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dc.contributor.authorHassan, Junaideng
dc.contributor.authorBergaust, Linda Libergeng
dc.contributor.authorWheat, Davideng
dc.contributor.authorBakken, Larseng
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-18T12:20:26Z
dc.date.available2015-03-18T12:20:26Z
dc.date.issued2014-11-06eng
dc.identifier.issn1553-7358
dc.identifier.issn1553-734X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1956/9574
dc.description.abstractIn response to impending anoxic conditions, denitrifying bacteria sustain respiratory metabolism by producing enzymes for reducing nitrogen oxyanions/-oxides (NOx) to N2 (denitrification). Since denitrifying bacteria are non-fermentative, the initial production of denitrification proteome depends on energy from aerobic respiration. Thus, if a cell fails to synthesise a minimum of denitrification proteome before O2 is completely exhausted, it will be unable to produce it later due to energy-limitation. Such entrapment in anoxia is recently claimed to be a major phenomenon in batch cultures of the model organism Paracoccus denitrificans on the basis of measured e−-flow rates to O2 and NOx. Here we constructed a dynamic model and explicitly simulated actual kinetics of recruitment of the cells to denitrification to directly and more accurately estimate the recruited fraction (). Transcription of nirS is pivotal for denitrification, for it triggers a cascade of events leading to the synthesis of a full-fledged denitrification proteome. The model is based on the hypothesis that nirS has a low probability (, h−1) of initial transcription, but once initiated, the transcription is greatly enhanced through positive feedback by NO, resulting in the recruitment of the transcribing cell to denitrification. We assume that the recruitment is initiated as [O2] falls below a critical threshold and terminates (assuming energy-limitation) as [O2] exhausts. With = 0.005 h−1, the model robustly simulates observed denitrification kinetics for a range of culture conditions. The resulting (fraction of the cells recruited to denitrification) falls within 0.038–0.161. In contrast, if the recruitment of the entire population is assumed, the simulated denitrification kinetics deviate grossly from those observed. The phenomenon can be understood as a ‘bet-hedging strategy’: switching to denitrification is a gain if anoxic spell lasts long but is a waste of energy if anoxia turns out to be a ‘false alarm’.en_US
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherPublic Library of Scienceeng
dc.rightsAttribution CC BYeng
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/eng
dc.titleLow Probability of Initiating nirS Transcription Explains Observed Gas Kinetics and Growth of Bacteria Switching from Aerobic Respiration to Denitrificationeng
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.date.updated2015-03-03T14:47:49Zen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersion
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2014 Hassan et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.en_US
dc.source.articlenumbere1003933
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003933
dc.identifier.cristin1215083
dc.source.journalPLoS Computational Biology
dc.source.4010
dc.source.1411
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Mathematics and natural scienses: 400::Basic biosciences: 470::Bioinformatics: 475eng
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Matematikk og naturvitenskap: 400::Basale biofag: 470::Bioinformatikk: 475nob


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