title: Analysis of growth rate effects on productivity of recombinant Escherichia coli populations using molecular mechanism models.
abstract: The influence of growth rate on Escherichia coli plasmid content and expression of a cloned-gene product has been described by a mathematical model based upon the molecular mechanism of lambdadv plasmid replication and known relationships between growth rate and transcription and translation activities of the host cell. The model simulates correctly decreases in plasmid content with increasing growth rate as observed experimentally for pBR322, NR1, R1, and Col E1 plasmids. A maximum with respect to growth rate in intracellular product accumulation is indicated by the model, as is a transient overshoot in product concentration following a shift from smaller to larger growth rate. Available data, although very limited, show the same trends. These results, obtained without parameter or kinetic form adjustments or manipulation, clearly illustrate the advantages of kinetic descriptions of recombinant systems based upon the pertinent molecular mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91125, USA.
authors.forename: Sun Bok
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: James E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Bailey
mesh_terms: D048429:Cell Size; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004261:DNA Replication; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development*; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D007700:Kinetics; D008954:Models, Biological; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008957:Models, Genetic; D010957:Plasmids / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity