Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38724508›Full record

ArticleNature communications2024

A genetically encoded biosensor to monitor dynamic changes of c-di-GMP with high temporal resolution.

Andreas Kaczmarczyk, Simon van Vliet, Roman Peter Jakob, Raphael Dias Teixeira, Inga Scheidat, Alberto Reinders, Alexander Klotz, Timm Maier, Urs Jenal

Abstract read
In one paragraph

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 22 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

22 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. TheApplied and environmental microbiology · 2026
    Article
  3. Review
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. A Genetically Encoded Biosensor for Characterizing Transport and Metabolism of Glutarate.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
    Article
  10. Review
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Review
  14. Article
  15. Article
  16. Functional analysis of cyclic diguanylate-modulating proteins inbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024
    Article
  17. Toward DNA-Based Recording of Biological Processes.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
    Review
  18. Review
  19. Article
  20. Article
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

9 authors.

Andreas KaczmarczykBiozentrum, University of Basel, Spitalstrasse 41, 4056, Basel, Switzerland. andreas.kaczmarczyk@unibas.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6616-1777
Simon van VlietBiozentrum, University of Basel, Spitalstrasse 41, 4056, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2532-483X
Roman Peter JakobBiozentrum, University of Basel, Spitalstrasse 41, 4056, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6451-8656
Raphael Dias TeixeiraBiozentrum, University of Basel, Spitalstrasse 41, 4056, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9642-7508
Inga ScheidatBiozentrum, University of Basel, Spitalstrasse 41, 4056, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9004-946X
Alberto ReindersBiozentrum, University of Basel, Spitalstrasse 41, 4056, Basel, Switzerland.
Alexander KlotzBiozentrum, University of Basel, Spitalstrasse 41, 4056, Basel, Switzerland.
Timm MaierBiozentrum, University of Basel, Spitalstrasse 41, 4056, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7459-1363
Urs JenalBiozentrum, University of Basel, Spitalstrasse 41, 4056, Basel, Switzerland. urs.jenal@unibas.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1637-3376

Funding

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation) 310030_208107Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation) 310030B_185372Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation) 51NF40_180541
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Monitoring changes of signaling molecules and metabolites with high temporal resolution is key to understanding dynamic biological systems. Here, we use directed evolution to develop a genetically encoded ratiometric biosensor for c-di-GMP, a ubiquitous bacterial second messenger regulating important biological processes like motility, surface attachment, virulence and persistence. The resulting biosensor, cdGreen2, faithfully tracks c-di-GMP in single cells and with high temporal resolution over extended imaging times, making it possible to resolve regulatory networks driving bimodal developmental programs in different bacterial model organisms. We further adopt cdGreen2 as a simple tool for in vitro studies, facilitating high-throughput screens for compounds interfering with c-di-GMP signaling and biofilm formation. The sensitivity and versatility of cdGreen2 could help reveal c-di-GMP dynamics in a broad range of microorganisms with high temporal resolution. Its design principles could also serve as a blueprint for the development of similar, orthogonal biosensors for other signaling molecules, metabolites and antibiotics.

Indexed as

BiofilmsBiosensing TechniquesCyclic GMPEscherichia coliSecond Messenger SystemsSignal Transductionbis(3',5')-cyclic diguanylic acidCyclic GMP

Identifiers

PMID38724508
PMCPMC11082216

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.