2022
Gut colonization by Bacteroides requires translation by an EF‐G paralog lacking GTPase activity
Han W, Peng B, Wang C, Townsend G, Barry N, Peske F, Goodman A, Liu J, Rodnina M, Groisman E. Gut colonization by Bacteroides requires translation by an EF‐G paralog lacking GTPase activity. The EMBO Journal 2022, 42: e112372. PMID: 36472247, PMCID: PMC9841332, DOI: 10.15252/embj.2022112372.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEF-G1Protein synthesisGTPase activityGuanosine triphosphateElongation factor GCarbon starvationCellular processesStarvation conditionsBacteroides thetaiotaomicronFactor GSingular abilityAmino acidsCell growthParalogsMurine cecumTranslocationGut colonizationColonizationCellsRibosomesProteinStarvationThetaiotaomicronBacteriaFitness
2018
The Stringent Response Determines the Ability of a Commensal Bacterium to Survive Starvation and to Persist in the Gut
Schofield WB, Zimmermann-Kogadeeva M, Zimmermann M, Barry NA, Goodman AL. The Stringent Response Determines the Ability of a Commensal Bacterium to Survive Starvation and to Persist in the Gut. Cell Host & Microbe 2018, 24: 120-132.e6. PMID: 30008292, PMCID: PMC6086485, DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2018.06.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCarbon starvationStringent responseHuman gut bacterium Bacteroides thetaiotaomicronTricarboxylic acid cycle genesMultiple biosynthetic pathwaysCycle genesCentral metabolismMammalian gutTriggers accumulationBiosynthetic pathwayBacteroides thetaiotaomicronDeficient strainMetabolic regulatorAlpha-ketoglutarate supplementationStarvationAlpha-ketoglutarateC labelingCommensal bacteriaMetabolomic analysisGut microbiomeCommensal bacteriumThetaiotaomicronBacteriaPathwayGut