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ArticlemBio2020

Acetylation of Surface Carbohydrates in Bacterial Pathogens Requires Coordinated Action of a Two-Domain Membrane-Bound Acyltransferase.

Caroline R Pearson, Sarah N Tindall, Reyme Herman, Huw T Jenkins, Alex Bateman, Gavin H Thomas, Jennifer R Potts, Marjan W Van der Woude

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Article in mBio, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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26citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Caroline R Pearson *York Biomedical Research Institute, University of York, York, United Kingdom.
Sarah N Tindall *York Biomedical Research Institute, University of York, York, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-0292-1033
Reyme HermanDepartment of Biology, University of York, York, United Kingdom.
Huw T JenkinsYork Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of York, York, United Kingdom.
Alex BatemanEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.
Gavin H ThomasYork Biomedical Research Institute, University of York, York, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-9763-1313
Jennifer R PottsDepartment of Biology, University of York, York, United Kingdom.
Marjan W Van der WoudeYork Biomedical Research Institute, University of York, York, United Kingdom Marjan.vanderwoude@york.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-0446-8829
University of York · GBEuropean Bioinformatics Institute · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/M011151/1British Heart Foundation PG/16/5/31912
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Membrane bound acyltransferase-3 (AT3) domain-containing proteins are implicated in a wide range of carbohydrate O-acyl modifications, but their mechanism of action is largely unknown. O-antigen acetylation by AT3 domain-containing acetyltransferases of

Indexed as

Carbohydrate MetabolismAcetylationAcyltransferasesBacterial ProteinsComputer SimulationModels, MolecularSalmonella entericaSubstrate SpecificityVirulenceAcyltransferasesBacterial Proteinsacetylationacyltransferase-3 familyGram-negative bacterialipopolysaccharidemembrane proteinsO-antigenSalmonellaSGNH superfamilystructure-activity relationshipsurface antigens

Identifiers

PMID32843546
PMCPMC7448272
OpenAlexW3080991129

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