Genetic Interaction Maps in Escherichia coli Reveal Functional Crosstalk among Cell Envelope Biogenesis Pathways

As the interface between a microbe and its environment, the bacterial cell envelope has broad biological and clinical significance. While numerous biosynthesis genes and pathways have been identified and studied in isolation, how these intersect functionally to ensure envelope integrity during adapt...

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Main Authors: Babu, Mohan, Díaz-Mejía, J. Javier, Vlasblom, James, Gagarinova, Alla, Phanse, Sadhna, Graham, Chris, Yousif, Fouad, Ding, Huiming, Xiong, Xuejian, Nazarians-Armavil, Anaies, Alamgir, Md, Ali, Mehrab, Pogoutse, Oxana, Pe'er, Asaf, Arnold, Roland, Michaut, Magali, Parkinson, John, Golshani, Ashkan, Whitfield, Chris, Wodak, Shoshana J., Moreno-Hagelsieb, Gabriel, Greenblatt, Jack F., Emili, Andrew
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Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3219608/
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spelling pubmed-32196082011-11-28 Genetic Interaction Maps in Escherichia coli Reveal Functional Crosstalk among Cell Envelope Biogenesis Pathways Babu, Mohan Díaz-Mejía, J. Javier Vlasblom, James Gagarinova, Alla Phanse, Sadhna Graham, Chris Yousif, Fouad Ding, Huiming Xiong, Xuejian Nazarians-Armavil, Anaies Alamgir, Md Ali, Mehrab Pogoutse, Oxana Pe'er, Asaf Arnold, Roland Michaut, Magali Parkinson, John Golshani, Ashkan Whitfield, Chris Wodak, Shoshana J. Moreno-Hagelsieb, Gabriel Greenblatt, Jack F. Emili, Andrew Research Article As the interface between a microbe and its environment, the bacterial cell envelope has broad biological and clinical significance. While numerous biosynthesis genes and pathways have been identified and studied in isolation, how these intersect functionally to ensure envelope integrity during adaptive responses to environmental challenge remains unclear. To this end, we performed high-density synthetic genetic screens to generate quantitative functional association maps encompassing virtually the entire cell envelope biosynthetic machinery of Escherichia coli under both auxotrophic (rich medium) and prototrophic (minimal medium) culture conditions. The differential patterns of genetic interactions detected among >235,000 digenic mutant combinations tested reveal unexpected condition-specific functional crosstalk and genetic backup mechanisms that ensure stress-resistant envelope assembly and maintenance. These networks also provide insights into the global systems connectivity and dynamic functional reorganization of a universal bacterial structure that is both broadly conserved among eubacteria (including pathogens) and an important target. Public Library of Science 2011-11-17 /pmc/articles/PMC3219608/ /pubmed/22125496 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1002377 Text en Babu et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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author Babu, Mohan
Díaz-Mejía, J. Javier
Vlasblom, James
Gagarinova, Alla
Phanse, Sadhna
Graham, Chris
Yousif, Fouad
Ding, Huiming
Xiong, Xuejian
Nazarians-Armavil, Anaies
Alamgir, Md
Ali, Mehrab
Pogoutse, Oxana
Pe'er, Asaf
Arnold, Roland
Michaut, Magali
Parkinson, John
Golshani, Ashkan
Whitfield, Chris
Wodak, Shoshana J.
Moreno-Hagelsieb, Gabriel
Greenblatt, Jack F.
Emili, Andrew
spellingShingle Babu, Mohan
Díaz-Mejía, J. Javier
Vlasblom, James
Gagarinova, Alla
Phanse, Sadhna
Graham, Chris
Yousif, Fouad
Ding, Huiming
Xiong, Xuejian
Nazarians-Armavil, Anaies
Alamgir, Md
Ali, Mehrab
Pogoutse, Oxana
Pe'er, Asaf
Arnold, Roland
Michaut, Magali
Parkinson, John
Golshani, Ashkan
Whitfield, Chris
Wodak, Shoshana J.
Moreno-Hagelsieb, Gabriel
Greenblatt, Jack F.
Emili, Andrew
Genetic Interaction Maps in Escherichia coli Reveal Functional Crosstalk among Cell Envelope Biogenesis Pathways
author_facet Babu, Mohan
Díaz-Mejía, J. Javier
Vlasblom, James
Gagarinova, Alla
Phanse, Sadhna
Graham, Chris
Yousif, Fouad
Ding, Huiming
Xiong, Xuejian
Nazarians-Armavil, Anaies
Alamgir, Md
Ali, Mehrab
Pogoutse, Oxana
Pe'er, Asaf
Arnold, Roland
Michaut, Magali
Parkinson, John
Golshani, Ashkan
Whitfield, Chris
Wodak, Shoshana J.
Moreno-Hagelsieb, Gabriel
Greenblatt, Jack F.
Emili, Andrew
author_sort Babu, Mohan
title Genetic Interaction Maps in Escherichia coli Reveal Functional Crosstalk among Cell Envelope Biogenesis Pathways
title_short Genetic Interaction Maps in Escherichia coli Reveal Functional Crosstalk among Cell Envelope Biogenesis Pathways
title_full Genetic Interaction Maps in Escherichia coli Reveal Functional Crosstalk among Cell Envelope Biogenesis Pathways
title_fullStr Genetic Interaction Maps in Escherichia coli Reveal Functional Crosstalk among Cell Envelope Biogenesis Pathways
title_full_unstemmed Genetic Interaction Maps in Escherichia coli Reveal Functional Crosstalk among Cell Envelope Biogenesis Pathways
title_sort genetic interaction maps in escherichia coli reveal functional crosstalk among cell envelope biogenesis pathways
description As the interface between a microbe and its environment, the bacterial cell envelope has broad biological and clinical significance. While numerous biosynthesis genes and pathways have been identified and studied in isolation, how these intersect functionally to ensure envelope integrity during adaptive responses to environmental challenge remains unclear. To this end, we performed high-density synthetic genetic screens to generate quantitative functional association maps encompassing virtually the entire cell envelope biosynthetic machinery of Escherichia coli under both auxotrophic (rich medium) and prototrophic (minimal medium) culture conditions. The differential patterns of genetic interactions detected among >235,000 digenic mutant combinations tested reveal unexpected condition-specific functional crosstalk and genetic backup mechanisms that ensure stress-resistant envelope assembly and maintenance. These networks also provide insights into the global systems connectivity and dynamic functional reorganization of a universal bacterial structure that is both broadly conserved among eubacteria (including pathogens) and an important target.
publisher Public Library of Science
publishDate 2011
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3219608/
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