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ArticleNature communications2018

A cysteine-based molecular code informs collagen C-propeptide assembly.

Andrew S DiChiara, Rasia C Li, Patreece H Suen, Azade S Hosseini, Rebecca J Taylor, Alexander F Weickhardt, Diya Malhotra, Darrell R McCaslin, Matthew D Shoulders

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Article in Nature communications, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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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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

32 citing papers in PubMed, 57 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

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Andrew S DiChiaraDepartment of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9438-0643
Rasia C LiDepartment of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Patreece H SuenDepartment of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Azade S HosseiniDepartment of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Rebecca J TaylorDepartment of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Alexander F WeickhardtDepartment of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8195-3764
Diya MalhotraDepartment of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Darrell R McCaslinDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, 433 Babcock Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USA.
Matthew D ShouldersDepartment of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA. mshoulde@mit.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6511-3431
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · USUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

TOXICOLOGY CORE UNITP30ES002109 · NIEHS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI ENGELWARD, BEVIN P. · 1985 to 2020
$25.6M
Defining and Modulating Mechanisms of Collagen ProteostasisR01AR071443 · NIAMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI SHOULDERS, MATTHEW DONALD · 2017 to 2021
$1.7M
Unveiling the Proteostasis Network of Normal and Disease_Causing Collagen_IR03AR067503 · NIAMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI SHOULDERS, MATTHEW DONALD · 2015 to 2017
$234k
A Novel Approach to Osteogenesis Imperfecta_ The Collagen Protein Folding ProblemF31AR067615 · NIAMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI DICHIARA, ANDREW STEPHEN · 2015 to 2017
$127k
National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research FellowshipNational Science Foundation (NSF) NSF-0070319NIAMS NIH HHS F31 AR067615NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR071443NIAMS NIH HHS R03 AR067503NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES002109U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) 1F31AR067615U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) 1R01AR071443U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) 1R03AR067503U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) P30-ES002109
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fundamental questions regarding collagen biosynthesis, especially with respect to the molecular origins of homotrimeric versus heterotrimeric assembly, remain unanswered. Here, we demonstrate that the presence or absence of a single cysteine in type-I collagen's C-propeptide domain is a key factor governing the ability of a given collagen polypeptide to stably homotrimerize. We also identify a critical role for Ca

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Amino Acid SequenceCalciumCollagenCysteineDisulfidesHEK293 CellsHumansModels, BiologicalPeptidesPhylogenyProtein DomainsProtein MultimerizationCalciumCollagenCysteineDisulfidesPeptides

Identifiers

PMID30310058
PMCPMC6181919
OpenAlexW2895487437

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