Network-level architecture and the evolutionary potential of underground metabolism
Richard A. Notebaart,Balázs Szappanos,Bálint Kintses,Ferenc Pál,Ádám Györkei,Balázs Bogos,Viktória Lázár,Réka Spohn,Bálint Csörgő,Allon Wagner,Eytan Ruppin,Csaba Pál,Balázs Papp +12 more
TL;DR: A comprehensive computational model of the underground metabolism of E. coli revealed that underground reactions allow growth in new environments when their activity is increased, and demonstrated that the genetic basis of evolutionary adaptations via underground metabolism is computationally predictable.
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Abstract: A central unresolved issue in evolutionary biology is how metabolic innovations emerge. Low-level enzymatic side activities are frequent and can potentially be recruited for new biochemical functions. However, the role of such underground reactions in adaptation toward novel environments has remained largely unknown and out of reach of computational predictions, not least because these issues demand analyses at the level of the entire metabolic network. Here, we provide a comprehensive computational model of the underground metabolism in Escherichia coli. Most underground reactions are not isolated and 45% of them can be fully wired into the existing network and form novel pathways that produce key precursors for cell growth. This observation allowed us to conduct an integrated genome-wide in silico and experimental survey to characterize the evolutionary potential of E. coli to adapt to hundreds of nutrient conditions. We revealed that underground reactions allow growth in new environments when their activity is increased. We estimate that at least ∼20% of the underground reactions that can be connected to the existing network confer a fitness advantage under specific environments. Moreover, our results demonstrate that the genetic basis of evolutionary adaptations via underground metabolism is computationally predictable. The approach used here has potential for various application areas from bioengineering to medical genetics.
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