On April 5, 2024, Lijia Ma(the Founder of Westlake Genetech and researcher at the School of Life Sciences, Westlake University), along with team members, published a research paper titled "The transpeptidase sortase A binds nucleic acids and mediates mammalian cell labeling" in Advanced Science. It is the first time that the in vitro expressed-sortase protein has been found to interact with both nucleic acids and mammalian cell surfaces, expanding our understanding of the potential biological functions of sortase in gram-positive bacteria and the application scope of sortase as a tool protein.

To access the paper, please visit: https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202305605.