DnaA Dynamics Could be Linked with Fitness Cost in Bacteria

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Тип публикации: статья из журнала

Год издания: 2014

Идентификатор DOI: 10.1007/s12013-014-9908-5

Ключевые слова: DnaA; Cell cycle; Fitness cost, Cell cycle, DnaA, Fitness cost, Bacteria (microorganisms), bacterial protein, DNA binding protein, DnaA protein, Bacteria, bacterium, cytology, genetics, metabolism, reproductive fitness, ribosome, Bacteria, Bacterial Proteins, DNA-Binding Proteins, Genetic Fitness, Ribosomes

Аннотация: Fitness cost is the measure of the metabolic burden of unneeded gene expression. It is defined as the lag in bacterial cells growth harboring unneeded genes relative to unburdened cells. Separate cells can concurrently adapt to the burden, demonstrating a decrease in or even a disappearance of the lag. The precise mechanisms of thiПоказать полностьюs adaptation are not clearly understood. One possibility is that an increased amount of free ribosomes "absorb" the unnecessary burden. In this work, the mechanism by which an increased concentration of ribosomes could result in faster growth and mask the unneeded gene expression burden is discussed. The initiation time of chromosome replication by the initiator protein DnaA, for which the accumulation speed depends on the ribosomes amount, is taken into account.

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Журнал: CELL BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS

Выпуск журнала: Vol. 70, Is. 1

Номера страниц: 295-299

ISSN журнала: 10859195

Место издания: TOTOWA

Издатель: HUMANA PRESS INC

Персоны

  • Shuvaev A. (Institute of Engineering Physics and Radio Electronics, Siberian Federal University)