Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34194039›Full record

ArticleNature2021

G-protein activation by a metabotropic glutamate receptor.

Alpay B Seven, Ximena Barros-Álvarez, Marine de Lapeyrière, Makaía M Papasergi-Scott, Michael J Robertson, Chensong Zhang, Robert M Nwokonko, Yang Gao, Justin G Meyerowitz, Jean-Philippe Rocher and 4 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 94 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
94citing papers in PubMed
8.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

94 citing papers in PubMed, 143 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

14 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Alpay B SevenDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Ximena Barros-ÁlvarezDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6678-9436
Marine de LapeyrièreAddex Therapeutics, Geneva, Switzerland.
Makaía M Papasergi-ScottDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3238-3213
Michael J RobertsonDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2610-680X
Chensong ZhangDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Robert M NwokonkoDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Yang GaoDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8758-0954
Justin G MeyerowitzDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7194-8286
Jean-Philippe RocherAddex Therapeutics, Geneva, Switzerland.
Dominik SchelshornAddex Therapeutics, Geneva, Switzerland.
Brian K KobilkaDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA. kobilka@stanford.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5958-3990
Jesper M MathiesenDepartment of Drug Design and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. jmm@sund.ku.dk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4251-4416
Georgios SkiniotisDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA. yiorgo@stanford.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0238-7846
Stanford University · USAddex Therapeutics (Switzerland) · CHStanford Medicine · USUniversity of Copenhagen · DK

Funding

THE MECHANISM OF BETA2 ADRENOCEPTOR ACTIVATIONR01NS028471 · NINDS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI KOBILKA, BRIAN K · 1990 to 2021
$6.7M
Research in Anesthesia Training Program (ReAP)T32GM089626 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Vivianne L Tawfik · 2010 to 2026
$5.2M
Structural Basis of Signal Instigation Through Metabotropic Glutamate ReceptorsR01NS092695 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI SKINIOTIS, GEORGIOS · 2015 to 2019
$3.4M
Structural Basis of Signal Instigation Through Family C GPCRsR01NS122394 · NINDS · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI SKINIOTIS, GEORGIOS · 2021 to 2025
$3.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM089626NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS028471NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS092695NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS122394
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Family C G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) operate as obligate dimers with extracellular domains that recognize small ligands, leading to G-protein activation on the transmembrane (TM) domains of these receptors by an unknown mechanism

Indexed as

Cell MembraneGTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gi-GoHeterotrimeric GTP-Binding ProteinsHumansModels, MolecularProtein MultimerizationReceptors, Metabotropic GlutamateGTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gi-GoHeterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteinsmetabotropic glutamate receptor 2Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate

Identifiers

PMID34194039
PMCPMC8822903
OpenAlexW3176996497

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