Coordinated regulation of gene expression by E ... - Jacobs University
Coordinated regulation of gene expression by E ... - Jacobs University
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RESULTS<br />
observations are in excellent agreement with different abundance <strong>of</strong> FIS and H-NS<br />
during the growth cycle and the <strong>gene</strong>ral repressor role <strong>of</strong> H-NS [Ball et al., 1992;<br />
Dorman, 2004].<br />
3.1.6 Supercoiling sensitivity <strong>of</strong> biosynthesis and degradation<br />
pathways<br />
Interestingly the analysis <strong>of</strong> the distribution <strong>of</strong> Hyp and Rel <strong>gene</strong>s among the functional<br />
groups involved in essential cellular metabolism demonstrated a substantially higher<br />
proportion <strong>of</strong> Hyp <strong>gene</strong>s in anabolic than in catabolic pathways, which was especially<br />
remarkable in wild-type cells (Table 3). It was therefore <strong>of</strong> interest to investigate some<br />
essential metabolic pathways in more detail.<br />
Table 3: Supercoiling sensitivity <strong>of</strong> <strong>gene</strong>s <strong>of</strong> biosynthesis and degradation pathways.<br />
The metabolic pathways comprising 421 <strong>gene</strong>s for biosynthesis and 233 <strong>gene</strong>s from degradation were<br />
derived from http://EcoCyc.org. The Hyp to Rel transcript ratios are derived from the data set B for 148,<br />
111 and 134 metabolic <strong>gene</strong>s expressed in the wild-type, fis and hns mutants, respectively.<br />
Biosynthesis (Hyp/Rel)<br />
Degradation (Hyp/Rel)<br />
Wild type 4.29 0.54<br />
fis 2.07 0.87<br />
hns 1.91 1.0<br />
3.1.7 Coordination <strong>of</strong> metabolic pathways <strong>by</strong> supercoiling<br />
sensitivity<br />
Analysis <strong>of</strong> a pathway <strong>of</strong> exceptional importance for vitality – the citric acid cycle –<br />
demonstrated that the crucial steps producing combustible fuel in the form <strong>of</strong> reducing<br />
equivalents NADH and FADH2, which are required for <strong>gene</strong>ration <strong>of</strong> ATP <strong>by</strong> oxidative<br />
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