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Table 1 Mutations that occurred in the strains isolated from the evolution experiment

From: Evolutionary engineering of E. coli MG1655 for tolerance against isoprenol

Gene

Genomic coordinate

Nucleotide change

Effect of nucleotide change

Frequency (%)

Time

Description

257,908

G → A

 

5

T5

IS1 non-coding

frmR (1)

379,625

A → C

V(86) → G

5

T7

Formaldehyde repressor

frmR (2)

379,821

− 1:C

Q(21) → frameshift

5

T7

gltA

754,123

C → T

E(116) → K

10

T4

Citrate synthase

plsX (1)

1,148,440

− 1:A

Q(274)KS → QRA STOP

10

T3

Fatty acid/phospholipid synthesis protein

plsX (2)

1,148,491

G → T

G(291) → C

10

T4

fabF (1)

1,152,159

T → G

F(74) → C

48

T3

Component of 3-oxoacyl-ACP synthase II

fabF (2)

1,152,159

C → T

wt

5

T4

marC (1)

1,618,245

A → T

stop → frameshift

10

T4

Inner membrane protein

marC (2)

1,618,498

− 7:ATCGCTA

I(135) → stop

10

T2

marC (3)

1,618,805

− 1:T

M(35) → stop

48

T3

yffS

2,564,930

G → T

A → A (silent)

5

T3

CPZ-55 prophage; uncharacterized protein

yfgO

2,615,421

G → A

A(154) → V

5

T2

Function unknown, predicted membrane permease

iscR

2,661,812

T → A

H(107) → L

10

T5

Iron–sulfur cluster regulator

srmB

2,713,364

G → A

D(157) → N

10

T2

SrmB is a DEAD-box protein with RNA helicase activity that facilitates an early step in the assembly of the 50S subunit of the ribosome

PyghB

3,153,480

− 15

 

33

T4

Required, with yqjA, for membrane integrity

trkH

4,033,611

G → A

G(156) → D

10

T5

TrkH is a potassium ion transporter

rraA (1)

4,119,044

A → T

V(96) → E

10

T4

RraA inhibits ribonuclease E activity by binding to and masking the C-terminal RNA binding domain of RNase E

rraA (2)

4,119,138

C → T

G(67) → S

5

T4

plsB

4,255,502

T → C

Q(322) → R

5

T2

Membrane-bound glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase catalyzes the first committed step in phospholipid biosynthesis

Rob (1)

4,634,494

C → A

G(273) → stop

5

T5

Transcriptional regulator implied in solvent tolerance

Rob (2)

4,635,002

 + 1:T

Y(103) → stop

10

T6

Rob (3)

4,635,168

 + 1:G

H(48) → frameshift

19

T6

creC

4,637,267

T → G

L (191) → W

5

T5

Carbon source responsive sensor kinase

  1. Protein functions are taken from ecocyc.org. For genes with alternative mutations, the numbering behind the gene name refers to the mutation name provided in Fig. 2