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ArticleNature2020

Structure and mechanism of human diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 1.

Lie Wang, Hongwu Qian, Yin Nian, Yimo Han, Zhenning Ren, Hanzhi Zhang, Liya Hu, B V Venkataram Prasad, Arthur Laganowsky, Nieng Yan and 1 more

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Article in Nature, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers.

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67citing papers in PubMed
9.0field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

67 citing papers in PubMed, 118 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

11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Lie Wang *Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Hongwu Qian *Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9940-8003
Yin Nian *Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9916-064X
Yimo Han *Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Zhenning RenVerna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Hanzhi ZhangVerna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Liya HuVerna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8340-8911
B V Venkataram PrasadVerna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1172-2071
Arthur LaganowskyDepartment of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
Nieng YanDepartment of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA. nyan@princeton.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4829-7416
Ming ZhouVerna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. mzhou@bcm.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7198-165X
Baylor College of Medicine · USPrinceton University · USTexas A&M University · US

Funding

Structural mechanism of K channel modulation by cellular redox stateR01HL086392 · NHLBI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI ZHOU, MING · 2006 to 2018
$3.9M
Structure and mechanism of mammalian stearoyl-CoA desaturasesR01DK122784 · NIDDK · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI TSAI, AH-LIM, ZHOU, MING · 2019 to 2023
$3.2M
Structure and function of urea transportersR01DK088057 · NIDDK · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI ZHOU, MING · 2010 to 2014
$1.7M
Structure and Function of a Phosphorylation Coupled Saccharide TransporterR01GM098878 · NIGMS · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI ZHOU, MING · 2011 to 2014
$1.2M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL086392NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK088057NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK122784NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM098878
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 1 (DGAT1) synthesizes triacylglycerides and is required for dietary fat absorption and fat storage in humans

Indexed as

Cryoelectron MicroscopyAcyl Coenzyme ABinding SitesDiacylglycerol O-AcyltransferaseDiglyceridesHumansModels, MolecularProtein MultimerizationStructure-Activity RelationshipTriglyceridesAcyl Coenzyme ADGAT1 protein, humanDiacylglycerol O-AcyltransferaseDiglyceridesoleoyl-coenzyme ATriglycerides

Identifiers

PMID32433610
PMCPMC7255049
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