An analytical theory of balanced cellular growth.
Nat Commun
; 11(1): 1226, 2020 03 06.
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| ID: mdl-32144263
ABSTRACT
The biological fitness of microbes is largely determined by the rate with which they replicate their biomass composition. Mathematical models that maximize this balanced growth rate while accounting for mass conservation, reaction kinetics, and limits on dry mass per volume are inevitably non-linear. Here, we develop a general theory for such models, termed Growth Balance Analysis (GBA), which provides explicit expressions for protein concentrations, fluxes, and growth rates. These variables are functions of the concentrations of cellular components, for which we calculate marginal fitness costs and benefits that are related to metabolic control coefficients. At maximal growth rate, the net benefits of all concentrations are equal. Based solely on physicochemical constraints, GBA unveils fundamental quantitative principles of cellular resource allocation and growth; it accurately predicts the relationship between growth rates and ribosome concentrations in E. coli and yeast and between growth rate and dry mass density in E. coli.
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Assunto principal:
Proliferação de Células
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Escherichia coli
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Modelos Biológicos
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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En
Ano de publicação:
2020
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Article