Evidence map›Paper›PMID 32494008›Full record

ArticleNature2020

Structure of the ER membrane complex, a transmembrane-domain insertase.

Lin Bai, Qinglong You, Xiang Feng, Amanda Kovach, Huilin Li

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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 88 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
88citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
11.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

88 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 150 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lin BaiStructural Biology Program, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, USA. lin.bai@vai.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7535-7819
Qinglong YouStructural Biology Program, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
Xiang FengStructural Biology Program, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
Amanda KovachStructural Biology Program, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
Huilin LiStructural Biology Program, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, USA. huilin.li@vai.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8085-8928
Van Andel Institute · US

Funding

The structure and function of eukaryotic protein glycosylation enzymesR01CA231466 · NCI · VAN ANDEL RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI Huilin Li · 2018 to 2026
$4.0M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA231466
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane complex (EMC) cooperates with the Sec61 translocon to co-translationally insert a transmembrane helix (TMH) of many multi-pass integral membrane proteins into the ER membrane, and it is also responsible for inserting the TMH of some tail-anchored proteins

Indexed as

Cryoelectron MicroscopySaccharomyces cerevisiaeBinding SitesEndoplasmic ReticulumEvolution, MolecularHydrophobic and Hydrophilic InteractionsIntracellular MembranesModels, MolecularMultiprotein ComplexesMutationProtein DomainsProtein SubunitsSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsSubstrate SpecificityMultiprotein ComplexesProtein SubunitsSaccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins

Identifiers

PMID32494008
PMCPMC7442705
OpenAlexW3028715630

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