Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38720067›Full record

ArticleNature2024

Complete biosynthesis of QS-21 in engineered yeast.

Yuzhong Liu, Xixi Zhao, Fei Gan, Xiaoyue Chen, Kai Deng, Samantha A Crowe, Graham A Hudson, Michael S Belcher, Matthias Schmidt, Maria C T Astolfi and 23 more

Abstract read
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Article in Nature, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
63citing papers in PubMed
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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

63 citing papers in PubMed.

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  12. Biomanufacturing of Natural Bioactive Compounds.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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3 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

33 authors.

Yuzhong LiuCalifornia Institute of Quantitative Biosciences (QB3), University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5614-1951
Xixi ZhaoCalifornia Institute of Quantitative Biosciences (QB3), University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Fei GanCalifornia Institute of Quantitative Biosciences (QB3), University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1670-5251
Xiaoyue ChenJoint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA, USA.
Kai DengJoint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2937-8931
Samantha A CroweCalifornia Institute of Quantitative Biosciences (QB3), University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Graham A HudsonCalifornia Institute of Quantitative Biosciences (QB3), University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Michael S BelcherJoint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA, USA.
Matthias SchmidtJoint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3363-4777
Maria C T AstolfiJoint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6995-2497
Suzanne M KosinaEnvironmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2885-1248
Bo PangCalifornia Institute of Quantitative Biosciences (QB3), University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Minglong ShaoJoint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA, USA.
Jing YinJoint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0029-5393
Sasilada SirirungruangJoint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2624-5124
Anthony T IavaroneCalifornia Institute of Quantitative Biosciences (QB3), University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
James ReedJohn Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5780-6134
Laetitia B B MartinJohn Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6921-7246
Amr El-DemerdashJohn Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6459-2955
Shingo KikuchiJohn Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9033-6242
Rajesh Chandra MisraJohn Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9594-3789
Xiaomeng LiangJoint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA, USA.
Michael J CronceJoint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA, USA.
Xiulai ChenJoint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA, USA.
Chunjun ZhanJoint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA, USA.
Ramu KakumanuJoint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA, USA.
Edward E K BaidooJoint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA, USA.
Yan ChenJoint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA, USA.
Christopher J PetzoldJoint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8270-5228
Trent R NorthenJoint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8404-3259
Anne OsbournJohn Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2195-5810
Henrik SchellerJoint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA, USA.
Jay D KeaslingCalifornia Institute of Quantitative Biosciences (QB3), University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA. keasling@berkeley.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-4170-6088

Funding

Synthetic biology tools for scalable production of medicinal plant terpenesR01AT010593 · NCCIH · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI KEASLING, JAY D, LANGE, BERND MARKUS · 2019 to 2023
$3.5M
High Definition Ion Mobility SpectrometerS10OD020062 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI WILLIAMS, EVAN R · 2015 to 2015
$590k
NCCIH NIH HHS R01 AT010593NIH HHS S10 OD020062
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

QS-21 is a potent vaccine adjuvant and remains the only saponin-based adjuvant that has been clinically approved for use in humans

Indexed as

Adjuvants, ImmunologicMetabolic EngineeringSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaponinsBiosynthetic PathwaysDrug DesignEnzymesPlantsStructure-Activity RelationshipAdjuvants, ImmunologicEnzymessaponin QA-21V1Saponins

Identifiers

PMID38720067
PMCPMC11111400

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