Conditionally unutilized proteins and their profound effects on growth and adaptation across microbial species
Year: 2023
Type: preprint
Abstract: Protein synthesis is an important determinant of microbial growth and response that demands a high amount of metabolic and biosynthetic resources. Despite these costs, microbial species from different taxa and habitats massively synthesize proteins that are not utilized in the conditions they currently experience. Based on resource allocation models, recent studies have begun to reconcile the costs and benefits of these conditionally unutilized proteins (CUPs) in the context of varying environmental conditions. Such massive synthesis of CUPs is crucial to consider in different areas of modern microbiology, from the systematic investigation of cell physiology, via the prediction of evolution in laboratory and natural environments, to the rational design of strains in biotechnology applications.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Authors: Balakrishnan, Rohan, Cremer, Jonas
Institutions: University of California San Diego, Stanford University
Language: English
Subfield: Genetics
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Stanford Bio-X
OpenAlex ID: W4381572138