Acid evolution of Escherichia coli K-12 eliminates amino acid decarboxylases and reregulates catabolism

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2017, Pages

  He, Amanda ^a   Penix, Stephanie R ^a   Basting, Preston J ^a   Griffith, Jessie M ^a   Creamer, Kaitlin E ^a   Camperchioli, Dominic ^a   Clark, Michelle W ^a   Gonzales, Alexandra S ^a   Chávez Erazo, Jorge Sebastian ^a   George, Nadja S ^b   Bhagwat, Arvind A ^b   Slonczewski, Joan L ^a  

^a KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid; Decarboxylase; Escherichia coli; Experimental evolution; Fnr; GABA; Low pH; RNA polymerase

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; AMINO ACIDS; ARGININE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; METABOLISM; RNA;

DECARBOXYLASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI K-12; EXPERIMENTAL EVOLUTION; GABA; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACIDS; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; INSERTIONS AND DELETIONS; RNA POLYMERASE;

STRAIN;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; AMINO ACID; CATABOLISM; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DECARBOXYLATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; HYA;

ACID; AROMATIC LEVO AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

DEFICIENCY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PH;

ACIDS; AROMATIC-L-AMINO-ACID DECARBOXYLASES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION;

EID: 85020047960     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00442-17     Document Type: Article

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