Reposted by Leah Roe
✨ New paper in Science: An archaeal genetic code with all TAG codons as pyrrolysine.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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An archaeal genetic code with all TAG codons as pyrrolysine
Multiple genetic codes developed during the evolution of eukaryotes and bacteria, yet no alternative genetic code is known for archaea. We used proteomics to confirm our prediction that certain archae...