Evidence map›Paper›PMID 35355017›Full record

ArticleNature2022

Structure, substrate recognition and initiation of hyaluronan synthase.

Finn P Maloney, Jeremi Kuklewicz, Robin A Corey, Yunchen Bi, Ruoya Ho, Lukasz Mateusiak, Els Pardon, Jan Steyaert, Phillip J Stansfeld, Jochen Zimmer

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Article in Nature, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 64 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
64citing papers in PubMed
14.8field-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

64 citing papers in PubMed, 135 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Fungal Chitin Synthases: Structure, Function, and Regulation.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  15. Insights into substrate binding and utilization by hyaluronan synthase.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  17. Hyaluronic Acid and Its Synthases-Current Knowledge.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 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

10 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Finn P Maloney *Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Jeremi Kuklewicz *Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2204-8844
Robin A CoreyDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Yunchen BiLaboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Qingdao, China.
Ruoya HoDepartment of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2369-8443
Lukasz MateusiakLaboratory for In Vivo Cellular and Molecular Imaging, ICMI-BEFY, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2837-8342
Els PardonVIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology, VIB, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2466-0172
Jan SteyaertVIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology, VIB, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3825-874X
Phillip J StansfeldSchool of Life Sciences and Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8800-7669
Jochen ZimmerDepartment of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA. jochen_zimmer@virginia.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8423-2882
University of Virginia · USVrije Universiteit Brussel · BEInstitute of Oceanology · CNUniversity of Oxford · GBUniversity of Warwick · GB

Funding

Mechanism of Cellulose Synthesis and Transport Across Biological MembranesR01GM101001 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI ZIMMER, JOCHEN · 2012 to 2021
$3.7M
Molecular Basis for Group A Streptococcus EncapsulationR21AI148853 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI ZIMMER, JOCHEN · 2020 to 2021
$425k
Medical Research Council MR/S009213/1Medical Research Council S009213/1NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI148853NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM101001Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 208361/Z/17/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hyaluronan is an acidic heteropolysaccharide comprising alternating N-acetylglucosamine and glucuronic acid sugars that is ubiquitously expressed in the vertebrate extracellular matrix

Indexed as

Hyaluronan SynthasesHyaluronic AcidPhycodnaviridaeCryoelectron MicroscopyPolymersHyaluronan SynthasesHyaluronic AcidPolymers

Identifiers

PMID35355017
PMCPMC9358715
OpenAlexW4220885070

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