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ArticleNature2021

Structural insights into Ubr1-mediated N-degron polyubiquitination.

Man Pan, Qingyun Zheng, Tian Wang, Lujun Liang, Junxiong Mao, Chong Zuo, Ruichao Ding, Huasong Ai, Yuan Xie, Dong Si and 3 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 66 papers.

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66citing papers in PubMed
7.0field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

66 citing papers in PubMed, 130 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Molecular insights into NLRP1 Gly/N-degron recognition by CRL2Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology communications · 2026
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  10. E2 variants for probing E3 ubiquitin ligase activities.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  11. Design and Semisynthesis of Ubiquitin Extension Probes.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026
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  18. An alternative pocket for binding the N-degrons by the UBR1 and UBR2 ubiquitin E3 ligases.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2025
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6 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

13 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Man Pan *Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. panman@sjtu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7216-8193
Qingyun Zheng *Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Tian Wang *Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Lujun Liang *Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Junxiong MaoTsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Chong ZuoTsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Ruichao DingTsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Huasong AiTsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Yuan XieDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5105-7136
Dong SiDivision of Computing and Software Systems, University of Washington Bothell, Bothell, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7039-2589
Yuanyuan YuDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. yuyy@shu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5379-5148
Lei LiuTsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. lliu@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6290-8602
Minglei ZhaoDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. mlzhao@uchicago.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5832-6060
Center for Life Sciences · CNShanghai University · CNUniversity of Chicago · USKing Center · USUniversity of Illinois Chicago · USUniversity of Washington Bothell · US

Funding

ChimeraX -- Next Generation Visualization and Analysis Software for Multiscale ModelingR01GM129325 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI FERRIN, THOMAS E · 2018 to 2025
$5.2M
Structural and Functional Studies of Molecular Machines Involved in Chemical Modifications of MacromoleculesR35GM143052 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI ZHAO, MINGLEI · 2021 to 2025
$2.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM129325NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM143052
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The N-degron pathway targets proteins that bear a destabilizing residue at the N terminus for proteasome-dependent degradation

Indexed as

UbiquitinationBinding SitesBiocatalysisCryoelectron MicroscopyLysineModels, MolecularProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexProteolysisReproducibility of ResultsSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsUbiquitinUbiquitin-Conjugating EnzymesUbiquitin-Protein LigasesLysineProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexRAD6 protein, S cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsUbiquitinUbiquitin-Conjugating EnzymesUbiquitin-Protein LigasesUBR1 protein, S cerevisiae

Identifiers

PMID34789879
PMCPMC8798225
OpenAlexW3213593327

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