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Genome-scale model of metabolism and gene expression provides a multi-scale description of acid stress responses in Escherichia coli.

ABSTRACT: Response to acid stress is critical for Escherichia coli to successfully complete its life-cycle by passing through the stomach to colonize the digestive tract. To develop a fundamental understanding of this response, we established a molecular mechanistic description of acid stress mitigation responses in E. coli and integrated them with a genome-scale model of its metabolism and macromolecular expression (ME-model). We considered three known mechanisms of acid stress mitigation: 1) change in membrane lipid fatty acid composition, 2) change in periplasmic protein stability over external pH and periplasmic chaperone protection mechanisms, and 3) change in the activities of membrane proteins. After integrating these mechanisms into an established ME-model, we could simulate their responses in the context of other cellular processes. We validated these simulations using RNA sequencing data obtained from five E. coli strains grown under external pH ranging from 5.5 to 7.0. We found: i) that for the differentially expressed genes accounted for in the ME-model, 80% of the upregulated genes were correctly predicted by the ME-model, and ii) that these genes are mainly involved in translation processes (45% of genes), membrane proteins and related processes (18% of genes), amino acid metabolism (12% of genes), and cofactor and prosthetic group biosynthesis (8% of genes). We also demonstrated several intervention strategies on acid tolerance that can be simulated by the ME-model. We thus established a quantitative framework that describes, on a genome-scale, the acid stress mitigation response of E. coli that has both scientific and practical uses.

SUBMITTER: Du B

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6897400 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Genome-scale model of metabolism and gene expression provides a multi-scale description of acid stress responses in Escherichia coli.

Du Bin B Yang Laurence L Lloyd Colton J CJ Fang Xin X Palsson Bernhard O BO

PLoS computational biology 20191206 12

Response to acid stress is critical for Escherichia coli to successfully complete its life-cycle by passing through the stomach to colonize the digestive tract. To develop a fundamental understanding of this response, we established a molecular mechanistic description of acid stress mitigation responses in E. coli and integrated them with a genome-scale model of its metabolism and macromolecular expression (ME-model). We considered three known mechanisms of acid stress mitigation: 1) change in m ...[more]

PMID: 31809503

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Genome-scale model of metabolism and gene expression provides a multi-scale description of acid stress responses in Escherichia coli.

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