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ArticleeLife2018

Discovery and characterization of a prevalent human gut bacterial enzyme sufficient for the inactivation of a family of plant toxins.

Nitzan Koppel, Jordan E Bisanz, Maria-Eirini Pandelia, Peter J Turnbaugh, Emily P Balskus

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Article in eLife, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 77 papers.

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77citing papers in PubMed
14.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

77 citing papers in PubMed, 133 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Nitzan KoppelDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-8399-2943
Jordan E BisanzDepartment of Microbiology & Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-8649-1706
Maria-Eirini PandeliaDepartment of Biochemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-6750-1948
Peter J TurnbaughDepartment of Microbiology & Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-0888-2875
Emily P BalskusDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-5985-5714
University of California, San Francisco · USBrandeis University · USBroad Institute · USHarvard University · US

Funding

Predicting and preventing drug metabolism by the human gut microbiomeR01HL122593 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Peter James Turnbaugh · 2016 to 2026
$5.7M
Principles of Scientific Citizenship: Ethics, Communication, and Leadership for ScientistsT32GM095450 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI WALKER, SUZANNE · 2011 to 2020
$3.5M
Functional diversification of the HD-superfamily; the Hydrolase/Oxygenase DilemmaR00GM111978 · NIGMS · BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY · PI PANDELIA, MARIA-EIRINI · 2016 to 2018
$740k
Functional diversification of the HD-superfamily; the Hydrolase/Oxygenase DilemmaK99GM111978 · NIGMS · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · PI PANDELIA, MARIA-EIRINI · 2014 to 2015
$107k
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation DRR-42-16NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL122593NIGMS NIH HHS K99 GM111978NIGMS NIH HHS R00 GM111978NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM095450NIH HHS GM111978NIH HHS R01HL122593NIH HHS Training grant, GM095450-01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although the human gut microbiome plays a prominent role in xenobiotic transformation, most of the genes and enzymes responsible for this metabolism are unknown. Recently, we linked the two-gene 'cardiac glycoside reductase' (

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Bacterial ProteinsBiotransformationDigoxinGastrointestinal MicrobiomeGastrointestinal TractHumansOxidoreductasesSubstrate SpecificityXenobioticsBacterial ProteinsDigoxinOxidoreductasesXenobioticsdigoxinEggerthella lentaenzymegut microbiomeinfectious diseasemicrobiologyxenobiotic

Identifiers

PMID29761785
PMCPMC5953540
OpenAlexW2803475077

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