Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29331609›Full record

ArticleJournal of structural biology2018

Structure of the Bacillus anthracis dTDP-l-rhamnose biosynthetic pathway enzyme: dTDP-α-d-glucose 4,6-dehydratase, RfbB.

Trevor Gokey, Andrei S Halavaty, George Minasov, Wayne F Anderson, Misty L Kuhn

Open access · greenAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of structural biology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 46% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Prophage-Derived Regions inInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023
    Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. ThemBio · 2020
    Article
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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Trevor GokeyDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Francisco State University, USA.
Andrei S HalavatyDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, USA; Center for Structural Genomics of Infectious Diseases (CSGID), USA.
George MinasovDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, USA; Center for Structural Genomics of Infectious Diseases (CSGID), USA.
Wayne F AndersonDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, USA; Center for Structural Genomics of Infectious Diseases (CSGID), USA.
Misty L KuhnDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Francisco State University, USA. Electronic address: mkuhn@sfsu.edu.
Joint Center for Structural Genomics · USSan Francisco State University · US

Funding

NIAID NIH HHS HHSN272200700058CNIAID NIH HHS HHSN272201200026C
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many bacteria require l-rhamnose as a key cell wall component. This sugar is transferred to the cell wall using an activated donor dTDP-l-rhamnose, which is produced by the dTDP-l-rhamnose biosynthetic pathway. We determined the crystal structure of the second enzyme of this pathway dTDP-α-d-glucose 4,6-dehydratase (RfbB) from Bacillus anthracis. Interestingly, RfbB only crystallized in the presence of the third enzyme of the pathway RfbC; however, RfbC was not present in the crystal. Our work represents the first complete structural characterization of the four proteins of this pathway in a single Gram-positive bacterium.

Indexed as

Protein ConformationBacillus anthracisBacterial ProteinsBiosynthetic PathwaysCarbohydrate DehydrogenasesCarbohydrate EpimerasesCrystallography, X-RayHydro-LyasesNucleoside Diphosphate SugarsThymine NucleotidesBacterial ProteinsCarbohydrate DehydrogenasesCarbohydrate EpimerasesdTDP-4-ketorhamnose 3,5-epimerasedTDPglucose 4,6-dehydrataseHydro-LyasesNucleoside Diphosphate Sugarsthymidine diphosphate rhamnoseThymine NucleotidesCell wall polysaccharide producing enzymesCo-crystallization of metabolic enzymesDehydrataseProtein crystallizationTherapeutic drug target

Identifiers

PMID29331609
PMCPMC5864537
OpenAlexW2782682052

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceTDM
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.