Expressed protein ligation is a valuable method for protein semisynthesis that involves the reaction of recombinant protein C-terminal thioesters with N-Cys containing peptides but the requirement of a Cys residue at the ligation junction can limit its use. Here we present a method that employs subtiligase to efficiently ligate Cys-free peptides to protein thioesters.
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