Gene expression in E. coli influences the position and motion of the lac operon and vicinal loci

Yuan Chu Lu, Yi Ren Chang*

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3 引文 斯高帕斯(Scopus)

摘要

Transcription and translation of active genes play an important role in determining the global organization of the chromosome. To further elucidate this phenomenon, we examined how the expression of either the lacY or the cfp gene in the native lac operon influences adjacent chromosomal segments by fluorescently labeling loci upstream and downstream of the expressed gene. Based on the positions and motile behaviors of these loci, our results reveal that the local organization of the vicinal chromosomal segments and its position in the nucleoid are both influenced by gene expression. Furthermore, we found that the effects on local organization depend on whether the expressed gene encodes a membrane protein or a cytoplasmic protein. Our measurements showing the movement of loci toward the membrane and the correlation between the motions of the upstream and downstream loci support the conclusion that the expression of genes encoding membrane proteins greatly influences chromosome dynamics.

原文英語
頁(從 - 到)438-443
頁數6
期刊Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
519
發行號2
DOIs
出版狀態已發佈 - 2019 11月 5

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • 生物物理學
  • 生物化學
  • 分子生物學
  • 細胞生物學

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