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Random sequences rapidly evolve into de novo promoters
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Yona AH
; Alm EJ
; Gore J
Nat Commun
2018[Apr]; 9
(1
): 1530
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How new functions arise de novo is a fundamental question in evolution. We
studied de novo evolution of promoters in Escherichia coli by replacing the lac
promoter with various random sequences of the same size (~100?bp) and evolving
the cells in the presence of lactose. We find that ~60% of random sequences can
evolve expression comparable to the wild-type with only one mutation, and that
~10% of random sequences can serve as active promoters even without evolution.
Such a short mutational distance between random sequences and active promoters
may improve the evolvability, yet may also lead to accidental promoters inside
genes that interfere with normal expression. Indeed, our bioinformatic analyses
indicate that E. coli was under selection to reduce accidental promoters inside
genes by avoiding promoter-like sequences. We suggest that a low threshold for
functionality balanced by selection against undesired targets can increase the
evolvability by making new beneficial features more accessible.