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ArticleNature communications2021

Structural and functional analysis of the promiscuous AcrB and AdeB efflux pumps suggests different drug binding mechanisms.

Alina Ornik-Cha, Julia Wilhelm, Jessica Kobylka, Hanno Sjuts, Attilio V Vargiu, Giuliano Malloci, Julian Reitz, Anja Seybert, Achilleas S Frangakis, Klaas M Pos

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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31citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 53 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

10 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Alina Ornik-Cha *Institute of Biochemistry, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Straße 9, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Julia Wilhelm *Institute of Biochemistry, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Straße 9, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Jessica KobylkaInstitute of Biochemistry, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Straße 9, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Hanno SjutsInstitute of Biochemistry, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Straße 9, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Attilio V VargiuDepartment of Physics, University of Cagliari, 09042, Monserrato (CA), Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4013-8867
Giuliano MallociDepartment of Physics, University of Cagliari, 09042, Monserrato (CA), Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5985-257X
Julian ReitzBuchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Straße 15, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0393-0655
Anja SeybertBuchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Straße 15, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Achilleas S FrangakisBuchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Straße 15, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. achilleas.frangakis@biophysik.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8067-6611
Klaas M PosInstitute of Biochemistry, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Straße 9, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. pos@em.uni-frankfurt.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9035-3827
Goethe University Frankfurt · DEUniversity of Cagliari · IT

Funding

Optimization of efflux avoidance and inhibition for antibiotic developmentR01AI136799 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA · PI GNANAKARAN, SANDRASEGARAM, RUGGERONE, PAOLO · 2018 to 2022
$5.7M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI136799
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Upon antibiotic stress Gram-negative pathogens deploy resistance-nodulation-cell division-type tripartite efflux pumps. These include a H

Indexed as

Acinetobacter baumanniiAnti-Bacterial AgentsAnti-Infective AgentsAntiportersATP-Binding Cassette, Sub-Family C ProteinsBacterial ProteinsBinding SitesCryoelectron MicroscopyDrug Resistance, BacterialEscherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsMembrane Transport ProteinsMolecular Docking SimulationPharmaceutical PreparationsProtein ConformationAcrB protein, E coliAdeB protein, Acinetobacter baumanniiAnti-Bacterial AgentsAnti-Infective AgentsAntiportersATP-Binding Cassette, Sub-Family C ProteinsBacterial ProteinsEscherichia coli ProteinsMembrane Transport ProteinsPharmaceutical Preparations

Identifiers

PMID34824229
PMCPMC8617272
OpenAlexW3215732278

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