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ArticleNature communications2019

X-ray structures of the high-affinity copper transporter Ctr1.

Feifei Ren, Brandon L Logeman, Xiaohui Zhang, Yongjian Liu, Dennis J Thiele, Peng Yuan

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Article in Nature communications, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 75 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
75citing papers in PubMed
11.3field-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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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

75 citing papers in PubMed, 150 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Balancing cellular copper levels via the post-translational regulation of copper transport.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2026
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  6. Regulated cell death programs shaping cancer therapy.Cellular oncology (Dordrecht, Netherlands) · 2026
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  7. A redox- and proton-coupled inner membrane transporter mediates copper import to the bacterial cytoplasm.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  17. A primer on copper biology in the brain.Neurobiology of disease · 2025
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  19. Structure and function of the human mitochondrial MRS2 channel.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2025
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15 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Feifei RenDepartment of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, 63110, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3611-941X
Brandon L LogemanDepartment of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, 27710, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9975-3541
Xiaohui ZhangMallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Yongjian LiuMallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Dennis J ThieleDepartment of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, 27710, USA.
Peng YuanDepartment of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, 63110, USA. yuanp@wustl.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5660-225X
Mallinckrodt (United States) · USWashington University in St. Louis · USDuke University · USHarvard University · US

Funding

Overall EvaluationP41GM103403 · NIGMS · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI EALICK, STEVEN E · 2012 to 2017
$14.3M
Metal Homeostasis in YeastR01GM041840 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI ALSPAUGH, ANDREW · 1989 to 2022
$6.5M
Copper Homeostasis in MammalsR01DK074192 · NIDDK · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI MATSUNAMI, HIROAKI · 2006 to 2021
$5.2M
Pixel Array Detector for Macromolecular CrystallographyS10OD021527 · OD · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI EALICK, STEVEN E · 2016 to 2016
$2.0M
Pixel Array Detector for X-ray CrystallographyS10RR029205 · NCRR · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI EALICK, STEVEN E · 2010 to 2010
$1.8M
Molecular Mechanisms of Copper TransportR01NS109307 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI YUAN, PENG · 2018 to 2022
$1.7M
NCRR NIH HHS S10 RR029205NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK074192NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM103403NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM041840NIH HHS DK074192NIH HHS GM041840NIH HHS S10 OD021527NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS109307
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Copper (Cu) is an essential trace element for growth and development and abnormal Cu levels are associated with anemia, metabolic disease and cancer. Evolutionarily conserved from fungi to humans, the high-affinity Cu

Indexed as

AnimalsBiological TransportCation Transport ProteinsCell MembraneCopperCopper Transporter 1Crystallography, X-RayIon TransportSalmo salarCation Transport ProteinsCopperCopper Transporter 1

Identifiers

PMID30918258
PMCPMC6437178
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