)-l-lysine), BCN (bicyclo[6.1.0]non-4-yn-9-ylmethanol), DiZPK (3-(3-methyl-3H-diazirine-3-yl)-propaminocarbonyl-Ne-l-lysine), and ONBK (o-nitrobenzyloxy carbonyl-Ne-lysine). Adapted with permission from ref (296). Copyright 2013 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.