Abstract
AbstractLiving systems formed and evolved under constraints that govern their interactions with the inorganic world. These interactions are definable using basic physico-chemical principles. Here, we formulate a comprehensive set of ten governing abiotic constraints that define possible quantitative metabolomes. We apply these constraints to a metabolic network of Escherichia coli that represents 90% of its metabolome. We show that the quantitative metabolomes allowed by the abiotic constraints are consistent with metabolomic and isotope-labeling data. We find that: (i) abiotic constraints drive the evolution of high-affinity phosphate transporters; (ii) Charge-, hydrogen- and magnesium-related constraints underlie transcriptional regulatory responses to osmotic stress; and (iii) hydrogen-ion and charge imbalance underlie transcriptional regulatory responses to acid stress. Thus, quantifying the constraints that the inorganic world imposes on living systems provides insights into their key characteristics, helps understand the outcomes of evolutionary adaptation, and should be considered as a fundamental part of theoretical biology and for understanding the constraints on evolution.
Funder
Novo Nordisk Fonden
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
General Physics and Astronomy,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,General Chemistry
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