Evidence map›Paper›PMID 18294973›Full record

ReviewCurrent opinion in chemical biology2008

An embarrassment of riches: the enzymology of RNA modification.

Dirk Iwata-Reuyl

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Review in Current opinion in chemical biology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A cooperative effect of ligands, MgThe Journal of biological chemistry · 2026
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  7. Synthesis ofBeilstein journal of organic chemistry · 2021
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  9. Naturally occurring modified ribonucleosides.Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. RNA · 2020
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  10. Synthetic ligands for PreQNature communications · 2019
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  11. Structure and function of preQBiochimica et biophysica acta · 2014
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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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dirk Iwata-ReuylDepartment of Chemistry, Portland State University, Portland, OR 97201, USA. iwatareuyld@pdx.edu
Portland State University · US

Funding

Synthesis and function of Queuosine in BacteriaR01GM070641 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI DE CRECY-LAGARD, VALERIE A · 2006 to 2023
$5.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM070641-01A3NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM070641
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The maturation of transfer RNA (tRNA) involves extensive chemical modification of the constituent nucleosides and results in the introduction of significant chemical diversity to tRNA. Many of the pathways to these modified nucleosides are characterized by chemically complex transformations, some of which are unprecedented in other areas of biology. To illustrate the scope of the field, recent progress in understanding the enzymology leading to the formation of two distinct classes of modified nucleosides, the thiouridines and queuosine, a 7-deazaguanosine, is reviewed. In particular, recent data validating the involvement of several proposed intermediates in the formation of thiouridines are discussed, including two key enzyme intermediates and the activated tRNA intermediate. The discovery and mechanistic characterization of a new enzyme activity in the queuosine pathway is discussed.

Indexed as

RNA Processing, Post-TranscriptionalEnzymesNucleoside QRNA, TransferSulfurThiouridineEnzymesNucleoside QRNA, TransferSulfurThiouridine

Identifiers

PMID18294973
PMCPMC2430154
OpenAlexW1996643742

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Registered trials

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