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LacZ operon is regulated by DNA supercoiling which expression increases on the negative supercoiling template. In previously study, we found that lacZ expression was growth rate-dependent in Escherichia coli . The intracellular ATP/ATP ratio has been proved directly related to DNA supercoiling because gyrase activity is ATP dependent. Therefore, the growth rate control of lacZ expression might be dependent on the intracellular ATP/ADP ratio and DNA superhelicity changes. In this study, we determined the pla We also examined the total cAMP concentration during exponential growth of Escherichia coli on different carbon medium and at different growth rate in chemostat cultures. The cAMP concentration decreased with increasing cell growth rate. Further introduction of cya mutant into lacZ fusion strain, we found that growth rate-dependent regulation of lacZ expression pattern was changed. Therefore, we proposed that growth rate control of lacZ expression is cAMP dependent .
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