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ArticleNature communications2024

Methyl transfer in psilocybin biosynthesis.

Jesse Hudspeth, Kai Rogge, Sebastian Dörner, Maximilian Müll, Dirk Hoffmeister, Bernhard Rupp, Sebastiaan Werten

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
12.8field-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

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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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Interpol review of forensic drug chemistry, 2022-2025.Forensic science international. Synergy · 2026
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  4. Reaction Engineering of In Vitro Natural Product Biosynthesis: Challenges and Strategies.Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 2025
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  5. In Vitro Psilocybin Synthesis by Co-Immobilized Enzymes.Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2025
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  9. If you cannot see it, is it still there?Journal of applied crystallography · 2025
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  12. ExploringJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Jesse Hudspeth *Institute of Genetic Epidemiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7557-8964
Kai Rogge *Institute of Pharmacy, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-6870-9488
Sebastian DörnerInstitute of Pharmacy, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany.
Maximilian MüllResearch Group Biosynthetic Design of Natural Products, Leibniz Institute of Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans Knöll Institute, Jena, Germany.
Dirk HoffmeisterInstitute of Pharmacy, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5302-6461
Bernhard RuppInstitute of Genetic Epidemiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3300-6965
Sebastiaan WertenInstitute of Genetic Epidemiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria. sebastiaan.werten@i-med.ac.at.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2244-9688
Leibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie e. V. - Hans-Knöll-Institut (HKI) · DEInnsbruck Medical University · AT

Funding

Austrian Science Fund (Fonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung) I-5192Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) HO2515/11-1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Psilocybin, the natural hallucinogen produced by Psilocybe ("magic") mushrooms, holds great promise for the treatment of depression and several other mental health conditions. The final step in the psilocybin biosynthetic pathway, dimethylation of the tryptophan-derived intermediate norbaeocystin, is catalysed by PsiM. Here we present atomic resolution (0.9 Å) crystal structures of PsiM trapped at various stages of its reaction cycle, providing detailed insight into the SAM-dependent methylation mechanism. Structural and phylogenetic analyses suggest that PsiM derives from epitranscriptomic N

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AgaricalesHallucinogensPsilocybePhylogenyPsilocybinHallucinogensPsilocybin

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PMID38548735
PMCPMC10978996
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