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ArticleNature2020

A hydrophobic ratchet entrenches molecular complexes.

Georg K A Hochberg, Yang Liu, Erik G Marklund, Brian P H Metzger, Arthur Laganowsky, Joseph W Thornton

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

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77citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

77 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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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

6 authors.

Georg K A HochbergDepartment of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Yang LiuDepartment of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4994-5200
Erik G MarklundDepartment of Chemistry - BMC, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9804-5009
Brian P H MetzgerDepartment of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Arthur LaganowskyDepartment of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5012-5547
Joseph W ThorntonDepartment of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. joet1@uchicago.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9589-6994

Funding

Deep characterization of the sequence space and evolutionary trajectories of reconstructed ancestral proteins - Resubmission 01R01GM121931 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI THORNTON, JOSEPH W · 2017 to 2020
$1.3M
Evolution of molecular complexes: genetic, structural, and functional mechanisms for the evolution of oligomers and allosteryR01GM131128 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI THORNTON, JOSEPH W · 2019 to 2021
$904k
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM121931NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM131128
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most proteins assemble into multisubunit complexes

Indexed as

Evolution, MolecularHydrophobic and Hydrophilic InteractionsProtein MultimerizationBinding SitesDNAHumansLigandsModels, MolecularMultiprotein ComplexesMutant ProteinsMutationProtein AggregatesProtein DomainsProtein StabilityReceptors, SteroidSolventsDNALigandsMultiprotein ComplexesMutant ProteinsProtein AggregatesReceptors, SteroidSolvents

Identifiers

PMID33299178
PMCPMC8168016

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