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ArticleNature communications2020

Repurposing a chemosensory macromolecular machine.

Davi R Ortega, Wen Yang, Poorna Subramanian, Petra Mann, Andreas Kjær, Songye Chen, Kylie J Watts, Sahand Pirbadian, David A Collins, Romain Kooger and 4 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
21citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

21 citing papers in PubMed, 39 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

14 authors at 7 institutions in 5 countries.

Davi R OrtegaDivision of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA, C1125, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8344-2335
Wen YangInstitute of Biology, Leiden University, 2333 BE, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Poorna SubramanianDivision of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA, C1125, USA.
Petra MannDepartment of Ecophysiology, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, D-35043, Marburg, Germany.
Andreas KjærDivision of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA, C1125, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0096-5764
Songye ChenDivision of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA, C1125, USA.
Kylie J WattsDivision of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, 92350, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8072-2745
Sahand PirbadianDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA.
David A CollinsDepartment of Biology, Viral Information Institute, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, 92182, USA.
Romain KoogerInstitute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, CH-8093, Zürich, Switzerland.
Marina G KalyuzhnayaDepartment of Biology, Viral Information Institute, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, 92182, USA.
Simon RinggaardDepartment of Ecophysiology, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, D-35043, Marburg, Germany.
Ariane BriegelInstitute of Biology, Leiden University, 2333 BE, Leiden, The Netherlands. a.briegel@biology.leidenuniv.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3733-3725
Grant J JensenDivision of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA, C1125, USA. jensen@caltech.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1556-4864
California Institute of Technology · USLeiden University · NLMax Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology · DESan Diego State University · USETH Zurich · CHLoma Linda University · USUniversity of Southern California · US

Funding

Translational Research Center to Expedite Novel Therapies in Cystic FibrosisP30DK089507 · NIDDK · SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI Christopher Hooper Goss, Lucas R Hoffman · 2010 to 2026
$21.4M
Imaging large macromolecular complexes inside cells with electron cryotomographyR35GM122588 · NIGMS · CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI JENSEN, GRANT J · 2017 to 2020
$1.9M
Sensing, Signaling and the Role of Aer-2-Regulated Chemosensory SystemsR01GM108655 · NIGMS · LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY · PI WATTS, KYLIE JANE · 2016 to 2020
$1.5M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK089507NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM108655NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM122588
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

How complex, multi-component macromolecular machines evolved remains poorly understood. Here we reveal the evolutionary origins of the chemosensory machinery that controls flagellar motility in Escherichia coli. We first identify ancestral forms still present in Vibrio cholerae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Shewanella oneidensis and Methylomicrobium alcaliphilum, characterizing their structures by electron cryotomography and finding evidence that they function in a stress response pathway. Using bioinformatics, we trace the evolution of the system through γ-Proteobacteria, pinpointing key evolutionary events that led to the machine now seen in E. coli. Our results suggest that two ancient chemosensory systems with different inputs and outputs (F6 and F7) existed contemporaneously, with one (F7) ultimately taking over the inputs and outputs of the other (F6), which was subsequently lost.

Indexed as

Biological EvolutionChemotaxisComputational BiologyElectron Microscope TomographyEscherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsFlagellaGammaproteobacteriaGenome, BacterialMacromolecular SubstancesMethyl-Accepting Chemotaxis ProteinsMethylococcaceaePhylogenyPseudomonas aeruginosaShewanellaVibrio choleraecheY protein, E coliEscherichia coli ProteinsMacromolecular SubstancesMethyl-Accepting Chemotaxis Proteins

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PMID32341341
PMCPMC7184735
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