[HTML][HTML] Fundamental behaviors emerge from simulations of a living minimal cell

ZR Thornburg, DM Bianchi, TA Brier, BR Gilbert… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
We present a whole-cell fully dynamical kinetic model (WCM) of JCVI-syn3A, a minimal cell
with a reduced genome of 493 genes that has retained few regulatory proteins or small …

[HTML][HTML] Computational microbiology of bacteria: Advancements in molecular dynamics simulations

S Khalid, AF Brandner, N Juraschko, KE Newman… - Structure, 2023 - cell.com
Microbiology is traditionally considered within the context of wet laboratory methodologies.
Computational techniques have a great potential to contribute to microbiology. Here, we …

Cellular mechanics during division of a genomically minimal cell

JF Pelletier, JI Glass, EA Strychalski - Trends in Cell Biology, 2022 - cell.com
Genomically minimal cells, such as JCVI-syn3. 0 and JCVI-syn3A, offer an empowering
framework to study relationships between genotype and phenotype. With a polygenic basis …

Systems biology approach for enhancing limonene yield by re-engineering Escherichia coli

JK Khanijou, YT Hee, CPM Scipion, X Chen… - npj Systems Biology …, 2024 - nature.com
Engineered microorganisms have emerged as viable alternatives for limonene production.
However, issues such as low enzyme abundance or activities, and regulatory …

Cell-free expression system derived from a near-minimal synthetic bacterium

A Sakai, AJ Jonker, FHT Nelissen, EM Kalb… - ACS synthetic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Cell-free expression (CFE) systems are fundamental to reconstituting metabolic pathways in
vitro toward the construction of a synthetic cell. Although an Escherichia coli-based CFE …

Integrating experiments, theory and simulations into whole-cell models

Z Luthey-Schulten - Nature Methods, 2021 - nature.com
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Generating chromosome geometries in a minimal cell from cryo-electron tomograms and chromosome conformation capture maps

BR Gilbert, ZR Thornburg, V Lam… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
JCVI-syn3A is a genetically minimal bacterial cell, consisting of 493 genes and only a single
543 kbp circular chromosome. Syn3A's genome and physical size are approximately one …

Integrative illustration of a JCVI-syn3A minimal cell

DS Goodsell - Journal of integrative bioinformatics, 2022 - degruyter.com
Data from genomics, proteomics, structural biology and cryo-electron microscopy are
integrated into a structural illustration of a cross section through an entire JCVI-syn3. 0 …

[HTML][HTML] A Multi-Scale Approach to Modeling E. coli Chemotaxis

E Agmon, RK Spangler - Entropy, 2020 - mdpi.com
The degree to which we can understand the multi-scale organization of cellular life is tied to
how well our models can represent this organization and the processes that drive its …

Identifying key in silico knockout for enhancement of limonene yield through dynamic metabolic modelling

JK Khanijou, YT Hee, K Selvarajoo - Systems Biology, 2023 - Springer
Living cells display dynamic and complex behaviors. To understand their response and to
infer novel insights not possible with traditional reductionist approaches, over the last few …