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ArticleCommunications biology2021

Elucidation of transient protein-protein interactions within carrier protein-dependent biosynthesis.

Thomas G Bartholow, Terra Sztain, Ashay Patel, D John Lee, Megan A Young, Ruben Abagyan, Michael D Burkart

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Article in Communications biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Thomas G BartholowDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Terra SztainDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Ashay PatelDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
D John LeeDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Megan A YoungDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3330-3580
Ruben AbagyanSkaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA.
Michael D BurkartDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA. mburkart@ucsd.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4472-2254
University of California San Diego · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

Protein-Protein Interactions in Natural Product BiosynthesisR01GM095970 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI BURKART, MICHAEL D. · 2012 to 2025
$5.9M
Addressing biomedical challenges with computational mechanics and big dataR35GM131881 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI ABAGYAN, RUBEN · 2019 to 2023
$1.9M
Chemical Biology Interfaces at UC San DiegoT32GM112584 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI BURKART, MICHAEL D. · 2015 to 2019
$729k
Targeting protein-protein interactions as drug targetsR21AI156484 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI BURKART, MICHAEL D. · 2021 to 2022
$434k
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM095970
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fatty acid biosynthesis (FAB) is an essential and highly conserved metabolic pathway. In bacteria, this process is mediated by an elaborate network of protein•protein interactions (PPIs) involving a small, dynamic acyl carrier protein that interacts with dozens of other partner proteins (PPs). These PPIs have remained poorly characterized due to their dynamic and transient nature. Using a combination of solution-phase NMR spectroscopy and protein-protein docking simulations, we report a comprehensive residue-by-residue comparison of the PPIs formed during FAB in Escherichia coli. This technique describes and compares the molecular basis of six discrete binding events responsible for E. coli FAB and offers insights into a method to characterize these events and those in related carrier protein-dependent pathways.

Indexed as

3-Oxoacyl-(Acyl-Carrier-Protein) SynthaseAcetyltransferasesAcyl Carrier ProteinAlcohol OxidoreductasesBinding SitesEnoyl-(Acyl-Carrier-Protein) Reductase (NADH)Escherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsFatty AcidsFatty Acid Synthase, Type IILysophospholipaseMolecular Docking SimulationPeriplasmic ProteinsProtein BindingProtein Interaction Domains and MotifsProton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy3-Oxoacyl-(Acyl-Carrier-Protein) Synthaseacetoacetyl-CoA reductaseAcetyltransferasesacpP protein, E coliAcyl Carrier ProteinAlcohol OxidoreductasesEnoyl-(Acyl-Carrier-Protein) Reductase (NADH)Escherichia coli ProteinsFabB protein, E colifabF protein, E colifabI protein, E coliFatty AcidsFatty Acid Synthase, Type IILysophospholipasePeriplasmic ProteinstesA protein, E coli

Identifiers

PMID33727677
PMCPMC7966745
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