Evidence map›Paper›PMID 36719197›Full record

ArticlemBio2023

Identification and Structural Modeling of the RNA Polymerase Omega Subunits in Chlamydiae and Other Obligate Intracellular Bacteria.

Andrew Cheng, Danny Wan, Arkaprabha Ghatak, Chengyuan Wang, Deyu Feng, Joseph D Fondell, Richard H Ebright, Huizhou Fan

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in mBio, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 43% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Identification of candidate nucleomodulins in ESKAPE bacteria -Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026
    Article
  3. Expression activation of over 70% ofInfection and immunity · 2024
    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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Andrew ChengDepartment of Pharmacology, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA.
Danny WanDepartment of Pharmacology, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA.
Arkaprabha GhatakDepartment of Pharmacology, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA.
Chengyuan WangCenter for Microbes, Development and Health, CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Immunology, Institute Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Deyu FengCenter for Microbes, Development and Health, CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Immunology, Institute Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Joseph D FondellDepartment of Pharmacology, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA.
Richard H EbrightWaksman Institute, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8915-7140
Huizhou FanDepartment of Pharmacology, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4903-926X
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · USChinese Academy of Sciences · CN

Funding

TRANSCRIPTION ACTIVATION BY CAPR01GM041376 · NIGMS · RUTGERS THE ST UNIV OF NJ NEW BRUNSWICK · PI RICHARD H. EBRIGHT · 1989 to 2026
$6.5M
BACTERIAL TRANSCRIPTION COMPLEXESR37GM041376 · NIGMS · RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIV OF N.J. · PI EBRIGHT, RICHARD H. · 2013 to 2022
$5.0M
Peptide Deformylase Inhibitor LBM415 for Sexually Transmitted InfectionsR33AI071954 · NIAID · UNIV OF MED/DENT NJ-R W JOHNSON MED SCH · PI FAN, HUIZHOU · 2009 to 2011
$971k
GrgA:a Multifunctional Transcription Factor that Control Chlamydial Gene ExpressionR21AI140167 · NIAID · RBHS-ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI FAN, HUIZHOU · 2019 to 2020
$435k
Exploration of SF3 as a Chemical Probe for Chlamydial BiologyR21AI154305 · NIAID · RBHS-ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI FAN, HUIZHOU · 2020 to 2021
$431k
Peptide Deformylase Inhibitor LBM415 for Sexually Transmitted InfectionsR21AI071954 · NIAID · UNIV OF MED/DENT NJ-R W JOHNSON MED SCH · PI FAN, HUIZHOU · 2007 to 2008
$408k
NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI071954NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI140167NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI154305NIAID NIH HHS R33 AI071954NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM041376NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM041376
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gene transcription in bacteria is carried out by the multisubunit RNA polymerase (RNAP), which is composed of a catalytic core enzyme and a promoter-recognizing σ factor. The core enzyme comprises two α subunits, one β subunit, one β' subunit, and one ω subunit. The ω subunit plays critical roles in the assembly of the core enzyme and other cellular functions, including the regulation of bacterial growth, the stress response, and biofilm formation. However, the identity of an ω subunit for the obligate intracellular bacterium Chlamydia has not previously been determined. Here, we report the identification of the hypothetical protein CTL0286 as the probable chlamydial ω subunit based on sequence, synteny, and AlphaFold and AlphaFold-Multimer three-dimensional-structure predictions. Our findings indicate that CTL0286 functions as the missing ω subunit of chlamydial RNAP. Our extended analysis also indicates that all obligate intracellular bacteria have ω orthologs.

Indexed as

ChlamydiaDNA-Directed RNA PolymerasesBacteriaConserved SequenceDNA-Directed RNA PolymerasesRNA polymerase omega subunitChlamydiaomega subunitRNA polymerases

Identifiers

PMID36719197
PMCPMC9973325
OpenAlexW4318620495

What Socratic 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 Socratic graph.