期刊
ACS SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY
卷 6, 期 7, 页码 1263-1272出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.6b00361
关键词
genetic circuit; context dependence; modularity; resource competition; model-guided design; activation cascade
资金
- AFOSR Grant [FA9550-14-1-0060]
- ONR Award [N000141310074]
- BBSRC Grant [BB/M009769/1]
- BBSRC [BB/M009769/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/M009769/1] Funding Source: researchfish
A common approach to design genetic circuits is to compose gene expression cassettes together. While appealing, this modular approach is challenged by the fact that expression of each gene depends on the availability of transcriptional/translational resources, which is in turn determined by the presence of other genes in the circuit. This raises the question of how competition for resources by different genes affects a circuits behavior. Here, we create a library of genetic activation cascades in E. coli bacteria, where we explicitly tune the resource demand by each gene. We develop a general Hill-function-based model that incorporates resource competition effects through resource demand coefficients. These coefficients lead to nonregulatory interactions among genes that reshape the circuits behavior. For the activation cascade, such interactions result in surprising biphasic or monotonically decreasing responses. Finally, we use resource demand coefficients to guide the choice of ribosome binding site and DNA copy number to restore the cascades intended monotonically increasing response. Our results demonstrate how unintended circuits behavior arises from resource competition and provide a model-guided methodology to minimize the resulting effects.
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