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ReviewNature reviews. Molecular cell biology2022

The mechanisms of integral membrane protein biogenesis.

Ramanujan S Hegde, Robert J Keenan

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Review in Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 137 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
137citing papers in PubMed
12.1field-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

137 citing papers in PubMed, 224 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Membrane-Associated Biomolecules for Synthetic Cell Signalling.Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 2026
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  13. Subcellular localization as a driver of protein function.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2026
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77 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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ramanujan S HegdeCell Biology Division, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK. rhegde@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8338-852X
Robert J KeenanGordon Center for Integrative Science, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. bkeenan@uchicago.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1466-0889
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology · GBUniversity of Chicago · US

Funding

Molecular Basis of Tail-Anchored Membrane Protein Targeting - Equip SupplR01GM086487 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI KEENAN, ROBERT J · 2010 to 2021
$4.8M
Membrane protein biogenesis at the ERR35GM145374 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI Robert J Keenan · 2022 to 2026
$3.5M
Biogenesis of multi-pass membrane proteins at the ERR01GM130051 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI KEENAN, ROBERT J · 2018 to 2021
$1.3M
Medical Research Council MC_UP_A022_100Medical Research Council MC_UP_A022_1007NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM086487NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM130051NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM145374
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Roughly one quarter of all genes code for integral membrane proteins that are inserted into the plasma membrane of prokaryotes or the endoplasmic reticulum membrane of eukaryotes. Multiple pathways are used for the targeting and insertion of membrane proteins on the basis of their topological and biophysical characteristics. Multipass membrane proteins span the membrane multiple times and face the additional challenges of intramembrane folding. In many cases, integral membrane proteins require assembly with other proteins to form multi-subunit membrane protein complexes. Recent biochemical and structural analyses have provided considerable clarity regarding the molecular basis of membrane protein targeting and insertion, with tantalizing new insights into the poorly understood processes of multipass membrane protein biogenesis and multi-subunit protein complex assembly.

Indexed as

Protein BiosynthesisAnimalsEndoplasmic ReticulumHumansMembrane ProteinsModels, MolecularSignal Recognition ParticleSubstrate SpecificityMembrane ProteinsSignal Recognition Particle

Identifiers

PMID34556847
PMCPMC12108547
OpenAlexW3198983266

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Registered trials

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