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ArticleScientific reports2019

Rat liver folate metabolism can provide an independent functioning of associated metabolic pathways.

Aleksandr V Zaitsev, Michael V Martinov, Victor M Vitvitsky, Fazoil I Ataullakhanov

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Aleksandr V ZaitsevDepartment of Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia.
Michael V MartinovCenter for Theoretical Problems of Physico-Chemical Pharmacology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991, Russia.
Victor M VitvitskyCenter for Theoretical Problems of Physico-Chemical Pharmacology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991, Russia. victor_vitvitsky@yahoo.com.
Fazoil I AtaullakhanovDepartment of Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia.
Center for Theoretical Problems of Physicochemical Pharmacology · RULomonosov Moscow State University · RU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Folate metabolism in mammalian cells is essential for multiple vital processes, including purine and pyrimidine synthesis, histidine catabolism, methionine recycling, and utilization of formic acid. It remains unknown, however, whether these processes affect each other via folate metabolism or can function independently based on cellular needs. We addressed this question using a quantitative mathematical model of folate metabolism in rat liver cytoplasm. Variation in the rates of metabolic processes associated with folate metabolism (i.e., purine and pyrimidine synthesis, histidine catabolism, and influxes of formate and methionine) in the model revealed that folate metabolism is organized in a striking manner that enables activation or inhibition of each individual process independently of the metabolic fluxes in others. In mechanistic terms, this independence is based on the high activities of a group of enzymes involved in folate metabolism, which efficiently maintain close-to-equilibrium ratios between substrates and products of enzymatic reactions.

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Metabolic Networks and PathwaysAnimalsFolic AcidKineticsLiverModels, TheoreticalRatsFolic Acid

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PMID31113966
PMCPMC6529478
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