Evidence map›Paper›PMID 18156336›Full record

ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2008

Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) depolymerase PhaZa1 is involved in mobilization of accumulated PHB in Ralstonia eutropha H16.

Keiichi Uchino, Terumi Saito, Dieter Jendrossek

Abstract readComparative Study
In one paragraph

Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
24citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. The transcription activator AtxA fromSynthetic biology (Oxford, England) · 2022
    Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Review
  7. Article
  8. Quorum Sensing Controls Both Rhamnolipid and Polyhydroxyalkanoate Production inFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2020
    Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Review
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Article
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. Article
  20. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Keiichi UchinoInstitut für Mikrobiologie, Universität Stuttgart, Allmandring 31, 70550 Stuttgart, Germany.
Terumi Saito
Dieter Jendrossek
Kanagawa University · JPUniversity of Stuttgart · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The recently finished genome sequence of Ralstonia eutropha H16 harbors nine genes that are thought to encode functions for intracellular depolymerization (mobilization) of storage poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB). Based on amino acid similarities, the gene products belong to four classes (PhaZa1 to PhaZa5, PhaZb, PhaZc, and PhaZd1/PhaZd2). However, convincing direct evidence for the in vivo roles of the gene products is poor. In this study, we selected four candidate genes (phaZa1, phaZb, phaZc, and phaZd1) representing the four classes and investigated the physiological function of the gene products (i) with recombinant Escherichia coli strains and (ii) with R. eutropha null mutants. Evidence for weak but significant PHB depolymerase activity was obtained only for PhaZa1. The physiological roles of the other potential PHB depolymerases remain uncertain.

Indexed as

3-Hydroxybutyric AcidBlotting, WesternCarboxylic Ester HydrolasesChromatography, High Pressure LiquidCupriavidus necatorEscherichia coliGlucoseHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationMicroscopy, Fluorescence3-Hydroxybutyric AcidCarboxylic Ester HydrolasesGlucose

Identifiers

PMID18156336
PMCPMC2258578
OpenAlexW2158942690

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.