Quantification of Information Flow by Dual Reporter System and Its Application to Bacterial Chemotaxis
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| author | Nakamura, Kento Fukuoka, Hajime Ishijima, Akihiko Kobayashi, Tetsuya J. |
| author_facet | Nakamura, Kento Fukuoka, Hajime Ishijima, Akihiko Kobayashi, Tetsuya J. |
| contents | Mutual information is a theoretically grounded metric for quantifying cellular signaling pathways. However, its measurement demands characterization of both input and output distributions, limiting practical applications. Here, we present alternative method that alleviates this requirement using dual reporter systems. By extending extrinsic-intrinsic noise analysis, we derive a mutual information estimator that eliminates the need to measure input distribution. We demonstrate our method by analyzing the bacterial chemotactic pathway, regarding multiple flagellar motors as natural dual reporters. We show the biological relevance of the measured information flow by comparing it with theoretical bounds on sensory information. This framework opens new possibilities for quantifying information flow in cellular signaling pathways. |
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| spellingShingle | Quantification of Information Flow by Dual Reporter System and Its Application to Bacterial Chemotaxis Nakamura, Kento Fukuoka, Hajime Ishijima, Akihiko Kobayashi, Tetsuya J. Quantitative Methods Cell Behavior Mutual information is a theoretically grounded metric for quantifying cellular signaling pathways. However, its measurement demands characterization of both input and output distributions, limiting practical applications. Here, we present alternative method that alleviates this requirement using dual reporter systems. By extending extrinsic-intrinsic noise analysis, we derive a mutual information estimator that eliminates the need to measure input distribution. We demonstrate our method by analyzing the bacterial chemotactic pathway, regarding multiple flagellar motors as natural dual reporters. We show the biological relevance of the measured information flow by comparing it with theoretical bounds on sensory information. This framework opens new possibilities for quantifying information flow in cellular signaling pathways. |
| title | Quantification of Information Flow by Dual Reporter System and Its Application to Bacterial Chemotaxis |
| topic | Quantitative Methods Cell Behavior |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.15957 |