Evidence map›Paper›PMID 22190854›Full record

ArticleJournal of biomedicine & biotechnology2011

Bacterial cells carrying synthetic dual-function operon survived starvation.

Yuki Matsumoto, Yoichiro Ito, Saburo Tsuru, Bei-Wen Ying, Tetsuya Yomo

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Article in Journal of biomedicine & biotechnology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yuki MatsumotoDepartment of Bioinformatics Engineering, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University, 1-5 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
Yoichiro Ito
Saburo Tsuru
Bei-Wen Ying
Tetsuya Yomo
Osaka University · JPJapan Science and Technology Agency · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A synthetic dual-function operon with a bistable structure was designed and successfully integrated into the bacterial genome. Bistability was generated by the mutual inhibitory structure comprised of the promoters P(tet) and P(lac) and the repressors LacI and TetR. Dual function essential for cell growth was introduced by replacing the genes (i.e., hisC and leuB) encoding proteins involved in the biosynthesis of histidine and leucine from their native chromosomal locations to the synthetic operon. Both colony formation and population dynamics of the cells carrying this operon showed that the cells survived starvation and the newly formed population transited between the two stable states, representing the induced hisC and leuB levels, in accordance with the nutritional status. The results strongly suggested that the synthetic design of proto-operons sensitive to external perturbations is practical and functional in native cells.

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Escherichia coli ProteinsLac RepressorsEscherichia coliHistidineLeucineOperonPromoter Regions, GeneticEscherichia coli ProteinsHistidineLacI protein, E coliLac RepressorsLeucine

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PMID22190854
PMCPMC3228684
OpenAlexW2144881365

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