Microorganisms respond to environmental changes by reprogramming their metabolism primarily through altered patterns of gene expression. DNA microarrays provide a tool for exploiting microorganisms as living sensors of their environment. The potential of DNA microarrays to reflect availability of nutrient components during fermentations on complex media was examined by monitoring global gene expression throughout batch cultivation of Escherichia coli MG1655 on Luria-Bertani (LB) medium. Gene expression profiles group into pathways that clearly demonstrate the metabolic changes occurring in the course of fermentation. Functional analysis of the gene expression related to metabolism of sugars, alcohols, and organic acids revealed that E. coli growing on LB medium switches from a sequential mode of substrate utilization to the simultaneous one in the course of the growth. Maltose and maltodextrins are the first of these substrates to support growth. Utilization of these nutrients associated with the highest growth rate of the culture was followed by simultaneous induction of enzymes involved in assimilation of a large group of other carbon sources including D-mannose, melibiose, D-galactose, L-fucose, L-rhamnose, D-mannitol, amino sugars, trehalose, L-arabinose, glycerol, and lactate. Availability of these nutrients to the cells was monitored by induction of corresponding transport and/or catabolic systems specific for each of the compounds.
For the first time, derivatives of 3,7-diazabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane (bispidine) were
proposed as potential inhibitors of the SARS-CoV-2 main viral protease
(3-chymotrypsin-like, 3CLpro). Based on the created pharmacophore model of the active
site of the protease, a group of compounds were modeled and tested for activity against
3CLpro. The 3CLpro activity was measured using the fluorogenic substrate
Dabcyl-VNSTLQSGLRK(FAM)MA; the efficiency of the proposed approach was confirmed by
comparison with literature data for ebselen and disulfiram. The results of the
experiments performed with bispidine compounds showed that 14 compounds exhibited
activity in the concentration range 1–10 μM, and 3 samples exhibited
submicromolar activity. The structure–activity relationship studies showed that
the molecules containing a carbonyl group in the ninth position of the bicycle exhibited
the maximum activity. Based on the experimental and theoretical results obtained,
further directions for the development of this topic were proposed.
Expression profiles of genes related to stress responses, substrate assimilation, acetate metabolism, and biosynthesis were obtained by monitoring growth of Escherichia coli MG1655 in Luria-Bertani (LB) medium with transcriptional microarrays. Superimposing gene expression profiles on a plot of specific growth rate demonstrates that the cells pass through four distinct physiological states during fermentation before entering stationary phase. Each of these states can be characterized by specific patterns of substrate utilization and cellular biosynthesis corresponding to the nutrient status of the medium. These data allow the growth phases of the classical microbial growth curve to be redefined in terms of the physiological states and environmental changes commonly occurring during bacterial growth in batch culture on LB medium.
Analysis of gene expression data related to assimilation and biosynthesis of nitrogen-containing compounds amino acids, peptides, and nucleotides was used to monitor availability of these nutrients to Escherichia coli MG1655 growing on Luria-Bertani medium. The data indicate that free amino acids and nucleotides only transiently support the nitrogen requirement for growth and are no longer available by 3.5 h of fermentation. The resulting shortage of available nitrogen sources induces the Ntr response, which involves induction of the glnALG, glnK-amtB, dppABCDF, and oppABCDF operons as well as the genes coding for outer membrane proteins, porins OmpA and OmpC, and proteases OmpP and OmpT. The increased uptake of peptides facilitated by the products of dppABCDF, oppABCDF, ompA, ompC, ompP, and ompT alleviates nitrogen limitation of the growth.
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