Project description:Cellular tolerance toward furfural is a complex phenotype involved many genes, and hard to be improved by manipulating individual genes. We previously established exogenous global regulator IrrE mutants that confer Escherichia coli with significantly enhanced tolerance to furfural stress. In order to elucidate the mechanism for enhancement of furfural tolerance in the mutants and to identify new genes and pathways that can be possible targets for engineering of furfural tolerance, we carried out comparative transcriptomic with the representative strains F1-37 and WT (harboring the furfural-tolerant mutant F1-37 of IrrE and the wild type IrrE, respectively). The data from transcriptome analyses were deposited here.
Project description:Cellular tolerance toward furfural is a complex phenotype involved many genes, and hard to be improved by manipulating individual genes. We previously established exogenous global regulator IrrE mutants that confer Escherichia coli with significantly enhanced tolerance to furfural stress. In order to elucidate the mechanism for enhancement of furfural tolerance in the mutants and to identify new genes and pathways that can be possible targets for engineering of furfural tolerance, we carried out comparative transcriptomic with the representative strains F1-37 and WT (harboring the furfural-tolerant mutant F1-37 of IrrE and the wild type IrrE, respectively). The data from transcriptome analyses were deposited here. Cells of furfural-tolerant mutant F1-37 and wild-type strain WT were grown in LB medium supplemented with furfural, and the cells were harvested in the exponential phase. The samples for both of these two strains were prepared in triplicate with biological replicates.
Project description:Expression profiles of wild-type and SgrR mutant E. coli strains under aMG and 2-DG-induced stress. Expression profiles of E. coli overexpressing SgrS sRNA.
Project description:To understand the mechanism of isopropanol tolerance of Escherichia coli for improvement of isopropanol production, we performed genome re-sequencing and transcriptome analysis of isopropanol tolerant E. coli strains obtained from parallel adaptive laboratory evolution under IPA stress.
Project description:Adapted tolerant yeast strain Y-50049 is able to in situ detoxify furfural and HMF while the wild type control Y-12632 repressed to loss function under challenges of 20 mM each of furfural and HMF
Project description:Expression profiles of wild-type and SgrR mutant E. coli strains under aMG and 2-DG-induced stress. Expression profiles of E. coli overexpressing SgrS sRNA. Illumina RNA-Seq of total RNA extracted from wild-type, SgrR/SgrS mutant and SgrS overexpressing E. coli strains grown in different conditions.
Project description:Gene expression profiles of Escherichia coli, grown anaerobically, with or without Acacia mearnsii (Black wattle) extract were compared to identify tannin-resistance strategies. The cell envelope stress protein, spy, and the multidrug transporter-encoding mdtABCD, both under the control of the BaeSR two-component regulatory system, were significantly up-regulated in the presence of tannins. BaeSR mutants were more tannin-sensitive than their wild-type counterparts. Keywords: tannin resistance
Project description:Many neutralophilic bacterial species try to evade acid stress with an escape strategy, which is reflected in the increased expression of genes coding for flagellar components. Extremely acid-tolerant bacteria, such as Escherichia coli, survive the strong acid stress, e.g. in the stomach of vertebrates. Recently, we were able to show that the induction of motility genes in E. coli is strictly dependent on the degree of acid stress, i.e. they are induced under mild acid stress but not under severe acid stress. However, it was not known to what extent fine-tuned expression of motility genes is related to fitness and the ability to survive periods of acid shock. In this study, we demonstrate that the expression of FlhDC, the master regulator of flagellation, is inversely correlated with acid shock survival of E. coli. We encountered this phenomenon when analyzing mutants from the Keio collection in which the expression of flhDC was altered by an IS element. These results suggest a fitness trade-off between acid tolerance and motility.