Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39978408›Full record

ArticleNature2025

Structural dynamics of human fatty acid synthase in the condensing cycle.

Wooyoung Choi, Chengmin Li, Yifei Chen, YongQiang Wang, Yifan Cheng

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
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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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Wooyoung Choi *Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Chengmin Li *Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Yifei ChenHoward Hughes Medical Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0009-0005-8754-5779
YongQiang WangHoward Hughes Medical Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3109-9480
Yifan ChengDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. yifan.cheng@ucsf.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-9535-0369

Funding

X-ray Screening and Rapid Structure DeterminationP50GM082250 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI KROGAN, NEVAN J · 2007 to 2018
$48.8M
Project 3U54AI170792 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Nevan J Krogan · 2022 to 2026
$35.7M
Advancing cryo-EM technology to address difficult biological questionsR35GM140847 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Yifan Cheng · 2021 to 2026
$2.1M
Acquisition of an electron microscope for high-resolution single particle cryo-EMS10OD021741 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI CHENG, YIFAN · 2016 to 2016
$2.0M
Glacios™ Cryo Transmission Electron Microscope with 200 kV XFEG opticsS10OD026881 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI CHENG, YIFAN · 2019 to 2019
$1.8M
Linux cluster for near atomic resolution single particle cryo-EMS10OD020054 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI CHENG, YIFAN · 2015 to 2015
$456k
GPU Computing Enabled Linux Computer ClusterS10RR026814 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI CHENG, YIFAN · 2010 to 2010
$228k
NCRR NIH HHS S10 RR026814NIAID NIH HHS U54 AI170792NIGMS NIH HHS P50 GM082250NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM140847NIH HHS S10 OD020054NIH HHS S10 OD021741NIH HHS S10 OD026881
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Long-chain fatty acids are the building blocks of fat in human bodies. In mammals, fatty acid synthase (FASN) contains multiple enzymatic domains to catalyse all chemical reactions needed for de novo fatty acid synthesis

Indexed as

Fatty Acid SynthasesBiocatalysisCryoelectron MicroscopyFatty AcidsFatty Acid Synthase, Type IHEK293 CellsHumansModels, MolecularProtein DomainsProtein MultimerizationRotationFASN protein, humanFatty AcidsFatty Acid SynthasesFatty Acid Synthase, Type I

Identifiers

PMID39978408
PMCPMC12058526

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