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  1. Caspase-mediated processing of TRBP regulates apoptosis during viral infection

    Article • Nucleic Acids Research, April 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  2. BPG4 regulates chloroplast development and homeostasis by suppressing GLK transcription factors and involving light and brassinosteroid signaling

    Article • Nature Communications, January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  3. Enhanced Ca2+ Binding to EF-Hands through Phosphorylation of Conserved Serine Residues Activates MpRBOHB and Chitin-Triggered ROS Production

    Article • October 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  4. Lenalidomide derivatives and proteolysis-targeting chimeras for controlling neosubstrate degradation

    Article • Nature Communications, August 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  5. Identification of a new gibberellin receptor agonist, diphegaractin, by a cell-free chemical screening system

    Article • Communications Biology, May 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  6. Clock-regulated coactivators selectively control gene expression in response to different temperature stress conditions in Arabidopsis

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, April 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  7. Orally administered Lactiplantibacillus plantarum OLL2712 decreased intestinal permeability, especially in the ileum: Ingested lactic acid bacteria alleviated obesity-induced inflammation by collaborating with gut microbiota

    Article • Frontiers in Immunology, February 2023, Frontiers

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  8. Substantial Improvement of an Epimerase for the Synthesis of D‐Allulose by Biosensor‐Based High‐Throughput Microdroplet Screening

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, February 2023, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  9. Brassinosteroid-induced gene repression requires specific and tight promoter binding of BIL1/BZR1 via DNA shape readout

    Article • Nature Plants, December 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  10. Lenalidomide Derivative and PROTAC for Controlling Neosubstrate Degradation

    Article • November 2022, Research Square

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  11. Structural bases for aspartate recognition and polymerization efficiency of cyanobacterial cyanophycin synthetase

    Article • Nature Communications, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  12. Regulation of Th2 responses by Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris YRC3780 alleviates DNCB-induced atopic dermatitis in the mouse model

    Article • Journal of Functional Foods, July 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  13. β-elemene regulates M1-M2 macrophage balance through the ERK/JNK/P38 MAPK signaling pathway

    Article • Communications Biology, May 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  14. An Myh11 single lysine deletion causes aortic dissection by reducing aortic structural integrity and contractility

    Article • Scientific Reports, May 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  15. Characterization of aroma-active compounds in Dongli by quantitative descriptive analysis, gas chromatography-triple quadrupole tandem mass spectrometry, and gas chromatography-olfactometry

    Article • Journal of Food Science and Technology, May 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  16. Comparison of Peanut Compounds during Roasting and the Effect of Peanut Shells

    Article • ACS Food Science & Technology, March 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  17. Crystal structure and substrate recognition mechanism of the prolyl endoprotease PEP from Aspergillus niger

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, February 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  18. Crystallization and melting properties studied by DSC and FTIR spectroscopy of goldenberry (Physalis peruviana) oil

    Article • Food Chemistry, January 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  19. New era in structural biology with the AlphaFold program

    Article • Translational and Regulatory Sciences, January 2022, AMED iD3 Catalyst Unit

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  20. Se-O Bond Is Unique to High Se Enriched Sweet Potato Stem Protein with Better Antioxidant Ability

    Article • Foods, December 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  21. Physical and chemical properties of nabak ( Zizyphus spina‐christi ) seed kernel and sweet pepper ( Capsicum annuum L.) seed...

    Article • Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, November 2021, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  22. Identification of the Effects of Chondroitin Sulfate on Inhibiting CDKs in Colorectal Cancer Based on Bioinformatic Analysis and Experimental Validation

    Article • Frontiers in Oncology, September 2021, Frontiers

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  23. β-Elemene Suppresses Obesity-Induced Imbalance in the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis

    Article • Biomedicines, June 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  24. Effect of chemical and enzymatic modifications on the structural and physicochemical properties of dietary fiber from purple turnip (Brassica rapa L.)

    Article • LWT, June 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  25. Gene co-expression network analysis identifies BEH3 as a stabilizer of secondary vascular development in Arabidopsis

    Article • The Plant Cell, June 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  26. Evaluation of spice and herb as phyto-derived selective modulators of human retinaldehyde dehydrogenases using a simple in vitro method

    Article • Bioscience Reports, May 2021, Portland Press Ltd.

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  27. Different DNA-binding specificities of NLP and NIN transcription factors underlie nitrate-induced control of root nodulation

    Article • The Plant Cell, April 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  28. Antioxidant properties and inhibition of angiotensin-converting enzyme by highly active peptides from wheat gluten

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  29. Isolation and characterization of oligopeptides with vascular disease suppression effects derived from wheat gluten

    Article • Journal of Food Science and Technology, February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  30. Highlighting the potential utility of MBP crystallization chaperone for Arabidopsis BIL1/BZR1 transcription factor-DNA complex

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  31. VISUAL network analysis reveals the role of BEH3 as a stabilizer in the secondary vascular development in Arabidopsis

    Article • January 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  32. Comparison of explosion puffing drying with other methods on the physicochemical properties and volatiles of yam (Dioscorea opposita thunb.) chips through multivariate analysis

    Article • Drying Technology, January 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  33. Crystal structure and DNA cleavage mechanism of the restriction DNA glycosylase R.CcoLI from Campylobacter coli

    Article • Scientific Reports, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  34. Hydrogen peroxide modification affects the structure and physicochemical properties of dietary fibers from white turnip (Brassica Rapa L.)

    Article • Scientific Reports, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  35. A novel method of literature mining to identify candidate COVID-19 drugs

    Article • Bioinformatics Advances, January 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  36. Structural basis for transcriptional coactivator recognition by SMAD2 in TGF-β signaling

    Article • Science Signaling, December 2020, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  37. NIGT1 family proteins exhibit dual mode DNA recognition to regulate nutrient response-associated genes in Arabidopsis

    Article • PLoS Genetics, November 2020, PLOS

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  38. Improved preparation of group-specific component (Gc) protein to derive macrophage activating factor

    Article • Protein Expression and Purification, November 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  39. Txn2 haplodeficiency does not affect cochlear antioxidant defenses or accelerate the progression of cochlear cell loss or hearing loss across the lifespan

    Article • Experimental Gerontology, November 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  40. Intestinal Regulatory T Cell Induction by β-Elemene Alleviates the Formation of Fat Tissue-Related Inflammation

    Article • iScience, November 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  41. Development of Engineered Ferredoxin Reductase Systems for the Efficient Hydroxylation of Steroidal Substrates

    Article • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, October 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  42. Structural bases of IMiD selectivity that emerges by 5-hydroxythalidomide

    Article • Nature Communications, September 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  43. Molecular Basis for Substrate Recognition and Catalysis by a Marine Bacterial Laminarinase

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 2020, ASM Journals

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  44. Small peptides with potential cardiovascular regulatory functions from Atlantic salmon skin

    Article • International Journal of Food Engineering, August 2020, De Gruyter

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  45. Age-Dependent Decrease in the Induction of Regulatory T Cells Is Associated With Decreased Expression of RALDH2 in Mesenteric Lymph Node Dendritic Cells

    Article • Frontiers in Immunology, August 2020, Frontiers

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  46. Functional production of human antibody by the filamentous fungus Aspergillus oryzae

    Article • Fungal Biology and Biotechnology, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  47. Distortion of double-stranded DNA structure by the binding of the restriction DNA glycosylase R.PabI

    Article • Nucleic Acids Research, March 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  48. Recovery of Yam Soluble Protein from Yam Starch Processing Wastewater

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  49. Biochemical characterization and structural analysis of ulvan lyase from marine Alteromonas sp. reveals the basis for its salt tolerance

    Article • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, March 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  50. Identification of novel interacting regions involving calcineurin and nuclear factor of activated T cells

    Article • The FASEB Journal, February 2020, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  51. Induction of Oral Tolerance by Pepsin-Digested Gliadin Retaining T Cell Reactivity in a Mouse Model of Wheat Allergy

    Article • International Archives of Allergy and Immunology, January 2020, Karger Publishers

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  52. Foliar application is an effective method for incorporating selenium into peanut leaf proteins with antioxidant activities

    Article • Food Research International, December 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  53. Effects of different modification methods on the physicochemical and rheological properties of Chinese yam (Dioscorea opposita Thunb.) starch

    Article • LWT, December 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  54. Solubility and emulsifying activity of yam soluble protein

    Article • Journal of Food Science and Technology, November 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  55. Crystal structure of the complex of the interaction domains of Escherichia coli DnaB helicase and DnaC helicase loader: structural basis implying a distortion-accumulation mechanism for the DnaB ring opening caused by DnaC binding

    Article • The Journal of Biochemistry, October 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  56. Structural comparisons of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinases reveal the evolutionary trajectories of these phosphodiester energy conversion enzymes

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, October 2019, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  57. Treatment with hydrogen peroxide improves the physicochemical properties of dietary fibres from Chinese yam peel

    Article • International Journal of Food Science & Technology, October 2019, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  58. NMR-based metabolic profiling and comparison of Japanese persimmon cultivars

    Article • Scientific Reports, October 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  59. Molecular basis of strigolactone perception in root-parasitic plants: aiming to control its germination with strigolactone agonists/antagonists

    Article • Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, October 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  60. Increased burden of mitochondrial DNA deletions and point mutations in early-onset age-related hearing loss in mitochondrial mutator mice

    Article • Experimental Gerontology, October 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  61. GSTA4 mediates reduction of cisplatin ototoxicity in female mice

    Article • Nature Communications, September 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  62. Crystal structure of (S)-3-O-geranylgeranylglyceryl phosphate synthase fromThermoplasma acidophilumin complex with the substratesn-glycerol 1-phosphate

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications, June 2019, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  63. Metabolic profiling of natural and cultured Cordyceps by NMR spectroscopy

    Article • Scientific Reports, May 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  64. Redesign of a novel d-allulose 3-epimerase from Staphylococcus aureus for thermostability and efficient biocatalytic production of d-allulose

    Article • Microbial Cell Factories, March 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  65. Characterization of the Ca2+-coordination structures of L- and T-plastins in combination with their synthetic peptide analogs by FTIR spectroscopy

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  66. Multivariate analyses of the physicochemical properties of turnip (Brassica rapa L.) chips dried using different methods

    Article • Drying Technology, March 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  67. Comprehensive NMR analysis of two kinds of post-fermented tea and their anti-glycation activities in vitro

    Article • Food Chemistry, March 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  68. Optimization of the ultrafiltration-assisted extraction of Chinese yam polysaccharide using response surface methodology and its biological activity

    Article • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, January 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  69. Biochemical characterization and biocatalytic application of a novel d-tagatose 3-epimerase from Sinorhizobium sp.

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  70. Coordination to Divalent Cations by Calcium-Binding Proteins

    Article • January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  71. Triazole Ureas Covalently Bind to Strigolactone Receptor and Antagonize Strigolactone Responses

    Article • Molecular Plant, January 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  72. Structural basis of different substrate preferences of two old yellow enzymes from yeasts in the asymmetric reduction of enone compounds

    Article • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, November 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  73. Bromein, a Bromelain Inhibitor from Pineapple Stem: Structural and Functional Characteristics

    Article • Protein and Peptide Letters, November 2018, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  74. Structural basis for receptor-regulated SMAD recognition by MAN1

    Article • Nucleic Acids Research, October 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  75. Structural basis for brassinosteroid response by BIL1/BZR1

    Article • Nature Plants, October 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  76. Structural analysis of HTL and D14 proteins reveals the basis for ligand selectivity in Striga

    Article • Nature Communications, September 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  77. Triazole ureas covalently bind to strigolactone receptors and regulate signaling

    Article • July 2018, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  78. Author Correction: Laminarinase from Flavobacterium sp. reveals the structural basis of thermostability and substrate specificity

    Article • Scientific Reports, June 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  79. Rationally Designed Strigolactone Analogs as Antagonists of the D14 Receptor

    Article • Plant and Cell Physiology, May 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  80. Crystal structure of the novel lesion-specific endonuclease PfuEndoQ from Pyrococcus furiosus

    Article • Nucleic Acids Research, April 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  81. Hydrophobic patches on SMAD2 and SMAD3 determine selective binding to cofactors

    Article • Science Signaling, March 2018, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  82. Loss of IDH2 Accelerates Age-related Hearing Loss in Male Mice

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  83. Quantification of terpene trilactones in Ginkgo biloba with a 1H NMR method

    Article • Journal of Natural Medicines, March 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  84. BC-Box Motif-Mediated Neuronal Differentiation of Somatic Stem Cells

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, February 2018, MDPI AG

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  85. Real-Time Monitoring of Chemical Changes in Three Kinds of Fermented Milk Products during Fermentation Using Quantitative Difference Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, January 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  86. Crystal structure of a Ca2+-dependent regulator of flagellar motility reveals the open-closed structural transition

    Article • Scientific Reports, January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  87. Structural basis for controlling the enzymatic properties of polymannuronate preferred alginate lyase FlAlyA from the PL-7 family

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  88. Overview of the mechanism of cytoskeletal motors based on structure

    Article • Biophysical Reviews, December 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  89. NMR spectra of PB2 627, the RNA-binding domain in influenza A virus RNA polymerase that contains the pathogenicity factor lysine 627, and improvement of the spectra by small osmolytes

    Article • Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports, December 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  90. Functional properties of Chinese yam (Dioscorea opposita Thunb. cv. Baiyu) soluble protein

    Article • Journal of Food Science and Technology, November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  91. Engineering a short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase for the stereoselective production of (2S,3R,4S)-4-hydroxyisoleucine with three asymmetric centers

    Article • Scientific Reports, October 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  92. Quantitation of Minor Components in Mango Juice with Band-Selective Excitation NMR Spectroscopy

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, October 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  93. Laminarinase from Flavobacterium sp. reveals the structural basis of thermostability and substrate specificity

    Article • Scientific Reports, September 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  94. Studies on the regulatory mechanism of isocitrate dehydrogenase 2 using acetylation mimics

    Article • Scientific Reports, August 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  95. New approach to generating insights for aging research based on literature mining and knowledge integration

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2017, PLOS

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  96. GSR is not essential for the maintenance of antioxidant defenses in mouse cochlea: Possible role of the thioredoxin system as a functional backup for GSR

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2017, PLOS

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  97. G6pd Deficiency Does Not Affect the Cytosolic Glutathione or Thioredoxin Antioxidant Defense in Mouse Cochlea

    Article • Journal of Neuroscience, May 2017, Society for Neuroscience

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  98. NMR-based metabolomics for simultaneously evaluating multiple determinants of primary beef quality in Japanese Black cattle

    Article • Scientific Reports, May 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  99. REFOLDdb: a new and sustainable gateway to experimental protocols for protein refolding

    Article • BMC Structural Biology, April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  100. Structural basis for the regulation of phytohormone receptors

    Article • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, April 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  101. Crystal structure of dibenzothiophene sulfone monooxygenase BdsA fromBacillus subtilisWU-S2B

    Article • Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, March 2017, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  102. Insight into the transition between the open and closed conformations of Thermus thermophilus carboxypeptidase

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, March 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  103. Preparation of the Extracellular Domain of Recombinant Human Toll-like Receptor 6

    Article • The Protein Journal, February 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Toshiro Noshita, Professor Masaru Tanokura

  104. Development of an Azoreductase-based Reporter System with Synthetic Fluorogenic Substrates

    Article • ACS Chemical Biology, January 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  105. Ⅱ-1. Structural biology of proteins from aquatic organisms

    Article • NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI, January 2017, Japanese Society of Fisheries Science

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  106. Structure and Polymannuronate Specificity of a Eukaryotic Member of Polysaccharide Lyase Family 14

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, December 2016, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  107. Crystal structure of a crustacean hyperglycemic hormone (CHH) precursor suggests structural variety in the C-terminal regions of CHH superfamily members

    Article • FEBS Journal, November 2016, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  108. Effects of Long-Term Exercise on Age-Related Hearing Loss in Mice

    Article • Journal of Neuroscience, November 2016, Society for Neuroscience

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  109. Tetrameric structure of the restriction DNA glycosylase R.PabI in complex with nonspecific double-stranded DNA

    Article • Scientific Reports, October 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  110. A class-A GPCR solubilized under high hydrostatic pressure retains its ligand binding ability

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, September 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  111. Use of NMR-Based Metabolomics To Chemically Characterize the Roasting Process of Chicory Root

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, August 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  112. Structural basis of unique ligand specificity of KAI2-like protein from parasitic weed Striga hermonthica

    Article • Scientific Reports, August 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  113. Crystal Structure of Human Leukocyte Cell-derived Chemotaxin 2 (LECT2) Reveals a Mechanistic Basis of Functional Evolution in a Mammalian Protein with an M23 Metalloendopeptidase Fold

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, June 2016, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  114. Complex Mixture Analysis of Organic Compounds in Yogurt by NMR Spectroscopy

    Article • Metabolites, June 2016, MDPI AG

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  115. Functional heterologous expression and characterization of mannuronan C5-epimerase from the brown alga Saccharina japonica

    Article • Algal Research, June 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  116. Enzymes useful for chiral compound synthesis: structural biology, directed evolution, and protein engineering for industrial use

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, May 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  117. In-situ and real-time growth observation of high-quality protein crystals under quasi-microgravity on earth

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  118. Expression, purification, refolding, and enzymatic characterization of two secretory phospholipases A2 from Neurospora crassa

    Article • Protein Expression and Purification, November 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  119. Electron microscopic recording of myosin head power stroke in hydrated myosin filaments

    Article • Scientific Reports, October 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  120. NMR-based analysis of the chemical composition of Japanese persimmon aqueous extracts

    Article • Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, October 2015, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  121. Control of the localization and function of a miRNA silencing component TNRC6A by Argonaute protein

    Article • Nucleic Acids Research, October 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  122. Structural basis for substrate recognition and processive cleavage mechanisms of the trimeric exonuclease PhoExo I

    Article • Nucleic Acids Research, July 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  123. Yam Tuber Storage Protein Reduces Plant Oxidants Using the Coupled Reactions as Carbonic Anhydrase and Dehydroascorbate Reductase

    Article • Molecular Plant, July 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  124. Structural analysis of enzymes used for bioindustry and bioremediation

    Article • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, June 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  125. A new target region for changing the substrate specificity of amine transaminases

    Article • Scientific Reports, June 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  126. Structure and reaction mechanism of a novel enone reductase

    Article • FEBS Journal, March 2015, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  127. Structural Basis for Action of the External Chaperone for a Propeptide-deficient Serine Protease fromAeromonas sobria

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, March 2015, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  128. Crystal structures of apo-DszC and FMN-bound DszC fromRhodococcus erythropolisD-1

    Article • FEBS Journal, February 2015, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  129. An Engineered Old Yellow Enzyme that Enables Efficient Synthesis of (4R,6R)-Actinol in a One-Pot Reduction System

    Article • ChemBioChem, January 2015, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  130. Comprehensive NMR Analysis of Compositional Changes of Black Garlic during Thermal Processing

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, January 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  131. Organic Compounds in Green Coffee Beans

    Article • January 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  132. Structural basis for the Ca2+-enhanced thermostability and activity of PET-degrading cutinase-like enzyme from Saccharomonospora viridis AHK190

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, December 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  133. Structure of the Microtubule-Binding Domain of Flagellar Dynein

    Article • Structure, November 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  134. Analysis of Weak Affinity of β-D-Fructofuranosyl-(2↔1)-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-α-D-glucopyranoside for Yeast β-Fructofuranosidase Using NMR Spectroscopy

    Article • Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry, October 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  135. A Secreted Protein with Plant-Specific Cysteine-Rich Motif Functions as a Mannose-Binding Lectin That Exhibits Antifungal Activity

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, August 2014, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  136. Oligomerization Mechanisms of an H-NS Family Protein, Pmr, Encoded on the Plasmid pCAR1 Provide a Molecular Basis for Functions of H-NS Family Members

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2014, PLOS

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  137. Structural optimization of SadA, an Fe(II)- and α-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase targeting biocatalytic synthesis of N-succinyl-l-threo-3,4-dimethoxyphenylserine

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, August 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  138. Expression, high-pressure refolding, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of a novel single-strand-specific 3′–5′ exonuclease PhoExo I fromPyrococcus horikoshiiOT3

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications, July 2014, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  139. A novel Ca2+-activated, thermostabilized polyesterase capable of hydrolyzing polyethylene terephthalate from Saccharomonospora viridis AHK190

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, June 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  140. Definite Differences between In Vitro Actin-Myosin Sliding and Muscle Contraction as Revealed Using Antibodies to Myosin Head

    Article • PLoS ONE, June 2014, PLOS

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  141. Attenuation of migration properties of CD4+T cells from aged mice correlates with decrease in chemokine receptor expression, response to retinoic acid, and RALDH expression compared to young mice

    Article • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, June 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  142. A pilot study of NMR-based sensory prediction of roasted coffee bean extracts

    Article • Food Chemistry, June 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  143. Human CTP:phosphoethanolamine cytidylyltransferase: Enzymatic properties and unequal catalytic roles of CTP-binding motifs in two cytidylyltransferase domains

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, June 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  144.  L-allo-Threonine aldolase with an H128Y/S292R mutation fromAeromonas jandaeiDK-39 reveals the structural basis of changes in substrate stereoselectivity

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, May 2014, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  145. Identification of Functionally Important Residues of the Silkmoth Pheromone Biosynthesis-activating Neuropeptide Receptor, an Insect Ortholog of the Vertebrate Neuromedin U Receptor

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, May 2014, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  146. Crystal structure of the novel haloalkane dehalogenase DatA from Agrobacterium tumefaciens C58 reveals a special halide-stabilizing pair and enantioselectivity mechanism

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, April 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  147. Broadband WET: a novel technique for quantitative characterization of minor components in foods

    Article • Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, April 2014, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  148. Structural basis for high substrate-binding affinity and enantioselectivity of 3-quinuclidinone reductase AtQR

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, April 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  149. A sequence-specific DNA glycosylase mediates restriction-modification in Pyrococcus abyssi

    Article • Nature Communications, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  150. Calcium-dependent structural changes in human reticulocalbin-1

    Article • The Journal of Biochemistry, January 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  151. Splenic Stromal Cells from Aged Mice Produce Higher Levels of IL-6 Compared to Young Mice

    Article • Mediators of Inflammation, January 2014, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  152. Structural basis of stereospecific reduction by quinuclidinone reductase

    Article • AMB Express, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  153. A novel mode of ferric ion coordination by the periplasmic ferric ion-binding subunit FbpA of an ABC-type iron transporter fromThermus thermophilusHB8

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, December 2013, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  154. The Effect of Acyclic Retinoid on the Metabolomic Profiles of Hepatocytes and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells

    Article • PLoS ONE, December 2013, PLOS

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  155. Evaluation of nonionic adsorbent resins for removal of inhibitory compounds from corncob hydrolysate for ethanol fermentation

    Article • Bioresource Technology, December 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  156. Addition of Exogenous NAD+ Prevents Mefloquine-Induced Neuroaxonal and Hair Cell Degeneration through Reduction of Caspase-3-Mediated Apoptosis in Cochlear Organotypic Cultures

    Article • PLoS ONE, November 2013, PLOS

    Dr. Dongzhen Yu, Professor Masaru Tanokura

  157. Molecular mechanism of strigolactone perception by DWARF14

    Article • Nature Communications, October 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  158. Structural Basis for Cyclization Specificity of TwoAzotobacterType III Polyketide Synthases

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, October 2013, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  159. Coordination to divalent cations by calcium-binding proteins studied by FTIR spectroscopy

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, October 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  160. Complex Structure of the DNA-binding Domain of AdpA, the Global Transcription Factor inStreptomyces griseus, and a Target Duplex DNA Reveals the Structural Basis of Its Tolerant DNA Sequence Specificity

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, September 2013, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  161. Crystal structure of conjugated polyketone reductase (CPR-C1) from Candida parapsilosis IFO 0708 complexed with NADPH

    Article • Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, August 2013, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  162. A Thermoacidophile-Specific Protein Family, DUF3211, Functions as a Fatty Acid Carrier with Novel Binding Mode

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, July 2013, ASM Journals

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  163. Structure of conjugated polyketone reductase from Candida parapsilosis IFO 0708 reveals conformational changes for substrate recognition upon NADPH binding

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, July 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  164. Experimental evidence for the thermophilicity of ancestral life

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, June 2013, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  165. The Flavoenzyme Azobenzene Reductase AzoR from Escherichia coli Binds Roseoflavin Mononucleotide (RoFMN) with High Affinity and Is Less Active in Its RoFMN Form

    Article • Biochemistry, June 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Tilo Mathes, Professor Masaru Tanokura

  166. Development of a Protein Crystal Formation System With a Superconducting Magnet

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, June 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  167. Ototoxic Model of Oxaliplatin and Protection from Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide

    Article • Journal of Otology, June 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  168. Crystal Structure of a Novel N-Substituted L-Amino Acid Dioxygenase from Burkholderia ambifaria AMMD

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2013, PLOS

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  169. Distinguishable In Vitro Binding Mode of Monomeric TRBP and Dimeric PACT with siRNA

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2013, PLOS

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  170. Structure and function of abscisic acid receptors

    Article • Trends in Plant Science, May 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  171. Coordination structures of Mg2+and Ca2+in three types of tobacco calmodulins in solution: Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopic studies of side-chain COO−groups

    Article • Biopolymers, April 2013, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  172. Crystal Structure and Site-Directed Mutagenesis Analyses of Haloalkane Dehalogenase LinB from Sphingobium sp. Strain MI1205

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, April 2013, ASM Journals

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  173. Expression, high-pressure refolding and purification of human leukocyte cell-derived chemotaxin 2 (LECT2)

    Article • Protein Expression and Purification, April 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  174. The structure of brazzein, a sweet-tasting protein from the wild African plantPentadiplandra brazzeana

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, March 2013, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  175. Structural Units Important for Activity of a Novel-type Phosphoserine Phosphatase fromHydrogenobacter thermophilusTK-6 Revealed by Crystal Structure Analysis

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, March 2013, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  176. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of human leukocyte cell-derived chemotaxin 2 (LECT2)

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, February 2013, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  177. Infrared study of synthetic peptide analogues of the calcium-binding site III of troponin C: The role of helix F of an EF-hand motif

    Article • Biopolymers, February 2013, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  178. Development of a Peptide Antagonist against fsr Quorum Sensing of Enterococcus faecalis

    Article • ACS Chemical Biology, February 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  179. Leukocyte cell-derived chemotaxin 2 is a zinc-binding protein

    Article • FEBS Letters, January 2013, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  180. Structure of the Ca2+-saturated C-terminal domain of scallop troponin C in complex with a troponin I fragment

    Article • Biological Chemistry, January 2013, De Gruyter

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  181. Different Ca2+-sensitivities between the EF-hands of T- and L-plastins

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, December 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  182. Ototoxic effects of carboplatin in organotypic cultures in chinchillas and rats

    Article • Journal of Otology, December 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  183. Calaxin drives sperm chemotaxis by Ca 2+ -mediated direct modulation of a dynein motor

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, November 2012, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  184. 13C NMR-Based Metabolomics for the Classification of Green Coffee Beans According to Variety and Origin

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, October 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  185. Effect of low-dose thalidomide on dopaminergic neuronal differentiation of human neural progenitor cells: A combined study of metabolomics and morphological analysis

    Article • NeuroToxicology, October 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  186. Expression, purification, crystallization and X-ray analysis of 3-quinuclidinone reductase fromAgrobacterium tumefaciens

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, September 2012, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  187. Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of SGR6054, aStreptomyceshomologue of the mycobacterial integration host factor mIHF

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, August 2012, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  188. Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of a novel N-substituted branched-chainL-amino-acid dioxygenase fromBurkholderia ambifariaAMMD

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, August 2012, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  189. High pressure refolding, purification, and crystallization of flavin reductase from Sulfolobus tokodaii strain 7

    Article • Protein Expression and Purification, August 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  190. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of a novel type of phosphoserine phosphatase fromHydrogenobacter thermophilusTK-6

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, July 2012, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  191. Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of 4-hydroxy-3-methyl-2-keto-pentanoate aldolase (asHPAL) fromArthrobacter simplexstrain AKU 626

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, July 2012, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  192. Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the DNA-binding domain of AdpA, the central transcription factor in the A-factor regulatory cascade in the filamentous bacteriumStreptomyces griseus, in complex with a duplex DNA

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, July 2012, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  193. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the haloalkane dehalogenase DatA fromAgrobacterium tumefaciensC58

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, May 2012, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  194. The crystal structure of an intermediate dimer of aspergilloglutamic peptidase that mimics the enzyme-activation product complex produced upon autoproteolysis

    Article • The Journal of Biochemistry, May 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  195. NMR-Based Metabolic Profiling of Rice Wines by F2-Selective Total Correlation Spectra

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, May 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  196. Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of carbonyl reductase S1 fromCandida magnoliae

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, April 2012, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  197. Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of OsAREB8 from rice, a member of the AREB/ABF family of bZIP transcription factors, in complex with its cognate DNA

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, March 2012, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  198. Improvement in Quality of Protein Crystals Grown in a High Magnetic Field Gradient

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, February 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  199. Cloning of genes and enzymatic characterizations of novel dioscorin isoforms from Dioscorea japonica

    Article • Plant Science, February 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  200. Metabolic Discrimination of Mango Juice from Various Cultivars by Band-Selective NMR Spectroscopy

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, January 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  201. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of dioscorin fromDioscorea japonica

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, January 2012, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  202. Roasting Process of Coffee Beans as Studied by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance: Time Course of Changes in Composition

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, January 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  203. Establishment of Sf9 Transformants Constitutively Expressing PBAN Receptor Variants: Application to Functional Evaluation

    Article • Frontiers in Endocrinology, January 2012, Frontiers

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  204. Application of High-Field Superconducting Magnet to Protein Crystallization

    Article • Physics Procedia, January 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  205. Re-evaluation of the PBAN receptor molecule: characterization of PBANR variants expressed in the pheromone glands of moths

    Article • Frontiers in Endocrinology, January 2012, Frontiers

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  206. The Arginine Residue within the C-Terminal Active Core of Bombyx mori Pheromone Biosynthesis-Activating Neuropeptide is Essential for Receptor Binding and Activation

    Article • Frontiers in Endocrinology, January 2012, Frontiers

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  207. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of crustacean hyperglycaemic hormone from the kuruma prawnMarsupenaeus japonicusin its weakly active precursor form

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, November 2011, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  208. Substrate Recognition Mechanism and Substrate-Dependent Conformational Changes of an ROK Family Glucokinase from Streptomyces griseus

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, November 2011, ASM Journals

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  209. F2-selective two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy for the analysis of minor components in foods

    Article • Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, October 2011, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  210. siRNA-mediated knockdown of aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator 2 affects hypoxia-inducible factor-1 regulatory signaling and metabolism in human breast cancer cells

    Article • FEBS Letters, September 2011, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  211. Two-Dimensional1H–13C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)-Based Comprehensive Analysis of Roasted Coffee Bean Extract

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, September 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  212. Solution structure of a short-chain insecticidal toxin LaIT1 from the venom of scorpion Liocheles australasiae

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, August 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  213. Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of glucokinase fromStreptomyces griseusin complex with glucose

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, July 2011, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  214. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of a putative sensor histidine kinase domain: the C-terminal domain of HksP4 fromAquifex aeolicusVF5

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, June 2011, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  215. In vivo Antihypertensive Effect of Val-Glu-Pro in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats*

    Article • PROGRESS IN BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS, June 2011, China Science Publishing & Media Ltd.

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  216. Isolation and Caenorhabditis elegans Lifespan Assay of Flavonoids from Onion

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, June 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  217. Isolation and Tyrosinase Inhibitory Effects of Polyphenols from the Leaves of Persimmon, Diospyros kaki

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, June 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  218. Detection of apoptosis by RT–PCR array in mefloquine–induced cochlear damage

    Article • Journal of Otology, June 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  219. Single-molecule paleoenzymology probes the chemistry of resurrected enzymes

    Article • Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, April 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  220. The Crystal Structure of l-Sorbose Reductase from Gluconobacter frateurii Complexed with NADPH and l-Sorbose

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, April 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  221. Electron microscopic evidence for the myosin head lever arm mechanism in hydrated myosin filaments using the gas environmental chamber

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, February 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  222. One-Week Antihypertensive Effect of Ile-Gln-Pro in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, January 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  223. Structure of flap endonuclease 1 from the hyperthermophilic archaeonDesulfurococcus amylolyticus

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, January 2011, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  224. Regulatory mechanism of abscisic acid signaling

    Article • BIOPHYSICS, January 2011, Biophysical Society of Japan

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  225. Recent Progress in Abscisic Acid Receptor Research

    Article • Seibutsu Butsuri, January 2011, Biophysical Society of Japan

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  226. Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the KaiC-like protein PH0187 from the hyperthermophilic archaeonPyrococcus horikoshiiOT3

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, December 2010, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  227. Structural and Biochemical Elucidation of Mechanism for Decarboxylative Condensation of β-Keto Acid by Curcumin Synthase

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, December 2010, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  228. Crystal structure of curcuminoid synthase CUS from Oryza sativa

    Article • Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, November 2010, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  229. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of 5-keto-D-gluconate reductase fromGluconobacter suboxydansIFO12528 complexed with 5-keto-D-gluconate and NADPH

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, November 2010, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  230. Sirt3 Mediates Reduction of Oxidative Damage and Prevention of Age-Related Hearing Loss under Caloric Restriction

    Article • Cell, November 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  231. Molecular Basis of the Core Regulatory Network in ABA Responses: Sensing, Signaling and Transport

    Article • Plant and Cell Physiology, October 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  232. Crystal Structure of γ-Hexachlorocyclohexane Dehydrochlorinase LinA from Sphingobium japonicum UT26

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, October 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  233. Crystal Structure of Zebrafish Hatching Enzyme 1 from the Zebrafish Danio rerio

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, October 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  234. Complex mixture analysis of organic compounds in green coffee bean extract by two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy

    Article • Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, September 2010, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  235. Isolation, cDNA Cloning, and Structure-based Functional Characterization of Oryctin, a Hemolymph Protein from the Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle,Oryctes rhinoceros, as a Novel Serine Protease Inhibitor

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, July 2010, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  236. Mitochondrial DNA Mutations Induce Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Apoptosis and Sarcopenia in Skeletal Muscle of Mitochondrial DNA Mutator Mice

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2010, PLOS

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  237. Biological actions of green tea catechins on cardiac troponin C

    Article • British Journal of Pharmacology, June 2010, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  238. Isolation of an Antihypertensive Peptide from Alcalase Digest ofSpirulina platensis

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, June 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  239. Autism spectrum disorder is related to endoplasmic reticulum stress induced by mutations in the synaptic cell adhesion molecule, CADM1

    Article • Cell Death and Disease, June 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  240. Purification and Characterization of an Angiotensin I-converting Enzyme Inhibitory Peptide Derived From Spirulina platensis*

    Article • PROGRESS IN BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS, May 2010, China Science Publishing & Media Ltd.

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  241. An Archaeal Dim2-Like Protein, aDim2p, Forms a Ternary Complex with a/eIF2α and the 3′ End Fragment of 16S rRNA

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, May 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  242. The structure of mAG, a monomeric mutant of the green fluorescent protein Azami-Green, reveals the structural basis of its stable green emission

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, April 2010, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  243. Structure of the histone chaperone CIA/ASF1–double bromodomain complex linking histone modifications and site-specific histone eviction

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, April 2010, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  244. Cooperative DNA-binding and sequence-recognition mechanism of aristaless and clawless

    Article • The EMBO Journal, April 2010, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  245. Reduction of MPO-ANCA epitopes in SCG/Kj mice by 15-deoxyspergualin treatment restricted by IgG2b associated with crescentic glomerulonephritis

    Article • Rheumatology, April 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  246. Effects of Caloric Restriction on Age-Related Hearing Loss in Rodents and Rhesus Monkeys

    Article • Current Aging Science, February 2010, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  247. Stimulatory effects of arachidonic acid on myosin ATPase activity and contraction of smooth muscle via myosin motor domain

    Article • AJP Heart and Circulatory Physiology, February 2010, American Physiological Society

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  248. Crystal Structure of the ATPPase Subunit and Its Substrate-Dependent Association with the GATase Subunit: A Novel Regulatory Mechanism for a Two-Subunit-Type GMP Synthetase from Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, January 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  249. Discovery and Characterization of a Thermostable NADH Oxidase from Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3

    Article • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society, December 2009, Korean Chemical Society

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  250. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of a monomeric mutant of Azami-Green (mAG), anAequorea victoriagreen fluorescent protein-like green-emitting fluorescent protein from the stony coralGalaxea fascicularis

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, November 2009, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  251. Age-related hearing loss in C57BL/6J mice is mediated by Bak-dependent mitochondrial apoptosis

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, November 2009, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  252. Cell-Free Protein Synthesis for Structure Determination by X-ray Crystallography

    Article • November 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  253. Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of conjugated polyketone reductase C2 (CPR-C2) fromCandida parapsilosisIFO 0708

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, October 2009, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  254. Structural basis of abscisic acid signalling

    Article • Nature, October 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  255. Crystal structure of ginkbilobin-2 with homology to the extracellular domain of plant cysteine-rich receptor-like kinases

    Article • Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, October 2009, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  256. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of ZHE1, a hatching enzyme from the zebrafishDanio rerio

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, September 2009, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  257. Binding of an RNA pol II Ligand to the WW Domain of Pin1 Using Molecular Dynamics Docking Simulations

    Article • Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, August 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  258. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of flap endonuclease 1 (FEN1) fromDesulfurococcus amylolyticus

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, August 2009, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  259. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of γ-hexachlorocyclohexane dehydrochlorinase LinA fromSphingobium japonicumUT26

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, July 2009, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  260. Crystal structure of KaiC-like protein PH0186 from hyperthermophilic archaeaPyrococcus horikoshiiOT3

    Article • Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, June 2009, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  261. Molecular Mechanism of Distinct Salt-Dependent Enzyme Activity of Two Halophilic Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinases

    Article • Biophysical Journal, June 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  262. Phosphorylation of proteins by dry-heating in the presence of pyrophosphate and some characteristics of introduced phosphate groups

    Article • Food Chemistry, June 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  263. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the NADPH-dependent 3-quinuclidinone reductase fromRhodotorula rubra

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, May 2009, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  264. Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis ofL-sorbose reductase fromGluconobacter frateuriicomplexed withL-sorbose or NADPH

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, May 2009, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  265. Crystal structure of TTHA1264, a putative M16-family zinc peptidase fromThermus thermophilusHB8 that is homologous to the β subunit of mitochondrial processing peptidase

    Article • Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, May 2009, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  266. Optimisation of hydrolysis conditions for the production of the angiotensin-I converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory peptides from whey protein using response surface methodology

    Article • Food Chemistry, May 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  267. Structure of TTHA1623, a novel metallo-β-lactamase superfamily protein fromThermus thermophilusHB8

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, April 2009, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  268. Purification and characterization of CEP from Lactococcus lactis ssp. lactis

    Article • Food Chemistry, February 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  269. Correction for Sugi et al. , Direct demonstration of the cross-bridge recovery stroke in muscle thick filaments in aqueous solution by using the hydration chamber

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, January 2009, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  270. Crystal structure of the DUF54 family protein PH1010 from hyperthermophilic archaeaPyrococcus horikoshiiOT3

    Article • Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, January 2009, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  271. Direct demonstration of the cross-bridge recovery stroke in muscle thick filaments in aqueous solution by using the hydration chamber

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, November 2008, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  272. Structure-Activity Relationship of Gelatinase Biosynthesis-Activating Pheromone of Enterococcus faecalis

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, November 2008, ASM Journals

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  273. Absolute Side-chain Structure at Position 13 Is Required for the Inhibitory Activity of Bromein

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, October 2008, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  274. Studies of the structure of multiferric ion-bound lactoferrin: A new antianemic edible material

    Article • International Dairy Journal, October 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  275. Crystal structure of TTHA1429, a novel metallo-β-lactamase superfamily protein from Thermus thermophilus HB8

    Article • Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, September 2008, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  276. Crystal structure of hypothetical protein PH0734.1 from hyperthermophilic archaea Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3

    Article • Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, September 2008, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  277. Structural characterisation of PinA WW domain and a comparison with other Group IV WW domains, Pin1 and Ess1

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics, September 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  278. The role of mtDNA mutations in the pathogenesis of age-related hearing loss in mice carrying a mutator DNA polymerase γ

    Article • Neurobiology of Aging, July 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  279. Arabidopsis DREB2A-Interacting Proteins Function as RING E3 Ligases and Negatively Regulate Plant Drought Stress–Responsive Gene Expression

    Article • The Plant Cell, June 2008, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  280. The dynein stalk head, the microtubule binding-domain of dynein: NMR assignment and ligand binding

    Article • Journal of Biomolecular NMR, May 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  281. Infrared spectroscopic study of the metal-coordination structures of calcium-binding proteins

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, April 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  282. Separation and characterization of the colored material from sugarcane molasses

    Article • Chemosphere, April 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  283. Spectroscopic and ITC study of the conformational change upon Ca2+-binding in TnC C-lobe and TnI peptide complex from Akazara scallop striated muscle

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, April 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  284. Expansion of Substrate Specificity and Catalytic Mechanism of Azoreductase by X-ray Crystallography and Site-directed Mutagenesis

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, March 2008, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  285. Investigation of chemical structure of nonprotein proteinase inhibitors from dried figs

    Article • Food Chemistry, March 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  286. Proteinase Inhibitor from Ginkgo Seeds Is a Member of the Plant Nonspecific Lipid Transfer Protein Gene Family

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, February 2008, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  287. Crystal structure of STS042, a stand-alone RAM module protein, from hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus tokodaii strain7

    Article • Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, February 2008, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  288. Structure of calcium-bound human S100A13 at pH 7.5 at 1.8 Å resolution

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, January 2008, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  289. Synergistic Activation of the Arabidopsis NADPH Oxidase AtrbohD by Ca2+ and Phosphorylation

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, January 2008, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  290. A unique catalytic triad revealed by the crystal structure of APE0912, a short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase family protein from Aeropyrum pernix K1

    Article • Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, January 2008, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  291. Crystal structure of the proline iminopeptidase-related protein TTHA1809 from Thermus thermophilus HB8

    Article • Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, January 2008, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  292. Crystal structure of TTHA0303 (TT2238), a four‐helix bundle protein with an exposed histidine triad from Thermus thermophilus HB8 at 2.0 Å

    Article • Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, January 2008, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  293. Disulfide linkage patterns of pig zona pellucida glycoproteins ZP3 and ZP4

    Article • Molecular Reproduction and Development, January 2008, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  294. Infrared spectroscopic study of the binding of divalent cations to Akazara scallop troponin C: The effect of the methylene side chain of glutamate residue

    Article • Biopolymers, January 2008, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  295. Improvement of 2′-Hydroxybiphenyl-2-sulfinate Desulfinase, an Enzyme Involved in the Dibenzothiophene Desulfurization Pathway, fromRhodococcus erythropolisKA2-5-1 by Site-Directed Mutagenesis

    Article • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, November 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  296. Homodimeric Structure and Double-stranded RNA Cleavage Activity of the C-terminal RNase III Domain of Human Dicer

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, November 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  297. Crystal structure of Dim2p: A preribosomal RNA processing factor, fromPyrococcus horikoshiiOT3 at 2.30 Å

    Article • Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, November 2007, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  298. Genes encoding mitochondrial respiratory chain components are profoundly down-regulated with aging in the cochlea of DBA/2J mice

    Article • Brain Research, November 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  299. Caloric restriction suppresses apoptotic cell death in the mammalian cochlea and leads to prevention of presbycusis

    Article • Neurobiology of Aging, October 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  300. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of ginkbilobin-2 fromGinkgo bilobaseeds: a novel antifungal protein with homology to the extracellular domain of plant cysteine-rich receptor-like kinases. Erratum

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, September 2007, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  301. Recombinant bovine zona pellucida glycoproteins ZP3 and ZP4 coexpressed in Sf9 cells form a sperm-binding active hetero-complex

    Article • FEBS Journal, September 2007, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  302. PinA from Aspergillus nidulans binds to pS/pT-P motifs using the same Loop I and XP groove as mammalian Pin1

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics, September 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  303. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of ginkbilobin-2 fromGinkgo bilobaseeds: a novel antifungal protein with homology to the extracellular domain of plant cysteine-rich receptor-like kinases

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, August 2007, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  304. Reversible and Irreversible Coiled Coils in the Stalk Domain of ncd Motor Protein

    Article • Biochemistry, August 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  305. Crystal structure of the PIN domain of human telomerase-associated protein EST1A

    Article • Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, June 2007, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  306. Crystal structure of thioredoxin domain of ST2123 from thermophilic archaea Sulfolobus tokodaii strain7

    Article • Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, June 2007, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  307. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of PH1010 fromPyrococcus horikoshiiOT3, a member of the archaeal DUF54 family of proteins

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, May 2007, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  308. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the Ca2+-bound C-terminal lobe of troponin C in complex with a troponin I-derived peptide fragment from Akazara scallop

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, May 2007, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  309. Nondestructive Quantification of Organic Compounds in Whole Milk without Pretreatment by Two-Dimensional NMR Spectroscopy

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, May 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  310. Role of mitochondrial dysfunction and mitochondrial DNA mutations in age-related hearing loss

    Article • Hearing Research, April 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  311. Cloning, expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of selenomethionine-labelled KaiC-like protein PH0186 fromPyrococcus horikoshiiOT3

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, March 2007, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  312. Crystal structure of an archaeal homologue of multidrug resistance repressor protein, EmrR, from hyperthermophilic archaea Sulfolobus tokodaii strain 7

    Article • Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, March 2007, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  313. Novel protein fold discovered in the PabI family of restriction enzymes

    Article • Nucleic Acids Research, March 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  314. Purification, characterization, and molecular gene cloning of an antifungal protein from Ginkgo biloba seeds

    Article • Biological Chemistry, January 2007, De Gruyter

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  315. Infrared spectroscopic study on Ca2+ binding to Akazara scallop troponin C in comparison with peptide analogues of its Ca2+-binding Site IV

    Article • Vibrational Spectroscopy, November 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  316. Siamycin Attenuates fsr Quorum Sensing Mediated by a Gelatinase Biosynthesis-Activating Pheromone in Enterococcus faecalis

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, October 2006, ASM Journals

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  317. Structure of FBP11 WW1-PL Ligand Complex Reveals the Mechanism of Proline-rich Ligand Recognition by Group II/III WW Domains

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, October 2006, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  318. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of human S100A13

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, October 2006, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  319. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of CTP:phosphoethanolamine cytidylyltransferase (ECT) fromSaccharomyces cerevisiae

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, September 2006, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  320. Crystal Structure and Desulfurization Mechanism of 2′-Hydroxybiphenyl-2-sulfinic Acid Desulfinase

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, August 2006, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  321. Temperature-induced chirality reversal of induced circular dichroism of premicellar aggregates of acridine orange derivatives and dodecanoyl-l-threonine in aqueous solution

    Article • Colloid & Polymer Science, June 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  322. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the PIN domain of human EST1A

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, June 2006, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  323. Three-dimensional Structure of AzoR fromEscherichia coli

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, May 2006, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  324. Crystal Structures of the Short-Chain Flavin Reductase HpaC fromSulfolobus tokodaiiStrain 7 in Its Three States:  NAD(P)+-Free, NAD+-Bound, and NADP+-Bound†,‡

    Article • Biochemistry, April 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  325. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the C-terminal RNase III domain of human Dicer

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, March 2006, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  326. Coiled Coil in the Stalk Region of ncd Motor Protein Is Nonlocally Sustained

    Article • Biochemistry, March 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  327. Conformational phase diagram of poly(l-lysine) in sodium alkanesulfonate aqueous solutions at various temperatures

    Article • Colloid & Polymer Science, February 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  328. Solution structure and binding specificity of FBP11/HYPA WW domain as Group-II/III

    Article • Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, February 2006, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  329. Expression and Purification of Active WW Domains of FBP11/HYPA and FBP28/CA150

    Article • Protein and Peptide Letters, February 2006, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  330. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopic Analysis of the Intact Zona Pellucida of the Mammalian Egg: Changes in the Secondary Structure of Bovine Zona Pellucida Proteins During Fertilization

    Article • Experimental Biology and Medicine, February 2006, SAGE Publications

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  331. Characterization of the acidic and basic limbs of a bell-shaped pH profile in the inhibitory activity of bromelain inhibitor VI

    Article • Biopolymers, January 2006, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  332. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic study on the Ca2+-bound coordination structures of synthetic peptide analogues of the calcium-binding site III of troponin C

    Article • Biopolymers, January 2006, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  333. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of PH1566, a putative ribosomal RNA-processing factor from the hyperthermophilic archaeonPyrococcus horikoshiiOT3

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, December 2005, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  334. Crystal structure of the YjgF/YER057c/UK114 family protein from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus tokodaii strain 7

    Article • Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, December 2005, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  335. Drastic Ca2+ sensitization of myofilament associated with a small structural change in troponin I in inherited restrictive cardiomyopathy

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, December 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  336. Atomically Detailed Description of the Unfolding of α-Lactalbumin by the Combined Use of Experiments and Simulations

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, November 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  337. Comparative study of catechin compositions in five Japanese persimmons ()

    Article • Food Chemistry, November 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  338. Stalk region of kinesin-related protein Unc104 has moderate ability to form coiled-coil dimer

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, November 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  339. Structural Basis for Ca2+-regulated Muscle Relaxation at Interaction Sites of Troponin with Actin and Tropomyosin

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, September 2005, Elsevier

    Takuo Yasunaga, Professor Masaru Tanokura

  340. Comparative studies on the functional roles of N- and C-terminal regions of molluskan and vertebrate troponin-I

    Article • FEBS Journal, September 2005, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  341. Purification and gene cloning of Fundulus heteroclitus hatching enzyme. A hatching enzyme system composed of high choriolytic enzyme and low choriolytic enzyme is conserved between two different teleosts, Fundulus heteroclitus and medaka Oryzias latipes

    Article • FEBS Journal, September 2005, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  342. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the YjgF/YER057c/UK114-family protein ST0811 fromSulfolobus tokodaiistrain 7

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, August 2005, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  343. Crystal structure and structural stability of acylphosphatase from hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3

    Article • Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, August 2005, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  344. Discovery of a novel restriction endonuclease by genome comparison and application of a wheat-germ-based cell-free translation assay: PabI (5'-GTA/C) from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus abyssi

    Article • Nucleic Acids Research, July 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  345. Mitochondrial DNA Mutations, Oxidative Stress, and Apoptosis in Mammalian Aging

    Article • Science, July 2005, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  346. Antihypertensive peptides from skimmed milk hydrolysate digested by cell-free extract of Lactobacillus helveticus JCM1004

    Article • Food Chemistry, June 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  347. Preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of thermolysin in the presence of 4 M NaCl

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, May 2005, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  348. Functional importance of Ca2+-deficient N-terminal lobe of molluscan troponin C in troponin regulation

    Article • Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, April 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  349. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of AzoR (azoreductase) fromEscherichia coli

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, March 2005, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  350. Recombinant Porcine Zona Pellucida Glycoproteins Expressed in Sf9 Cells Bind to Bovine Sperm but Not to Porcine Sperm

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, March 2005, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  351. A proposed catalytic mechanism of aspergilloglutamic peptidase from Aspergillus niger

    Article • Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B, January 2005, Japan Academy

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  352. Crystal structure of azoreductase AzoR from Escherichia coli

    Article • Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B, January 2005, Japan Academy

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  353. Crystal structure of glutamine amidotransferase from Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3

    Article • Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B, January 2005, Japan Academy

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  354. Crystal structure of monomeric sarcosine oxidase from Bacillus sp. NS-129 reveals multiple conformations at the active-site loop

    Article • Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B, January 2005, Japan Academy

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  355. Crystal structure of the short-chain flavin reductase HpaC from Sulfolobus tokodaii strain 7

    Article • Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B, January 2005, Japan Academy

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  356. Effects of ionization on chemical shifts of the surrounding protons of bromelain inhibitor VI

    Article • Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B, January 2005, Japan Academy

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  357. Purification and characterization of a novel prolyl endopeptidase from Aspergillus niger

    Article • Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B, January 2005, Japan Academy

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  358. Susceptibility of the interchain peptide of a bromelain inhibitor precursor to the target proteases bromelain, chymotrypsin, and trypsin

    Article • Biological Chemistry, January 2005, De Gruyter

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  359. Purification and characterization of an aminopeptidase from Lactobacillus helveticus JCM 1004

    Article • Food Chemistry, December 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  360. Crystal Structure of the Terminal Oxygenase Component of Biphenyl Dioxygenase Derived from Rhodococcus sp. Strain RHA1

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, September 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  361. Letter to the Editor: Backbone1H,13C and15N resonance assignment of the N-terminal domain of human eRF1

    Article • Journal of Biomolecular NMR, September 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  362. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analyses of desulfurization enzyme DszB and its C27S mutant complexed with biphenyl-2-sulfinic acid

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, August 2004, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  363. Letter to the Editor:1H,13C and15N assignments of the tandem WW domains of human MAGI-1/BAP-1

    Article • Journal of Biomolecular NMR, August 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  364. Letter to the Editor:1H,13C,15N resonance assignments of the cytokine LECT2

    Article • Journal of Biomolecular NMR, August 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  365. Nondestructive Observation of Bovine Milk by NMR Spectroscopy:  Analysis of Existing States of Compounds and Detection of New Compounds

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, August 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  366. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of carboxypeptidase 1 fromThermus thermophilus

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, July 2004, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  367. Specificity of the Synergistic Anion for Iron Binding by Ferric Binding Protein fromNeisseria gonorrhoeae†

    Article • Biochemistry, July 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Michael Murphy, Professor Masaru Tanokura

  368. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of peptide deformylase fromThermus thermophilusHB8

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, June 2004, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  369. Cloning, purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of acylphosphatase fromPyrococcus horikoshiiOT3

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, May 2004, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  370. Common Mechanism of Ligand Recognition by Group II/III WW Domains

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, May 2004, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  371. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of HCE-1, a hatching enzyme of medaka fish,Oryzias latipes

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, March 2004, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  372. Identification of arginine residues important for the activity of Escherichia coli signal peptidase I

    Article • Biological Chemistry, January 2004, De Gruyter

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  373. Crystal structure of acylphosphatase from hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3

    Article • Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B, January 2004, Japan Academy

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  374. Article • Nippon Nōgeikagaku Kaishi, January 2004, Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  375. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic study on the binding of Mg2+ to a mutant Akazara scallop troponin C (E142Q)

    Article • Biopolymers, January 2004, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  376. The three-dimensional structure of aspergilloglutamic peptidase from Aspergillus niger

    Article • Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B, January 2004, Japan Academy

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  377. Type I restriction enzyme with RecA protein promotes illegitimate recombination

    Article • Plasmid, November 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  378. Multiple Parallel-pathway Folding of Proline-free Staphylococcal Nuclease

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, October 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  379. Three-dimensional Solution Structure of an Archaeal FKBP with a Dual Function of Peptidyl Prolyl cis–trans Isomerase and Chaperone-like Activities

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, May 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  380. Multiplication of a restriction-modification gene complex

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, April 2003, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  381. Expression, oxidative refolding, and characterization of six-histidine-tagged recombinant human LECT2, a 16-kDa chemotactic protein with three disulfide bonds

    Article • Protein Expression and Purification, February 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  382. Kinetic studies of unfolding process of aspergillopepsin II by pH-jump methods

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, February 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  383. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies on the pKa Values and Interaction of Ionizable Groups in Bromelain Inhibitor VI from Pineapple Stem

    Article • Biological Chemistry, January 2003, De Gruyter

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  384. Determination of the NMR Structure of Gln25-Ribonuclease T1

    Article • Biological Chemistry, January 2003, De Gruyter

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  385. The Solution Structure of Molt-inhibiting Hormone from the Kuruma PrawnMarsupenaeus japonicus

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, January 2003, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  386. Metal-Free and Ca2+-Bound Structures of a Multidomain EF-Hand Protein, CBP40, from the Lower Eukaryote Physarum polycephalum

    Article • Structure, January 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  387. Probing WW Domains to Uncover and Refine Determinants of Specificity in Ligand Recognition

    Article • Cytotechnology, January 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  388. Characterization of Genomic Sequence Coding for Bromelain Inhibitors in Pineapple and Expression of Its Recombinant Isoform

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, May 2002, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  389. Effect of the DNA topoisomerase II inhibitor VP-16 on illegitimate recombination in yeast chromosomes

    Article • Gene, May 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  390. Structure-Function Relationship of Bromelain Isoinhibitors from Pineapple Stem

    Article • Biological Chemistry, January 2002, De Gruyter

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  391. The effect of amphiphilic additives on the growth and morphology of Aspergillus niger acid proteinase A crystals

    Article • Journal of Crystal Growth, January 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  392. Determinants of Ligand Specificity in Groups I and IV WW Domains as Studied by Surface Plasmon Resonance and Model Building

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, December 2001, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  393. Coordination structures of Ca2+ and Mg2+ in Akazara scallop troponin C in solution

    Article • FEBS Journal, December 2001, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  394. The Three-Dimensional Structure of Septum Site-Determining Protein MinD from Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3 in Complex with Mg-ADP

    Article • Structure, September 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Nobuhisa Watanabe, Professor Masaru Tanokura

  395. Article • Cytotechnology, January 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  396. Three-Dimensional Solution Structure of Oryzacystatin-I, a Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitor of the Rice,Oryza sativaL. japonica†,‡

    Article • Biochemistry, December 2000, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  397. Structure and Site-directed Mutagenesis of a Flavoprotein fromEscherichia coli That Reduces Nitrocompounds: ALTERATION OF PYRIDINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING BY A SINGLE AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, October 2000, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Michael Murphy, Professor Masaru Tanokura

  398. On the tryptophan residue of smooth muscle myosin that responds to binding of nucleotide

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 2000, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  399. Characterization of native and recombinant peptidyl prolylcis-trans isomerases derived fromMethanococcus thermolithotrophicus based on cDNA sequence

    Article • Electrophoresis, May 2000, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  400. Rapid Determination of Parvalbumin Amino Acid Sequence from Rana catesbeiana (pI 4.78) by Combination of ESI Mass Spectrometry, Protein Sequencing, and Amino Acid Analysis

    Article • The Journal of Biochemistry, May 2000, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  401. pH-Dependent Unfolding of Aspergillopepsin II Studied by Small-Angle X-ray Scattering†

    Article • Biochemistry, February 2000, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  402. Gene Organization for Nitric Oxide Reduction inAlcaligenes faecalisS-6

    Article • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, January 2000, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  403. Article • Journal of Biomolecular NMR, January 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  404. Molecular cloning of the Lon protease gene fromThermus thermophilusHB8 and characterization of its gene product

    Article • FEBS Journal, December 1999, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  405. Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of major nitroreductase from Escherichia coli

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, November 1999, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  406. Crystallization and Preliminary X-Ray Diffraction Studies of a 40 kDa Calcium Binding Protein Specifically Expressed in Plasmodia of Physarum polycephalum

    Article • The Journal of Biochemistry, July 1999, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  407. Kinetic and mutation analyses of aspartate kinase from thermus flavus

    Article • Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, June 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  408. Aspartate Kinase-Independent Lysine Synthesis in an Extremely Thermophilic Bacterium, Thermus thermophilus: Lysine Is Synthesized via α-Aminoadipic Acid Not via Diaminopimelic Acid

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, March 1999, ASM Journals

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  409. Cloning and characterization in Escherichia coli of the gene encoding the principal sigma factor of an extreme thermophile, Thermus thermophilus

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, March 1999, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  410. A phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance study on the complex of chicken gizzard myosin subfragment 1 with adenosine diphosphate

    Article • January 1999, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  411. Crystal growth and solubility studies of Aspergillus niger acid proteinase A in the presence of both a salt and an organic solvent

    Article • Journal of Crystal Growth, January 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  412. Article • Neurochemical Research, January 1999, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  413. Evidence for existence of multiple conformations of kinesin and ncd motor domains in solution revealed by 31P-NMR of the tightly bound ADP

    Article • FEBS Journal, October 1998, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  414. The Amino Acid Sequences of Isoforms of the Bromelain Inhibitor from Pineapple Stem

    Article • The Journal of Biochemistry, August 1998, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  415. 1.8 Å crystal structure of the major NAD(P)H:FMN oxidoreductase of a bioluminescent bacterium, Vibrio fischeri: overall structure, cofactor and substrate-analog binding, and comparison with related flavoproteins

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, July 1998, Elsevier

    Michael Murphy, Professor Masaru Tanokura

  416. Crystallization and Preliminary X-Ray Diffraction Studies of a Rice Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitor, Oryzacystatin-I

    Article • The Journal of Biochemistry, April 1998, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  417. Conversion of NfsA, the Major Escherichia coliNitroreductase, to a Flavin Reductase with an Activity Similar to That of Frp, a Flavin Reductase in Vibrio harveyi, by a Single Amino Acid Substitution

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, January 1998, ASM Journals

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  418. Article • Journal of Clinical Immunology, January 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  419. Designing the hydrophobic core of Thermus flavus malate dehydrogenase based on side-chain packing

    Article • Protein Engineering Design and Selection, January 1998, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  420. Purification and Characterization of NfrA1, aBacillus subtilisNitro/flavin Reductase Capable of Interacting with the Bacterial Luciferase

    Article • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, January 1998, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  421. Substrate Specificity of Non-Pepsin-Type Acid Proteinase, Aspergillus niger Proteinase A

    Article • January 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  422. Crystallization and Preliminary Crystallographic Analysis of the Sarcosine Oxidase fromBacillussp. NS-129

    Article • Journal of Structural Biology, October 1997, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  423. Hydrolysis of AMPPNP by the motor domain of ncd, a kinesin-related protein

    Article • FEBS Letters, June 1997, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  424. Modulation of Actin Filament Sliding by Mutations of the SH2 Cysteine inDictyosteliumMyosin II

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, May 1997, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  425. Crystallization and Preliminary Crystallographic Studies of Dimethyl Sulfoxide Reductase from Rhodobacter sphaeroides f. sp. denitrificans.

    Article • Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B, January 1997, Japan Academy

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  426. Article • Cytotechnology, January 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  427. Gene Cloning, Purification, and Characterization of NfsB, a Minor Oxygen-Insensitive Nitroreductase from Escherichia coli, Similar in Biochemical Properties to FRase I, the Major Flavin Reductase in Vibrio fischeri

    Article • The Journal of Biochemistry, October 1996, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  428. Phase diagram of crystallization of Aspergillus niger acid proteinase A, a non-pepsin-type acid proteinase

    Article • Journal of Crystal Growth, October 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  429. Site-directed mutagenesis of azurin fromPseudomonas aeruginosaenhances the formation of an electron-transfer complex with a copper-containing nitrite reductase fromAlcaligenes faecalisS-6

    Article • FEBS Letters, September 1996, Wiley

    Michael Murphy, Professor Masaru Tanokura

  430. Enhancement of the Turnover Number of Thermostable Malate Dehydrogenase by Deleting Hydrogen Bonds around the Catalytic Site

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, August 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  431. Crystallization and Preliminary Crystallographic Analysis of the Major NAD(P)H:FMN Oxidoreductase ofVibrio fischeriATCC 7744

    Article • Journal of Structural Biology, July 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  432. Studies on Protein-Protein Interaction between Copper-containing Nitrite Reductase and Pseudoazurin fromAlcaligenes faecalisS-6

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, June 1996, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  433. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of brazzein, a new sweet protein

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, May 1996, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  434. Conversion of NfsB, a minor Escherichia coli nitroreductase, to a flavin reductase similar in biochemical properties to FRase I, the major flavin reductase in Vibrio fischeri, by a single amino acid substitution.

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, January 1996, ASM Journals

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  435. Biochemical characterization of NfsA, the Escherichia coli major nitroreductase exhibiting a high amino acid sequence homology to Frp, a Vibrio harveyi flavin oxidoreductase.

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, January 1996, ASM Journals

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  436. Crystal Structure of Ribonuclease T1 Carboxymethylated at Glu58 in Complex with 2‘-GMP‡

    Article • Biochemistry, January 1996, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  437. Solution Structure of Bromelain Inhibitor VI from Pineapple Stem:  Structural Similarity with Bowman−Birk Trypsin/Chymotrypsin Inhibitor from Soybean,

    Article • Biochemistry, January 1996, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  438. Tertiary Structure Comparison of Bromelain Inhibitor VI from Pineapple Stem with Bovine Pancreatic Trypsin Inhibitor.

    Article • Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B, January 1996, Japan Academy

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  439. Differential scanning calorimetric studies of the thermal unfolding of acid proteinase A from Aspergillus niger at various pHs

    Article • Thermochimica Acta, December 1995, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  440. Effects of Replacement of Lys25 with Gln on the Conformation of Ribonuclease T1: Sequence-Specific 1H NMR Resonance Assignments of Gln25 Ribonuclease T1 by Two-Dimensional NMR Spectroscopy1

    Article • The Journal of Biochemistry, October 1995, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  441. Structure of Alcaligenes faecalis Nitrite Reductase and a Copper Site Mutant, M150E, That Contains Zinc

    Article • Biochemistry, September 1995, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Michael Murphy, Professor Masaru Tanokura

  442. Primary Structure, Sequence-Specific 1H-NMR Assignments and Secondary Structure in Solution of Bromelain Inhibitor VI from Pineapple Stem

    Article • FEBS Journal, September 1995, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  443. A comparative study of the binding effects of Mg2+, Ca2+, Sr2+, and Cd2+ on calmodulin by fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy

    Article • Biospectroscopy, January 1995, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  444. Conformation Analysis of Non-Pepsin-Type Acid Proteinase a from the Fungus Aspergillus Niger by NMR

    Article • January 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  445. X-Ray Crystallographic Study of a Non-Pepsin-Type Acid Proteinase, Aspergillus Niger Proteinase A

    Article • January 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  446. Thermal stabilization of ribonuclease T1by carboxymethylation at Glu-58 as revealed by1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

    Article • FEBS Letters, September 1994, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  447. Infrared studies of interaction between metal ions and Ca2+-binding proteins Marker bands for identifying the types of coordination of the side-chain COO−groups to metal ions in pike parvalbumin (pI = 4.10)

    Article • FEBS Letters, July 1994, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  448. UV-laser-induced changes in the infrared spectrum of calmodulin in the presence of a photosensitive Ca2+ chelator

    Article • Journal of Molecular Structure, July 1994, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  449. Fourier transform infrared studies on conformational changes of calmodulin induced by metal-ion binding

    Article • January 1994, SPIE

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  450. A New Crystal Form of Proteinase A, a Non-Pepsin-Type Acid Proteinase from Aspergillus niger var. macrosporus1

    Article • The Journal of Biochemistry, October 1993, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  451. Complexes of Myosin Subfragment 1 with Pyrophosphate and with Adebisube Diphosphate as Studied by Phosphorus–31 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance1

    Article • The Journal of Biochemistry, January 1993, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  452. Preparation and Characterization of Troponin C from Bullfrog Skeletal Muscle1

    Article • The Journal of Biochemistry, December 1992, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  453. Protein sequence determination by ESI-MS and LSI-MS tandem mass spectrometry: parvalbumin primary structures from cat, gerbil and monkey skeletal muscle

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology, November 1992, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  454. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray investigation of proteinase A, a non-pepsin-type acid proteinase from Aspergillus niger var. macrosporus

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, January 1992, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  455. Effect of Dimethylsulfoxide on the Crystallization of Aspergillus niger Proteinase A.

    Article • Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B, January 1991, Japan Academy

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  456. Structure and Function of a Pepstatin-Insensitive Acid Proteinase from Aspergillus Niger var. Macrosporus

    Article • January 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  457. Heat capacity and entropy changes of troponin C from bullfrog skeletal muscle induced by calcium binding

    Article • FEBS Journal, September 1990, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  458. The complete amino acid sequence of bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana ) parvalbumin pI4.97

    Article • FEBS Letters, July 1990, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  459. Heat capacity and entropy changes of the major isotype of the toad (Bufo) parvalbumin induced by calcium binding

    Article • FEBS Journal, February 1990, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  460. Calorimetric Studies on Calcium and Magnesium Binding by Troponin C from Bullfrog Skeletal Muscle1

    Article • The Journal of Biochemistry, January 1990, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  461. Purification and characterization of the parvalbumin from monkey skeletal muscle

    Article • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Comparative Biochemistry, January 1990, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  462. Temperature Dependences Of The Infrared And Circular Dichroism Spectra Of Ribonuclease A And Troponin C

    Article • December 1989, SPIE

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  463. Potentiometric studies on calcium and magnesium binding by bullfrog skeletal muscle troponin C. Effect of proton on binding of calcium and magnesium.

    Article • Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B, January 1989, Japan Academy

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  464. Potentiometric studies on calcium and magnesium binding by bullfrog skeletal muscle troponin C. Potentiometric titration curves.

    Article • Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B, January 1989, Japan Academy

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  465. Phosphorus nuclear magnetic resonance studies on the effect of duration of contraction in bull-frog skeletal muscles.

    Article • The Journal of Physiology, December 1988, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  466. Time-resolved 31P-NMR studies on contraction and recovery of bullfrog sartorius muscles. An improved system for physiological measurements.

    Article • Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B, January 1988, Japan Academy

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  467. Time-resolved 31P-NMR studies on contraction and recovery of bullfrog sartorius muscles. A post-contractile increase in NMR-visible phosphates.

    Article • Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B, January 1988, Japan Academy

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  468. Time-resolved 31P-NMR studies on contraction and recovery of bullfrog sartorius muscles. Mechanism of post-contractile increase in NMR-visible phosphates.

    Article • Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B, January 1988, Japan Academy

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  469. Heat capacity and entropy changes of the two major isotypes of bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) parvalbumins induced by calcium binding

    Article • Biochemistry, December 1987, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  470. Preparation and Characterization of the Major Isotype of Parvalbumin from Skeletal Muscle of the Toad (Bufo bufo japonicus)1

    Article • The Journal of Biochemistry, November 1987, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  471. A calorimetric study of Ca2+ binding by the parvalbumin of the toad (Bufo ): distinguishable binding sites in the molecule

    Article • FEBS Letters, December 1986, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  472. Preparation and Characterization of Two Major Isotypes of Parvalbumins from Skeletal Muscle of Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)1

    Article • The Journal of Biochemistry, April 1986, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  473. Kinetic Studies of Calcium Binding to Parvalbumins from Bullfrog Skeletal Muscle1

    Article • The Journal of Biochemistry, January 1986, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  474. Steady-State Properties of Calcium Binding to Parvalbumins from Bullfrog Skeletal Muscle: Effects of Mg2+ pH, Ionic Strength, and Temperature1

    Article • The Journal of Biochemistry, January 1986, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  475. A calorimetric study of Ca2+ binding to two major isotypes of bullfrog parvalbumin

    Article • FEBS Letters, June 1985, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  476. 31 P-nuclear magnetic resonance studies of intact plasmodia of Physarum polycephalum

    Article • FEBS Letters, October 1984, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  477. Changes in intracellular pH and inorganic phosphate concentration during and after muscle contraction as studied by time-resolved 31 P-NMR

    Article • FEBS Letters, June 1984, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  478. A 26K Fragment of Troponin T from Rabbit Skeletal Muscle1

    Article • The Journal of Biochemistry, May 1984, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  479. Interactions among Chymotryptic Troponin T Subfragments, Tropomyosin, Troponin I and Troponin C1

    Article • The Journal of Biochemistry, May 1984, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  480. Calcium Binding to Calmodulin: Effects of Ionic Strength, Mg 2+ , pH and Temperature 1

    Article • The Journal of Biochemistry, January 1984, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  481. Heat Capacity and Entropy Changes of Calmodulin Induced by Calcium Binding1

    Article • The Journal of Biochemistry, January 1984, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  482. 1H-Nuclear magnetic resonance study on imidazole-imidazole interaction inL-histidyl-L-histidine andD-histidyl-L-histidine: Analysis including microscopic dissociation series

    Article • Biopolymers, December 1983, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  483. A Calorimetric Study of Ca2+- and Mg2+-Binding by Calmodulin1

    Article • The Journal of Biochemistry, July 1983, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  484. 1H Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Titration Curves and Microenvironments of Aromatic Residues in Bovine Pancreatic Ribonuclease A

    Article • The Journal of Biochemistry, July 1983, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  485. Supplemental Materials

    Article • The Journal of Biochemistry, July 1983, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  486. 1H-NMR study on the tautomerism of the imidazole ring of histidine residues

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology, February 1983, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  487. 1H-NMR study on the tautomerism of the imidazole ring of histidine residues

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology, February 1983, Elsevier

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  488. Chymotryptic Subfragments of Troponin T from Rabbit Skeletal Muscle. Interaction with Tropomyosin, Troponin I and Troponin C1

    Article • The Journal of Biochemistry, February 1983, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  489. Post-contractile phosphocreatine splitting in muscle as revealed by time-resolved 31P nuclear magnetic resonance.

    Article • The Japanese Journal of Physiology, January 1983, Physiological Society of Japan

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  490. Location of troponin I-binding on troponin T sequence

    Article • FEBS Letters, August 1982, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  491. Chymotryptic Subfragments of Troponin T from Rabbit Skeletal Muscle. I. Determination of the Primary Structure1

    Article • The Journal of Biochemistry, April 1982, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  492. Primary Structure of Chymotryptic Subfragments from Rabbit Skeletal Troponin T1

    Article • The Journal of Biochemistry, July 1981, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  493. 1H Nuclear magnetic resonance studies of histidine-containing di- and tripeptides. Estimation of the effects of charged groups on the pKa value of the imidazole ring

    Article • Biopolymers, February 1976, Wiley

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  494. Structural Basis for Calcium-Regulated Relaxation of Striated Muscles at Interaction Sites of Troponin with Actin and Tropomyosin

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Takuo Yasunaga, Professor Masaru Tanokura

  495. Structural and Functional Analysis of Troponins from Scallop Striated and Human Cardiac Muscles

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masaru Tanokura

  496. Application of Liquid Cell Microscopy to Study Function of Muscle Proteins

    Article • Cambridge University Press

    Professor Masaru Tanokura