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Systems analysis of transcription factor activities in environments with stable and dynamic oxygen concentrations
Rolfe, MD; Ocone, A; Stapleton, MR et al.
2012In Open Biology, 2 (7), p. 120091
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Abstract :
[en] Understanding gene regulation requires knowledge of changes in transcription factor (TF) activities. Simultaneous direct measurement of numerous TF activities is currently impossible. Nevertheless, statistical approaches to infer TF activities have yielded non-trivial and verifiable predictions for individual TFs. Here, global statistical modelling identifies changes in TF activities from transcript profiles of Escherichia coli growing in stable (fixed oxygen availabilities) and dynamic (changing oxygen availability) environments. A core oxygen-responsive TF network, supplemented by additional TFs acting under specific conditions, was identified. The activities of the cytoplasmic oxygen-responsive TF, FNR, and the membrane-bound terminal oxidases implied that, even on the scale of the bacterial cell, spatial effects significantly influence oxygen-sensing. Several transcripts exhibited asymmetrical patterns of abundance in aerobic to anaerobic and anaerobic to aerobic transitions. One of these transcripts, ndh, encodes a major component of the aerobic respiratory chain and is regulated by oxygen-responsive TFs ArcA and FNR. Kinetic modelling indicated that ArcA and FNR behaviour could not explain the ndh transcript profile, leading to the identification of another TF, PdhR, as the source of the asymmetry. Thus, this approach illustrates how systematic examination of regulatory responses in stable and dynamic environments yields new mechanistic insights into adaptive processes.
Disciplines :
Life sciences: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
Rolfe, MD
Ocone, A
Stapleton, MR
Hall, S
Trotter, EW
Poole, RK
Sanguinetti, G
Green, J
SysMO-SUMO consortium
Other collaborator :
Sauter, Thomas ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication (FSTC) > Life Science Research Unit
Language :
English
Title :
Systems analysis of transcription factor activities in environments with stable and dynamic oxygen concentrations
Publication date :
July 2012
Journal title :
Open Biology
ISSN :
2046-2441
Publisher :
The Royal Society, United Kingdom
Volume :
2
Issue :
7
Pages :
120091
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Commentary :
Mr Thomas Sauter participated in this study as one of the members of the SysMO-SUMO consortium.
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