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ArticleNature2020

Structure and catalytic mechanism of a human triacylglycerol-synthesis enzyme.

Xuewu Sui, Kun Wang, Nina L Gluchowski, Shane D Elliott, Maofu Liao, Tobias C Walther, Robert V Farese

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Article in Nature, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers.

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59citing papers in PubMed
9.3field-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

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

59 citing papers in PubMed, 119 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Xuewu SuiDepartment of Molecular Metabolism, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7024-5634
Kun WangDepartment of Molecular Metabolism, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Nina L GluchowskiDepartment of Molecular Metabolism, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Shane D ElliottDepartment of Molecular Metabolism, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Maofu Liao *Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. maofu_liao@hms.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3481-450X
Tobias C Walther *Department of Molecular Metabolism, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. twalther@hsph.harvard.edu.
Robert V Farese *Department of Molecular Metabolism, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. robert@hsph.harvard.edu.
Harvard University · USBroad Institute · USBoston Children's Hospital · US

Funding

Mechanisms of Lipid Droplet Protein TargetingR01GM097194 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI WALTHER, TOBIAS C · 2011 to 2024
$4.9M
Mechanisms of Lipid Droplet FormationR01GM124348 · NIGMS · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · PI FARESE, ROBERT V · 2017 to 2024
$2.9M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM097194NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM124348
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Triacylglycerols store metabolic energy in organisms and have industrial uses as foods and fuels. Excessive accumulation of triacylglycerols in humans causes obesity and is associated with metabolic diseases

Indexed as

BiocatalysisCryoelectron MicroscopyAcyl Coenzyme AAcyltransferasesCatalytic DomainCell MembraneDiacylglycerol O-AcyltransferaseHistidineHumansHydrophobic and Hydrophilic InteractionsModels, MolecularProtein MultimerizationSubstrate SpecificityTriglyceridesAcyl Coenzyme AAcyltransferasesDGAT1 protein, humanDiacylglycerol O-AcyltransferaseHistidineTriglycerides

Identifiers

PMID32433611
PMCPMC7398557
OpenAlexW3024213468

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