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ArticleNature communications2017

Biosynthesis of helvolic acid and identification of an unusual C-4-demethylation process distinct from sterol biosynthesis.

Jian-Ming Lv, Dan Hu, Hao Gao, Tetsuo Kushiro, Takayoshi Awakawa, Guo-Dong Chen, Chuan-Xi Wang, Ikuro Abe, Xin-Sheng Yao

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Article in Nature communications, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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40citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 94 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jian-Ming LvInstitute of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Natural Products, College of Pharmacy/Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM and New Drugs Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, People's Republic of China.
Dan HuInstitute of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Natural Products, College of Pharmacy/Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM and New Drugs Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, People's Republic of China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1104-8646
Hao GaoInstitute of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Natural Products, College of Pharmacy/Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM and New Drugs Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, People's Republic of China. tghao@jnu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1178-0121
Tetsuo KushiroGraduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
Takayoshi AwakawaGraduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
Guo-Dong ChenInstitute of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Natural Products, College of Pharmacy/Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM and New Drugs Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, People's Republic of China.
Chuan-Xi WangInstitute of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Natural Products, College of Pharmacy/Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM and New Drugs Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, People's Republic of China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4849-8237
Ikuro AbeGraduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan. abei@mol.f.u-tokyo.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3640-888X
Xin-Sheng YaoInstitute of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Natural Products, College of Pharmacy/Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM and New Drugs Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, People's Republic of China. tyaoxs@jnu.edu.cn.
Jinan University · CNThe University of Tokyo · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fusidane-type antibiotics represented by helvolic acid, fusidic acid and cephalosporin P

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsAspergillus oryzaeCytochrome P-450 Enzyme SystemDemethylationFungal ProteinsFusidic AcidStaphylococcus aureusSterolsAnti-Bacterial AgentsCytochrome P-450 Enzyme SystemFungal ProteinsFusidic Acidhelvolic acidSterols

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PMID29158519
PMCPMC5696383
OpenAlexW2769767315

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