Horizontal transfer of a pathway for coumarate catabolism unexpectedly inhibits purine nucleotide biosynthesis
D. Close, S. Cooper, X. Wang, R. J. Giannone, N. L. Engle, T. J. Tschaplinski, L. Hedstrom, J. M. Parks, J. K. Michener
The paper shows that horizontal transfer of coumarate catabolism pathways into E. coli requires host mutations to function, as intermediates inhibit purine biosynthesis, and some mutations are already present in the native host.
bioRxiv · May 4, 2018Microbiology