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ArticleScience advances2024

A bacterial methyltransferase that initiates biotin synthesis, an attractive anti-ESKAPE druggable pathway.

Zhi Su, Weizhen Zhang, Yu Shi, Tao Cui, Yongchang Xu, Runshi Yang, Man Huang, Chun Zhou, Huimin Zhang, Ting Lu and 4 more

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Article in Science advances, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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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

15 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Can we escape from top-priority ESKAPE pathogens?Emerging microbes & infections · 2026
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  5. Exploring the Link Between Biotin Metabolism andPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  8. A ferritin-like diiron oxygenase BioE initiates bacterial biotin synthesis, a promising antivirulence target.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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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

14 authors.

Zhi SuKey Laboratory of Multiple Organ Failure (Ministry of Education), and Departments of Microbiology and General Intensive Care Unit of the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China.ORCID 0009-0000-3767-4138
Weizhen ZhangShanghai Sci-Tech Inno Center for Infection & Immunity, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Life Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7542-2772
Yu ShiKey Laboratory of Multiple Organ Failure (Ministry of Education), and Departments of Microbiology and General Intensive Care Unit of the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2266-2473
Tao CuiSchool of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, China.
Yongchang XuKey Laboratory of Multiple Organ Failure (Ministry of Education), and Departments of Microbiology and General Intensive Care Unit of the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9554-7102
Runshi YangKey Laboratory of Multiple Organ Failure (Ministry of Education), and Departments of Microbiology and General Intensive Care Unit of the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6462-6139
Man HuangKey Laboratory of Multiple Organ Failure (Ministry of Education), and Departments of Microbiology and General Intensive Care Unit of the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0842-2254
Chun ZhouDepartment of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9257-468X
Huimin ZhangCancer Center at Illinois, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7352-8434
Ting LuDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9043-3253
Jiuxin QuDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518112, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1061-2353
Zheng-Guo HeCollege of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0945-4095
Jianhua GanShanghai Sci-Tech Inno Center for Infection & Immunity, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Life Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8438-8852
Youjun FengKey Laboratory of Multiple Organ Failure (Ministry of Education), and Departments of Microbiology and General Intensive Care Unit of the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8083-0175

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The covalently attached cofactor biotin plays pivotal roles in central metabolism. The top-priority ESKAPE-type pathogens,

Indexed as

Acinetobacter baumanniiAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial ProteinsBiotinEnzyme InhibitorsKlebsiella pneumoniaeMethyltransferasesAdenosineAnimalsColistinCrystallography, X-RayMiceProtein BindingProtein Conformation, beta-StrandS-AdenosylhomocysteineAdenosineAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial ProteinsBiotinColistinEnzyme InhibitorsMethyltransferasesS-Adenosylhomocysteinesinefungin

Identifiers

PMID39705367
PMCPMC11661456

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