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ReviewNature structural & molecular biology2014

Cleaning up in the endoplasmic reticulum: ubiquitin in charge.

John C Christianson, Yihong Ye

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Review in Nature structural & molecular biology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 239 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
239citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
18.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

239 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 381 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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

John C Christianson1] Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. [2].
Yihong Ye1] Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. [2].
Ludwig Cancer Research · GBNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Mechanism of protein retro-translocation from the endoplasmic reticulumZIADK033008 · NIDDK · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES · PI YE, YIHONG · 2010 to 2025
$9.3M
Regulation of deubiquitinating enzymesZIADK075044 · NIDDK · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES · PI YE, YIHONG · 2011 to 2016
$3.7M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA DK033008Medical Research Council MR/L001209/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The eukaryotic endoplasmic reticulum (ER) maintains protein homeostasis by eliminating unwanted proteins through the evolutionarily conserved ER-associated degradation (ERAD) pathway. During ERAD, maturation-defective and surplus polypeptides are evicted from the ER lumen and/or lipid bilayer through the process of retrotranslocation and ultimately degraded by the proteasome. An integral facet of the ERAD mechanism is the ubiquitin system, composed of the ubiquitin modifier and the factors for assembling, processing and binding ubiquitin chains on conjugated substrates. Beyond simply marking polypeptides for degradation, the ubiquitin system is functionally intertwined with retrotranslocation machinery to transport polypeptides across the ER membrane.

Indexed as

AnimalsEndoplasmic ReticulumHomeostasisModels, BiologicalProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexProtein FoldingProteinsProteolysisUbiquitinUbiquitinsUbiquitin-Specific ProteasesProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexProteinsUbiquitinUbiquitinsUbiquitin-Specific Proteases

Identifiers

PMID24699081
PMCPMC9397582
OpenAlexW2083255287

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