Evidence map›Paper›PMID 20522541›Full record

ReviewThe Journal of biological chemistry2010

Oxytetracycline biosynthesis.

Lauren B Pickens, Yi Tang

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Review in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers.

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48citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

48 citing papers in PubMed, 112 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lauren B PickensDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.
Yi Tang
University of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

Biotechnology Training in Biomedical Sciences and EngineeringT32GM067555 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI GU, ZHEN · 2005 to 2019
$2.8M
NIGMS NIH HHS 1T32GM067555NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM067555
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oxytetracycline (OTC) is a broad-spectrum antibiotic that acts by inhibiting protein synthesis in bacteria. It is an important member of the bacterial aromatic polyketide family, which is a structurally diverse class of natural products. OTC is synthesized by a type II polyketide synthase that generates the poly-beta-ketone backbone through successive decarboxylative condensation of malonyl-CoA extender units, followed by modifications by cyclases, oxygenases, transferases, and additional tailoring enzymes. Genetic and biochemical studies have illuminated most of the steps involved in the biosynthesis of OTC, which is detailed here as a representative case study in type II polyketide biosynthesis.

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsCyclizationDrug Resistance, BacterialMacrolidesOxytetracyclineTetracyclines4-epianhydrotetracyclineAnti-Bacterial AgentsMacrolidesOxytetracyclineTetracyclines

Identifiers

PMID20522541
PMCPMC2934616
OpenAlexW4233143487

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Registered trials

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