Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33854236›Full record

ArticleNature2021

The antibiotic darobactin mimics a β-strand to inhibit outer membrane insertase.

Hundeep Kaur, Roman P Jakob, Jan K Marzinek, Robert Green, Yu Imai, Jani Reddy Bolla, Elia Agustoni, Carol V Robinson, Peter J Bond, Kim Lewis and 2 more

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Article in Nature, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 138 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
138citing papers in PubMed
13.1field-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

138 citing papers in PubMed, 236 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Synthetic Studies Towards Darobactin A.Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2026
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  16. Bacterial cell envelope-targeting antibiotics.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2026
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  18. RadicalJournal of the American Chemical Society · 2026
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  20. S9 protease WprPCommunications chemistry · 2026
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78 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

12 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Hundeep Kaur *Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Roman P Jakob *Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6451-8656
Jan K MarzinekBioinformatics Institute (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5493-8753
Robert GreenAntimicrobial Discovery Center, Department of Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.
Yu ImaiAntimicrobial Discovery Center, Department of Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.
Jani Reddy BollaPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4346-182X
Elia AgustoniBiozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4003-7580
Carol V RobinsonPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7829-5505
Peter J BondBioinformatics Institute (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2900-098X
Kim LewisAntimicrobial Discovery Center, Department of Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA. k.lewis@norteastern.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1621-7664
Timm MaierBiozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland. timm.maier@unibas.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7459-1363
Sebastian HillerBiozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland. sebastian.hiller@unibas.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6709-4684
University of Basel · CHNortheastern University · USAgency for Science, Technology and Research · SGUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

Uncultured bacteria for the discovery of novel antimicrobialsP01AI118687 · NIAID · NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY · PI LEWIS, KIM · 2016 to 2020
$8.9M
Medical Research Council MR/N020413/1NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI118687
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antibiotics that target Gram-negative bacteria in new ways are needed to resolve the antimicrobial resistance crisis

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsBinding SitesCryoelectron MicroscopyCrystallography, X-RayDrug DesignEscherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsMass SpectrometryMolecular Dynamics SimulationPhenylpropionatesProtein Structure, SecondaryAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsBamA protein, E colidarobactinEscherichia coli ProteinsPhenylpropionates

Identifiers

PMID33854236
OpenAlexW3152535485

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