Evidence map›Paper›PMID 26517565›Full record

ReviewCurrent opinion in chemical biology2015

Dynamics of co-translational protein targeting.

Margaret M Elvekrog, Peter Walter

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Review in Current opinion in chemical biology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
40citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

40 citing papers in PubMed, 71 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 1 country.

Margaret M ElvekrogThe Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, United States.
Peter WalterThe Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, United States. Electronic address: peter@walterlab.ucsf.edu.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

MECHANISM OF PROTEIN TRANSLOCATION ACROSS MEMBRANESR01GM032384 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI STROUD, ROBERT M · 1985 to 2023
$7.6M
MECHANISM OF PROTEIN TRANSLOCATION ACROSS MEMBRANESR37GM032384 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO · PI WALTER, PETER · 1993 to 2002
$907k
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIGMS NIH HHS GM032384NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM032384NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM032384
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most membrane and secretory proteins are delivered co-translationally to protein translocation channels in their destination membrane by the signal recognition particle (SRP) and its receptor. This co-translational molecular machinery is conserved across all kingdoms of life, though it varies in composition and function. Here we report recent progress towards understanding the mechanism of SRP function, focusing on findings about Escherichia coli SRP's conformational dynamics throughout the targeting process. These insights shed light on a key checkpoint in the targeting cycle: how SRP regulates engagement of an actively translating ribosome with the translocation machinery at the membrane.

Indexed as

AnimalsBase SequenceEscherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsHumansModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataProtein BiosynthesisProtein ConformationProtein TransportRibosomesSignal Recognition ParticleEscherichia coli ProteinsSignal Recognition Particle

Identifiers

PMID26517565
PMCPMC4684440
OpenAlexW2129560957

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Registered trials

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