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  • Cellular and Molecular Biology
  • Synthetic Biology
  • Biotechnology

Background:

  • Cellular engineering advances necessitate efficient multigene expression.
  • Codon usage bias impacts cellular resource allocation and translational efficiency.
  • Understanding codon-host interactions is crucial for managing cellular burden.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how transfer RNA (tRNA) resource partitioning via codon usage affects host fitness and gene expression.
  • To establish a quantitative measure for designing robust multigene expression systems.
  • To demonstrate codon choice as a trans-regulator of gene expression and host health.

Main Methods:

  • Isolating the translational elongation effects of individual codons.
  • Eliminating confounding factors in gene expression studies.
  • Correlating specific codon usage patterns with host fitness metrics.
  • Developing the Codon Health Index (CHI) based on empirical data.

Main Results:

  • Dissimilar codon usage significantly alters the interdependence of expression level and host burden.
  • Codon choice was shown to trans-regulate the fitness of the host and expression of other genes.
  • A robust coding scheme, the Codon Health Index (CHI), was derived.
  • The CHI enables the design of multigene expression systems that avoid catastrophic cellular burden.

Conclusions:

  • Codon selection is a critical factor in managing cellular resources for multigene expression.
  • The Codon Health Index (CHI) provides a practical tool for optimizing synthetic gene circuits.
  • This work offers a new paradigm for engineering cellular phenotypes with reduced host impact.