Analysis of global control of Escherichia coli carbohydrate uptake

By Andreas Kremling, Katja Bettenbrock, Ernst Dieter Gilles. BMC Systems Biology, 2007

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BackgroundGlobal control influences the regulation of many individual subsystems by superimposed regulator proteins. A prominent example is the control of carbohydrate uptake systems by the transcription factor Crp in Escherichia coli. A detailed understanding of the coordination of the control of individual transporters offers possibilities to explore the potential of microorganisms e.g. in biotechnology.ResultsAn o.d.e. based mathematical model is presented that maps a physiological parameter – the specific growth rate – to the sensor of the signal transduction unit, here a component of the bacterial phosphotransferase system (PTS), namely EIIACrr. The model describes the relation between the growth rate and the degree of phosphorylation of EIIA crrfor a number of carbohydrates by a distinctive response curve, that differentiates between PTS transported carbohydrates and non-PTS carbohydrates. With only a small number of kinetic parameters, the model is able to describe a broad range of experimental steady-state and dynamical conditions.ConclusionThe steady-state characteristic presented shows a relationship between the growth rate and the output of the sensor system PTS. The glycolytic flux that is measured by this sensor is a good indicator to represent the nutritional status of the cell.

Subfields: Genetics, Molecular Biology

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