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We always strive for our work to substantially benefit the greater scientific community, and it's such a thrill every time it happens. A massive thank you to @addgene.bsky.social for amplifying the impact of researchers everywhere! 🧵👇

This Blue Flame Award is for a plasmid encoding an improved SUMO protease enzyme, and it was the work of an amazing team: Kara Lau, Vladimir Baytshtok, Tessa Howard, Brooke Nickerson, JayLee Johnson, Lauren Carter, David Baker and Chris Lima www.jbc.org/article/S002...

jbc.orgDiscovery and engineering of enhanced SUMO protease enzymesSmall ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) is commonly used as a protein fusion domain to facilitate expression and purification of recombinant proteins, and a SUMO-specific protease is then used to remove ...