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_id: '1576'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: 'Gene expression is controlled primarily by interactions between transcription
factor proteins (TFs) and the regulatory DNA sequence, a process that can be captured
well by thermodynamic models of regulation. These models, however, neglect regulatory
crosstalk: the possibility that noncognate TFs could initiate transcription, with
potentially disastrous effects for the cell. Here, we estimate the importance
of crosstalk, suggest that its avoidance strongly constrains equilibrium models
of TF binding, and propose an alternative nonequilibrium scheme that implements
kinetic proofreading to suppress erroneous initiation. This proposal is consistent
with the observed covalent modifications of the transcriptional apparatus and
predicts increased noise in gene expression as a trade-off for improved specificity.
Using information theory, we quantify this trade-off to find when optimal proofreading
architectures are favored over their equilibrium counterparts. Such architectures
exhibit significant super-Poisson noise at low expression in steady state.'
article_number: '248101'
author:
- first_name: Sarah A
full_name: Cepeda Humerez, Sarah A
id: 3DEE19A4-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Cepeda Humerez
- first_name: Georg
full_name: Rieckh, Georg
id: 34DA8BD6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Rieckh
- first_name: Gasper
full_name: Tkacik, Gasper
id: 3D494DCA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Tkacik
orcid: 0000-0002-6699-1455
citation:
ama: Cepeda Humerez SA, Rieckh G, Tkačik G. Stochastic proofreading mechanism alleviates
crosstalk in transcriptional regulation. Physical Review Letters. 2015;115(24).
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.248101
apa: Cepeda Humerez, S. A., Rieckh, G., & Tkačik, G. (2015). Stochastic proofreading
mechanism alleviates crosstalk in transcriptional regulation. Physical Review
Letters. American Physical Society. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.248101
chicago: Cepeda Humerez, Sarah A, Georg Rieckh, and Gašper Tkačik. “Stochastic Proofreading
Mechanism Alleviates Crosstalk in Transcriptional Regulation.” Physical Review
Letters. American Physical Society, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.248101.
ieee: S. A. Cepeda Humerez, G. Rieckh, and G. Tkačik, “Stochastic proofreading mechanism
alleviates crosstalk in transcriptional regulation,” Physical Review Letters,
vol. 115, no. 24. American Physical Society, 2015.
ista: Cepeda Humerez SA, Rieckh G, Tkačik G. 2015. Stochastic proofreading mechanism
alleviates crosstalk in transcriptional regulation. Physical Review Letters. 115(24),
248101.
mla: Cepeda Humerez, Sarah A., et al. “Stochastic Proofreading Mechanism Alleviates
Crosstalk in Transcriptional Regulation.” Physical Review Letters, vol.
115, no. 24, 248101, American Physical Society, 2015, doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.248101.
short: S.A. Cepeda Humerez, G. Rieckh, G. Tkačik, Physical Review Letters 115 (2015).
date_created: 2018-12-11T11:52:49Z
date_published: 2015-12-08T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-09-07T12:55:21Z
day: '08'
department:
- _id: GaTk
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.248101
ec_funded: 1
intvolume: ' 115'
issue: '24'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
url: http://arxiv.org/abs/1504.05716
month: '12'
oa: 1
oa_version: Preprint
project:
- _id: 25B07788-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
call_identifier: FP7
grant_number: '250152'
name: Limits to selection in biology and in evolutionary computation
publication: Physical Review Letters
publication_status: published
publisher: American Physical Society
publist_id: '5595'
quality_controlled: '1'
related_material:
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status: public
scopus_import: 1
status: public
title: Stochastic proofreading mechanism alleviates crosstalk in transcriptional regulation
type: journal_article
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volume: 115
year: '2015'
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