Nature Communications (Oct 2018)

Optimization of carbon and energy utilization through differential translational efficiency

  • Mahmoud M. Al-Bassam,
  • Ji-Nu Kim,
  • Livia S. Zaramela,
  • Benjamin P. Kellman,
  • Cristal Zuniga,
  • Jacob M. Wozniak,
  • David J. Gonzalez,
  • Karsten Zengler

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06993-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Microorganisms must regulate allocation of resources in nutrient-limited conditions. Here, the authors combine Ribo-seq, RNA-seq and TSS-seq to study resource allocation in the acetogen C. ljungdahlii, and show that dynamic regulation of translational efficiency of metabolic pathways is critical.