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Dynamics of sequestration-based gene regulatory cascades
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Shopera T
; Henson WR
; Moon TS
Nucleic Acids Res
2017[Jul]; 45
(12
): 7515-7526
PMID28525642
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Gene regulatory cascades are ubiquitous in biology. Because regulatory cascades
are integrated within complex networks, their quantitative analysis is
challenging in native systems. Synthetic biologists have gained quantitative
insights into the properties of regulatory cascades by building simple circuits,
but sequestration-based regulatory cascades remain relatively unexplored.
Particularly, it remains unclear how the cascade components collectively control
the output dynamics. Here, we report the construction and quantitative analysis
of the longest sequestration-based cascade in Escherichia coli. This cascade
consists of four Pseudomonas aeruginosa protein regulators (ExsADCE) that
sequester their partner. Our computational analysis showed that the output
dynamics are controlled in a complex way by the concentration of the unbounded
transcriptional activator ExsA. By systematically varying the cascade length and
the synthesis rate of each regulator, we experimentally verified the
computational prediction that ExsC plays a role in rapid circuit responses by
sequestering the anti-activator ExsD, while ExsD increases response times by
decreasing the free ExsA concentration. In contrast, when additional ExsD was
introduced to the cascade via indirect negative feedback, the response time was
significantly reduced. Sequestration-based regulatory cascades with negative
feedback are often found in biology, and thus our finding provides insights into
the dynamics of this recurring motif.