Between feast and famine: endogenous inducer synthesis in the adaptation of Escherichia coli to growth with limiting carbohydrates.
AUTOR(ES)
Death, A
RESUMO
Escherichia coli adapted to growth with low carbohydrate concentrations bypassed the requirement for exogenous inducer with at least three well-studied sugar regulons. Induction of mgl and gal genes became independent of added galactose in bacteria approaching stationary phase or during continuous culture with micromolar glucose in the medium. Bacteria became independent of exogenous induction because endogenous galactose and cyclic AMP (cAMP) pools were sufficient for high expression of mgl and gal genes under glucose limitation. Limitation-stimulated induction of mgl was dependent on a functional galETK operon for synthesis of the inducer galactose. Intracellular galactose levels were maximal not during starvation (or slow steady-state growth rates approaching starvation) but at fast growth rates with micromolar glucose. The extent of mgl/gal induction correlated better with inducer availability than with cAMP concentrations under all conditions tested. Endogenous inducer accumulation represents an adaptation to low-nutrient environments, leading to derepression of high-affinity transport systems like Mgl essential for bacterial competitiveness at low nutrient concentrations.
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