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ReviewCells2021

BECLIN1: Protein Structure, Function and Regulation.

Sharon Tran, W Douglas Fairlie, Erinna F Lee

Open access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Cells, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 113 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
113citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
18.1field-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

113 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 202 citations in OpenAlex.

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53 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sharon TranOlivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute, Heidelberg, VIC 3084, Australia.
W Douglas FairlieOlivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute, Heidelberg, VIC 3084, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2498-1160
Erinna F LeeOlivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute, Heidelberg, VIC 3084, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-1255-9808
La Trobe University · AU

Funding

Australian Research Council FT150100212La Trobe University Not applicableVictorian Cancer Agency MCRF19045
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BECLIN1 is a well-established regulator of autophagy, a process essential for mammalian survival. It functions in conjunction with other proteins to form Class III Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase (PI3K) complexes to generate phosphorylated phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns), lipids essential for not only autophagy but other membrane trafficking processes. Over the years, studies have elucidated the structural, biophysical, and biochemical properties of BECLIN1, which have shed light on how this protein functions to allosterically regulate these critical processes of autophagy and membrane trafficking. Here, we review these findings and how BECLIN1's diverse protein interactome regulates it, as well as its impact on organismal physiology.

Indexed as

Beclin-1AnimalsHumansBeclin-1autophagyBCL-2BECLIN1PI3K Class III complexes

Identifiers

PMID34204202
PMCPMC8235419
OpenAlexW3173107110

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