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ArticleMethods in enzymology2009

Structural enzymology of polyketide synthases.

Shiou-Chuan Sheryl Tsai, Brian Douglas Ames

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Article in Methods in enzymology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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21citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
9.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shiou-Chuan Sheryl TsaiDepartment of Molecular Biology, University of California, Irvine, California, USA.
Brian Douglas Ames
University of California, Irvine · US

Funding

The Molecular Basis of Regio-Specificity in Fungal Polyketide SynthaseR01GM100305 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI BURKART, MICHAEL D., TSAI, SHIOU-CHUAN · 2012 to 2015
$1.6M
The Ketoreduction and Cyclization of Aromatic Polyketide BiosynthesisR01GM076330 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI TSAI, SHIOU-CHUAN · 2007 to 2011
$1.3M
Biochemical Analysis and Engineering of Lovastatin Polyketide SynthaseR21GM077264 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI TANG, YI · 2007 to 2008
$401k
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM076330NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM076330NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM100305NIGMS NIH HHS R21 GM077264NIGMS NIH HHS R21GM077264
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This chapter describes structural and associated enzymological studies of polyketide synthases, including isolated single domains and multidomain fragments. The sequence-structure-function relationship of polyketide biosynthesis, compared with homologous fatty acid synthesis, is discussed in detail. Structural enzymology sheds light on sequence and structural motifs that are important for the precise timing, substrate recognition, enzyme catalysis, and protein-protein interactions leading to the extraordinary structural diversity of naturally occurring polyketides.

Indexed as

Fatty Acid SynthasesModels, BiologicalPolyketide SynthasesProtein Structure, TertiaryFatty Acid SynthasesPolyketide Synthases

Identifiers

PMID19362634
PMCPMC2873140
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