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| Title |
Metagenomic Identification of a Novel Salt Tolerance Gene from the Human Gut Microbiome Which Encodes a Membrane Protein with Homology to a brp/blh-Family β-Carotene 15,15′-Monooxygenase
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, July 2014
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0103318 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Eamonn P. Culligan, Roy D. Sleator, Julian R. Marchesi, Colin Hill |
| Abstract |
The human gut microbiome consists of at least 3 million non-redundant genes, 150 times that of the core human genome. Herein, we report the identification and characterisation of a novel stress tolerance gene from the human gut metagenome. The locus, assigned brpA, encodes a membrane protein with homology to a brp/blh-family β-carotene monooxygenase. Cloning and heterologous expression of brpA in Escherichia coli confers a significant salt tolerance phenotype. Furthermore, when cultured in the presence of exogenous β-carotene, cell pellets adopt a red/orange pigmentation indicating the incorporation of carotenoids in the cell membrane. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 14% |
| Australia | 1 | 14% |
| Unknown | 5 | 71% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 71% |
| Scientists | 2 | 29% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 57 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 10 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 10 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 14% |
| Professor | 5 | 9% |
| Unspecified | 5 | 9% |
| Other | 15 | 26% |
| Unknown | 5 | 9% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 19 | 33% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 11 | 19% |
| Unspecified | 5 | 9% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 5% |
| Chemistry | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 10 | 17% |
| Unknown | 7 | 12% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 November 2015.
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#6,965,857
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Outputs from PLOS ONE
#94,065
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Outputs of similar age
#61,534
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Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#1,492
of 4,782 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 24,885,505 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 71st percentile.
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