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ReviewBiochimica et biophysica acta2009

Glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferases: rate limiting enzymes of triacylglycerol biosynthesis.

Angela A Wendel, Tal M Lewin, Rosalind A Coleman

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In one paragraph

Review in Biochimica et biophysica acta, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 138 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
138citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

138 citing papers in PubMed, 297 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Angela A WendelDepartment of Nutrition, CB# 7461, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Tal M Lewin
Rosalind A Coleman
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CLINICAL NUTRITION RESEARCH UNITP30DK056350 · NIDDK · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Ian Michael Carroll · 1999 to 2026
$31.6M
METABOLISM OF GLYCEROLIPIDS IN LIVERR01DK056598 · NIDDK · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI COLEMAN, ROSALIND ANNE · 1999 to 2016
$5.0M
Glycerolipid synthesis in liverR56DK056598 · NIDDK · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI COLEMAN, ROSALIND ANNE · 2017 to 2017
$228k
NIDDK NIH HHS DK056350NIDDK NIH HHS DK56598NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK056350NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK056598NIDDK NIH HHS R56 DK056598
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Four homologous isoforms of glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase (GPAT), each the product of a separate gene, catalyze the synthesis of lysophosphatidic acid from glycerol-3-phosphate and long-chain acyl-CoA. This step initiates the synthesis of all the glycerolipids and evidence from gain-of-function and loss-of-function studies in mice and in cell culture strongly suggests that each isoform contributes to the synthesis of triacylglycerol. Much work remains to fully delineate the regulation of each GPAT isoform and its individual role in triacylglycerol synthesis.

Indexed as

LipogenesisAcyl Coenzyme AAnimalsFatty AcidsGlycerol-3-Phosphate O-AcyltransferaseGlycerophosphatesHumansIsoenzymesKineticsLysophospholipidsMiceMicrosomesMitochondrial MembranesOrganellesTriglyceridesAcyl Coenzyme Aalpha-glycerophosphoric acidFatty AcidsGlycerol-3-Phosphate O-AcyltransferaseGlycerophosphatesIsoenzymeslysophosphatidic acidLysophospholipidsTriglycerides

Identifiers

PMID19038363
PMCPMC2737689
OpenAlexW2002573790

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