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Table 2 Gene level mutations and the boundary conditions

From: Trusting the hand that feeds: microbes evolve to anticipate a serial transfer protocol as individuals or collectives

Parameter

Gene types

Value range in simulation

Promoter strength

Enzyme, transporter, TF

[0.001,10]

K substrate

Enzyme, transporter

[0.001,10]

K energy

Transporter

[0.001,10]

K ligand

TF

[0.001,10]

K operator

TF

[0.001,10]

V max

Enzyme, Transporter

[0.001,10]

effect-bound

TF

[0.001,10]

effect-apo

TF

[0.001,10]

ligand

TF

A, B, C, or e

exporting

Transporter

True,False

sense-external

TF

[True,False]

binding-motif

TF

bit flip at random position

operator-sequence

Enzyme, Transporter, TF

bit flip at random position