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ArticleNature communications2024

Biosynthesis of GMGT lipids by a radical SAM enzyme associated with anaerobic archaea and oxygen-deficient environments.

Yanan Li, Ting Yu, Xi Feng, Bo Zhao, Huahui Chen, Huan Yang, Xing Chen, Xiao-Hua Zhang, Hayden R Anderson, Noah Z Burns and 3 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Cyclization of archaeal membrane lipids impacts membrane protein activity and archaellum formation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Yanan LiDepartment of Ocean Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China.
Ting YuDepartment of Systems Biology and Institute for Biological Electron Microscopy, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China.
Xi FengDepartment of Ocean Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China.
Bo ZhaoDepartment of Ocean Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China.
Huahui ChenDepartment of Ocean Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China.
Huan YangState Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3108-787X
Xing ChenFrontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6291-5001
Xiao-Hua ZhangFrontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7428-7775
Hayden R AndersonDepartment of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, USA.
Noah Z BurnsDepartment of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1064-4507
Fuxing ZengDepartment of Systems Biology and Institute for Biological Electron Microscopy, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China. zengfx@sustech.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-0790-0151
Lizhi TaoDepartment of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China. taolz@sustech.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-9921-2297
Zhirui ZengDepartment of Ocean Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China. zengzr@sustech.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-9905-8955

Funding

National Science Foundation of China | National Natural Science Foundation of China-Yunnan Joint Fund (NSFC-Yunnan Joint Fund) 92351301
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Archaea possess characteristic membrane-spanning lipids that are thought to contribute to the adaptation to extreme environments. However, the biosynthesis of these lipids is poorly understood. Here, we identify a radical S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM) enzyme that synthesizes glycerol monoalkyl glycerol tetraethers (GMGTs). The enzyme, which we name GMGT synthase (Gms), catalyzes the formation of a C(sp

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ArchaeaOxygenS-AdenosylmethionineAnaerobiosisArchaeal ProteinsGlycerolMetagenomePhylogenyArchaeal ProteinsGlycerolOxygenS-Adenosylmethionine

Identifiers

PMID38898040
PMCPMC11186832

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