{"id":238806,"date":"2026-06-12T03:24:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T08:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/how-bacteria-use-acetyl-coenzyme-as-a-building-block-in-the-formation-of-cells"},"modified":"2026-06-12T03:24:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T08:24:59","slug":"how-bacteria-use-acetyl-coenzyme-as-a-building-block-in-the-formation-of-cells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/how-bacteria-use-acetyl-coenzyme-as-a-building-block-in-the-formation-of-cells","title":{"rendered":"How bacteria use acetyl coenzyme as a building block in the formation of cells"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/how-bacteria-use-acetyl-coenzyme-as-a-building-block-in-the-formation-of-cells.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Researchers at the University of Greifswald have discovered a new mechanism by which bacteria such as Bacillus subtilis can regulate the production of the central metabolic molecule acetyl coenzyme A (Acetyl-CoA). Acetyl-CoA, also known as activated acetic acid, is crucial in the production of nutrients, i.e., proteins, carbohydrates and lipids, and thus plays a key role in the metabolism of all cells.<\/p>\n<p>Until now, it was unclear how bacteria coordinate the production and decomposition of activated acetic acid using this pathway. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-026-71006-w\" target=\"_blank\">New findings<\/a> published in the journal <i>Nature Communications<\/i> have now shown that Bacillus subtilis uses a special regulatory mechanism to coordinate both processes.<\/p>\n<p>When cells are supplied with an abundance of nutrients, they are forced to decide whether to gain energy or create building blocks for growth. At the heart of this decision-making process is acetyl coenzyme A, which links the decomposition of nutrients with the synthesis of proteins, carbohydrates and lipids, thereby acting as a central hub for the entire metabolism during cell formation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers at the University of Greifswald have discovered a new mechanism by which bacteria such as Bacillus subtilis can regulate the production of the central metabolic molecule acetyl coenzyme A (Acetyl-CoA). Acetyl-CoA, also known as activated acetic acid, is crucial in the production of nutrients, i.e., proteins, carbohydrates and lipids, and thus plays a key [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238806\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}