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ReviewNature2014

The ensemble nature of allostery.

Hesam N Motlagh, James O Wrabl, Jing Li, Vincent J Hilser

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Review in Nature, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 637 papers.

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637citing papers in PubMed
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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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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

637 citing papers in PubMed.

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  15. Dynamic disorder is crucial for mitochondrial protein import.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2026
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  16. Origins of allostery in vertebrate hemoglobin evolution.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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577 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

4 authors.

Hesam N MotlaghDepartment of Biology and T.C. Jenkins Department of Biophysics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA.
James O WrablDepartment of Biology and T.C. Jenkins Department of Biophysics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA.
Jing LiDepartment of Biology and T.C. Jenkins Department of Biophysics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA.
Vincent J HilserDepartment of Biology and T.C. Jenkins Department of Biophysics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA.

Funding

PROGRAM IN MOLECULAR BIOPHYSICST32GM008403 · NIGMS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI BARRICK, DOUGLAS E. · 1990 to 2019
$13.5M
Thermodynamics of Protein FluctuationsR01GM063747 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BR GALVESTON · PI HILSER, VINCENT J. · 2001 to 2023
$7.9M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM63747NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM063747NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008403NIGMS NIH HHS T32-GM008403
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Allostery is the process by which biological macromolecules (mostly proteins) transmit the effect of binding at one site to another, often distal, functional site, allowing for regulation of activity. Recent experimental observations demonstrating that allostery can be facilitated by dynamic and intrinsically disordered proteins have resulted in a new paradigm for understanding allosteric mechanisms, which focuses on the conformational ensemble and the statistical nature of the interactions responsible for the transmission of information. Analysis of allosteric ensembles reveals a rich spectrum of regulatory strategies, as well as a framework to unify the description of allosteric mechanisms from different systems.

Indexed as

Allosteric RegulationAllosteric SiteHemoglobinsLigandsModels, MolecularProteinsProtein UnfoldingThermodynamicsHemoglobinsLigandsProteins

Identifiers

PMID24740064
PMCPMC4224315

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