--- _id: '10736' abstract: - lang: eng text: Predicting function from sequence is a central problem of biology. Currently, this is possible only locally in a narrow mutational neighborhood around a wildtype sequence rather than globally from any sequence. Using random mutant libraries, we developed a biophysical model that accounts for multiple features of σ70 binding bacterial promoters to predict constitutive gene expression levels from any sequence. We experimentally and theoretically estimated that 10–20% of random sequences lead to expression and ~80% of non-expressing sequences are one mutation away from a functional promoter. The potential for generating expression from random sequences is so pervasive that selection acts against σ70-RNA polymerase binding sites even within inter-genic, promoter-containing regions. This pervasiveness of σ70-binding sites implies that emergence of promoters is not the limiting step in gene regulatory evolution. Ultimately, the inclusion of novel features of promoter function into a mechanistic model enabled not only more accurate predictions of gene expression levels, but also identified that promoters evolve more rapidly than previously thought. acknowledgement: 'We thank Hande Acar, Nicholas H Barton, Rok Grah, Tiago Paixao, Maros Pleska, Anna Staron, and Murat Tugrul for insightful comments and input on the manuscript. This work was supported by: Sir Henry Dale Fellowship jointly funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Royal Society (grant number 216779/Z/19/Z) to ML; IPC Grant from IST Austria to ML and SS; European Research Council Funding Programme 7 (2007–2013, grant agreement number 648440) to JPB.' article_number: e64543 article_processing_charge: No article_type: original author: - first_name: Mato full_name: Lagator, Mato id: 345D25EC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Lagator - first_name: Srdjan full_name: Sarikas, Srdjan id: 35F0286E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sarikas - first_name: Magdalena full_name: Steinrueck, Magdalena last_name: Steinrueck - first_name: David full_name: Toledo-Aparicio, David last_name: Toledo-Aparicio - first_name: Jonathan P full_name: Bollback, Jonathan P id: 2C6FA9CC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Bollback orcid: 0000-0002-4624-4612 - first_name: Calin C full_name: Guet, Calin C id: 47F8433E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Guet orcid: 0000-0001-6220-2052 - first_name: Gašper full_name: Tkačik, Gašper id: 3D494DCA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Tkačik orcid: 0000-0002-6699-1455 citation: ama: Lagator M, Sarikas S, Steinrueck M, et al. Predicting bacterial promoter function and evolution from random sequences. eLife. 2022;11. doi:10.7554/eLife.64543 apa: Lagator, M., Sarikas, S., Steinrueck, M., Toledo-Aparicio, D., Bollback, J. P., Guet, C. C., & Tkačik, G. (2022). Predicting bacterial promoter function and evolution from random sequences. ELife. eLife Sciences Publications. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.64543 chicago: Lagator, Mato, Srdjan Sarikas, Magdalena Steinrueck, David Toledo-Aparicio, Jonathan P Bollback, Calin C Guet, and Gašper Tkačik. “Predicting Bacterial Promoter Function and Evolution from Random Sequences.” ELife. eLife Sciences Publications, 2022. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.64543. ieee: M. Lagator et al., “Predicting bacterial promoter function and evolution from random sequences,” eLife, vol. 11. eLife Sciences Publications, 2022. ista: Lagator M, Sarikas S, Steinrueck M, Toledo-Aparicio D, Bollback JP, Guet CC, Tkačik G. 2022. Predicting bacterial promoter function and evolution from random sequences. eLife. 11, e64543. mla: Lagator, Mato, et al. “Predicting Bacterial Promoter Function and Evolution from Random Sequences.” ELife, vol. 11, e64543, eLife Sciences Publications, 2022, doi:10.7554/eLife.64543. short: M. Lagator, S. Sarikas, M. Steinrueck, D. Toledo-Aparicio, J.P. Bollback, C.C. Guet, G. Tkačik, ELife 11 (2022). date_created: 2022-02-06T23:01:32Z date_published: 2022-01-26T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-08-02T14:09:02Z day: '26' ddc: - '576' department: - _id: CaGu - _id: GaTk - _id: NiBa doi: 10.7554/eLife.64543 ec_funded: 1 external_id: isi: - '000751104400001' pmid: - '35080492' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: decdcdf600ff51e9a9703b49ca114170 content_type: application/pdf creator: cchlebak date_created: 2022-02-07T07:14:09Z date_updated: 2022-02-07T07:14:09Z file_id: '10739' file_name: 2022_ELife_Lagator.pdf file_size: 5604343 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2022-02-07T07:14:09Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 11' isi: 1 language: - iso: eng license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ month: '01' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version pmid: 1 project: - _id: 2578D616-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '648440' name: Selective Barriers to Horizontal Gene Transfer publication: eLife publication_identifier: eissn: - 2050-084X publication_status: published publisher: eLife Sciences Publications quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Predicting bacterial promoter function and evolution from random sequences tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 4359f0d1-fa6c-11eb-b949-802e58b17ae8 volume: 11 year: '2022' ... --- _id: '570' abstract: - lang: eng text: 'Most phenotypes are determined by molecular systems composed of specifically interacting molecules. However, unlike for individual components, little is known about the distributions of mutational effects of molecular systems as a whole. We ask how the distribution of mutational effects of a transcriptional regulatory system differs from the distributions of its components, by first independently, and then simultaneously, mutating a transcription factor and the associated promoter it represses. We find that the system distribution exhibits increased phenotypic variation compared to individual component distributions - an effect arising from intermolecular epistasis between the transcription factor and its DNA-binding site. In large part, this epistasis can be qualitatively attributed to the structure of the transcriptional regulatory system and could therefore be a common feature in prokaryotes. Counter-intuitively, intermolecular epistasis can alleviate the constraints of individual components, thereby increasing phenotypic variation that selection could act on and facilitating adaptive evolution. ' article_number: e28921 author: - first_name: Mato full_name: Lagator, Mato id: 345D25EC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Lagator - first_name: Srdjan full_name: Sarikas, Srdjan id: 35F0286E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sarikas - first_name: Hande full_name: Acar, Hande id: 2DDF136A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Acar orcid: 0000-0003-1986-9753 - first_name: Jonathan P full_name: Bollback, Jonathan P id: 2C6FA9CC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Bollback orcid: 0000-0002-4624-4612 - first_name: Calin C full_name: Guet, Calin C id: 47F8433E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Guet orcid: 0000-0001-6220-2052 citation: ama: Lagator M, Sarikas S, Acar H, Bollback JP, Guet CC. Regulatory network structure determines patterns of intermolecular epistasis. eLife. 2017;6. doi:10.7554/eLife.28921 apa: Lagator, M., Sarikas, S., Acar, H., Bollback, J. P., & Guet, C. C. (2017). Regulatory network structure determines patterns of intermolecular epistasis. ELife. eLife Sciences Publications. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.28921 chicago: Lagator, Mato, Srdjan Sarikas, Hande Acar, Jonathan P Bollback, and Calin C Guet. “Regulatory Network Structure Determines Patterns of Intermolecular Epistasis.” ELife. eLife Sciences Publications, 2017. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.28921. ieee: M. Lagator, S. Sarikas, H. Acar, J. P. Bollback, and C. C. Guet, “Regulatory network structure determines patterns of intermolecular epistasis,” eLife, vol. 6. eLife Sciences Publications, 2017. ista: Lagator M, Sarikas S, Acar H, Bollback JP, Guet CC. 2017. Regulatory network structure determines patterns of intermolecular epistasis. eLife. 6, e28921. mla: Lagator, Mato, et al. “Regulatory Network Structure Determines Patterns of Intermolecular Epistasis.” ELife, vol. 6, e28921, eLife Sciences Publications, 2017, doi:10.7554/eLife.28921. short: M. Lagator, S. Sarikas, H. Acar, J.P. Bollback, C.C. Guet, ELife 6 (2017). date_created: 2018-12-11T11:47:14Z date_published: 2017-11-13T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2021-01-12T08:03:15Z day: '13' ddc: - '576' department: - _id: CaGu - _id: JoBo - _id: NiBa doi: 10.7554/eLife.28921 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 273ab17f33305e4eaafd911ff88e7c5b content_type: application/pdf creator: system date_created: 2018-12-12T10:14:42Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:47:10Z file_id: '5096' file_name: IST-2017-918-v1+1_elife-28921-figures-v3.pdf file_size: 8453470 relation: main_file - access_level: open_access checksum: b433f90576c7be597cd43367946f8e7f content_type: application/pdf creator: system date_created: 2018-12-12T10:14:43Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:47:10Z file_id: '5097' file_name: IST-2017-918-v1+2_elife-28921-v3.pdf file_size: 1953221 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:47:10Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 6' language: - iso: eng month: '11' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version project: - _id: 25681D80-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FP7 grant_number: '291734' name: International IST Postdoc Fellowship Programme - _id: 2578D616-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '648440' name: Selective Barriers to Horizontal Gene Transfer publication: eLife publication_identifier: issn: - 2050084X publication_status: published publisher: eLife Sciences Publications publist_id: '7244' pubrep_id: '918' quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: 1 status: public title: Regulatory network structure determines patterns of intermolecular epistasis tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 6 year: '2017' ...