readaptas
Readaptas are a proposed class of engineered regulatory peptides in synthetic biology intended to facilitate rapid readaptation of cellular systems after environmental change. They are designed to coordinate proteostasis and metabolic reprogramming by interacting with protein folding machinery and stress-responsive regulatory factors, helping cells recover function after stress events such as heat, oxidative challenge, or nutrient shifts.
The term readaptas originated in speculative and early experimental literature describing short regulatory peptides capable of
Mechanistically, readaptas are proposed to act at the intersection of proteome maintenance and transcriptional control. They
Applications for readaptas are envisioned in areas such as industrial biotechnology, where microorganisms face variable process