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ArticleNature2019

An N-nitrosating metalloenzyme constructs the pharmacophore of streptozotocin.

Tai L Ng, Roman Rohac, Andrew J Mitchell, Amie K Boal, Emily P Balskus

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Article in Nature, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 72 papers.

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72citing papers in PubMed
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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

72 citing papers in PubMed.

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  16. Structural Basis for the Catalytic Mechanism of ATP-Dependent Diazotase CmaA6.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2025
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  18. Heme Oxygenase-Like Metalloenzymes.Annual review of biochemistry · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Tai L NgDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Roman RohacDepartment of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
Andrew J MitchellDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
Amie K BoalDepartment of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA. akb20@psu.edu.
Emily P BalskusDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. balskus@chemistry.harvard.edu.

Funding

Mapping the Structural Basis for Mechanistic Diversity in Metalloenzyme SuperfamiliesR35GM119707 · NIGMS · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · PI Amie K Boal · 2016 to 2026
$5.0M
Biocompatible Chemistry for In Vivo Metabolite ModificationDP2GM105434 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI BALSKUS, EMILY PATRICIA · 2012 to 2012
$2.5M
High-Speed High-Sensitivity Detector for X-ray Micro-Crystallography at GM/CA@APSS10OD012289 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI FISCHETTI, ROBERT F. · 2014 to 2014
$2.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS DP2 GM105434NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM119707NIH HHS S10 OD012289
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Small molecules containing the N-nitroso group, such as the bacterial natural product streptozotocin, are prominent carcinogens

Indexed as

ArginineCatalytic DomainCoenzymesCrystallography, X-RayGuanidineIronMetalloproteinsModels, MolecularMultigene FamilyNitrosourea CompoundsStreptomycesStreptozocinArginineCoenzymesGuanidineIronMetalloproteinsNitrosourea CompoundsStreptozocin

Identifiers

PMID30728519
PMCPMC6369591

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