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. 2023 Feb 1;32(2):e4559. doi: 10.1002/pro.4559

TABLE 1.

Orthogonal pairs and their origins, hosts, and incorporated ncAAs

OTSs Origins Hosts Incorporated ncAAs (and corresponding AARS mutants) References

TrpRS/tRNATrp

S. cerevisiae E. coli NapA (Y105L, E140P, T232V, I252V, F262Y), 1‐MTP (Y105L, E140A, T232C, I252V, F262C), BtA (Y105L, E140A, T232C, I252V, F262C), 6‐MTP (Y105V, E140P, T232C, I252C), 5‐HTP (T107C, P254T, C255A) 10, 11
E. coli E. coli (ATM), mammalian cells 5‐HTP, 5‐MTP, 5‐Brw, 5‐AzW, 5‐PrW, 5‐AmW (V144G, V146C for all above ncAAs) 12

PheRS/tRNAPhe

S. cerevisiae E. coli pFF (WT), pBrF (T415A), 6‐ClW (T415G), 6‐BrW (T415G), BtA (T415G), 2‐NapA (N412G, T415G, S418C, S437F) 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
Human mitochondria E. coli, mammalian cells 4‐AzF (T467G, A507A), 2‐NapA (T467G, A507A), 3‐CNF (T467G, A507A), L‐Dopa (Q356, T467, A507), 6‐CNW (E391D, T467G, A507G), 7CNW (F464V, T467G, A507G) 21
LeuRS/tRNALeu E. coli S. cerevisiae, mammalian cells, C. elegans OmeY (M40L, L41E, Y499R, Y527A, H537G), AcA (M40V, L41M, Y499L, Y527L, H537G), nbC (M40W, L41S, Y499I, Y527A, H537G), DanA (M40A, L41N, T252A, Y499I, Y527G, H537T) 24, 25, 26, 27, 28
M. thermo‐autotrophicum E. coli N/A 29
LysRS/tRNSLys P. horikoshii E. coli hGln (E41I, Y268S) 32
SepRS/tRNASep M. maripaludis E. coli Sep (K347E, N352D, E412S, E414I, P495R, I496R, L512I), serine phosphonate (E412P, E414F, P495M, I496W, F529S), pThr (G320A, L321Y) 36, 37, 38, 42, 43
GlnRS/tRNAGln S. cerevisiae E. coli N/A 46
E. coli S. cerevisiae N/A 47
GluRS/tRNAGlu P. horikoshii E. coli N/A 30
ProRS/tRNAPro P. horikoshii E. coli N/A 50
HisRS/tRNAHis C. crescentus E. coli N/A 53
SerRS/tRNASer M. mazei E. coli N/A 54

Abbreviation: N/A, not available.