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Adaptation of Escherichia coli to redox environments by gene expression
Author(s) -
Iuchi S.,
Lin E. C. C.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
molecular microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.857
H-Index - 247
eISSN - 1365-2958
pISSN - 0950-382X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1993.tb01664.x
Subject(s) - biology , escherichia coli , escherichia coli proteins , regulator , transcription factor , transcription (linguistics) , microbiology and biotechnology , gene , biochemistry , regulation of gene expression , computational biology , linguistics , philosophy
Summary Escherichia coli is adroit in exploiting environmental energy sources to its greatest profit. A key strategy is to channel electron transport from donors to a terminal acceptor(s) so that the voltage drop is maximal. At the level of transcription, the goal is achieved by the interaction of three global regulatory systems, Fnr, NarL/NarX and ArcB/ArcA. In addition, the regulator FhlA is involved in a cascade‐controlled pathway for the formate branch of the pyruvate fermentation pathway.