Search Results - "Hiromasa, Yasuaki"

Armet is an effector protein mediating aphid‐plant interactions by Wang, Wei, Dai, Huaien, Zhang, Yi, Chandrasekar, Raman, Luo, Lan, Hiromasa, Yasuaki, Sheng, Changzhong, Peng, Gongxin, Chen, Shaoliang, Tomich, John M., Reese, John, Edwards, Owain, Kang, Le, Reeck, Gerald, Cui, Feng

“…ABSTRACT Aphid saliva is predicted to contain proteins that modulate plant defenses and facilitate feeding. Armet is a well‐characterized bifunctional protein…”
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Differentially Expressed Proteins Associated with Fusarium Head Blight Resistance in Wheat by Zhang, Xianghui, Fu, Jianming, Hiromasa, Yasuaki, Pan, Hongyu, Bai, Guihua, Yan, Wengui

“…Fusarium head blight (FHB), mainly caused by Fusarium graminearum , substantially reduces wheat grain yield and quality worldwide. Proteins play important…”
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fratricidal mechanism is responsible for eDNA release and contributes to biofilm development of Enterococcus faecalis by Thomas, Vinai Chittezham, Hiromasa, Yasuaki, Harms, Nathan, Thurlow, Lance, Tomich, John, Hancock, Lynn E

“…Extracellular DNA (eDNA), a by-product of cell lysis, was recently established as a critical structural component of the Enterococcus faecalis biofilm matrix…”
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Atomic Structure of the E2 Inner Core of Human Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex by Jiang, Jiansen, Baiesc, Flavius L, Hiromasa, Yasuaki, Yu, Xuekui, Hui, Wong Hoi, Dai, Xinghong, Roche, Thomas E, Zhou, Z. Hong

“…Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC) is a large multienzyme complex that catalyzes the irreversible conversion of pyruvate to acetyl-coenzyme A with reduction…”
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Peptide nanovesicles formed by the self-assembly of branched amphiphilic peptides by Gudlur, Sushanth, Sukthankar, Pinakin, Gao, Jian, Avila, L Adriana, Hiromasa, Yasuaki, Chen, Jianhan, Iwamoto, Takeo, Tomich, John M

“…Peptide-based packaging systems show great potential as safer drug delivery systems. They overcome problems associated with lipid-based or viral delivery…”
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Characterization and Genome Structure of Virulent Phage EspM4VN to Control Enterobacter sp. M4 Isolated From Plant Soft Rot by Thanh, Nguyen Cong, Nagayoshi, Yuko, Fujino, Yasuhiro, Iiyama, Kazuhiro, Furuya, Naruto, Hiromasa, Yasuaki, Iwamoto, Takeo, Doi, Katsumi

“…Enterobacter sp. M4 and other bacterial strains were isolated from plant soft rot disease. Virulent phages such as EspM4VN isolated from soil are trending…”
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Characterization and regulation of expression of an antifungal peptide from hemolymph of an insect, Manduca sexta by Al Souhail, Qasim, Hiromasa, Yasuaki, Rahnamaeian, Mohammad, Giraldo, Martha C., Takahashi, Daisuke, Valent, Barbara, Vilcinskas, Andreas, Kanost, Michael R.

“…Insects secrete antimicrobial peptides as part of the innate immune response. Most antimicrobial peptides from insects have antibacterial but not antifungal…”
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Formation of Rigid, Non-Flight Forewings (Elytra) of a Beetle Requires Two Major Cuticular Proteins by Arakane, Yasuyuki, Lomakin, Joseph, Gehrke, Stevin H, Hiromasa, Yasuaki, Tomich, John M, Muthukrishnan, Subbaratnam, Beeman, Richard W, Kramer, Karl J, Kanost, Michael R

“…Insect cuticle is composed primarily of chitin and structural proteins. To study the function of structural cuticular proteins, we focused on the proteins…”
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Complete Genome Sequence of Bacillus cereus Strain HT18, Isolated from Forest Soil by Matsunaka, Minami, Thanh, Nguyen Cong, Uedoi, Tatsuya, Iida, Takashi, Fujino, Yasuhiro, Ohmori, Taketo, Hiromasa, Yasuaki, Ohshima, Toshihisa, Doi, Katsumi

“…The genome sequence of Bacillus cereus strain HT18, isolated from forest soil, was 5,333,415 bp long. The genome included 5,825 putative coding sequences and…”
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Biochemical characterization of Anopheles gambiae SRPN6, a malaria parasite invasion marker in mosquitoes by An, Chunju, Hiromasa, Yasuaki, Zhang, Xin, Lovell, Scott, Zolkiewski, Michal, Tomich, John M, Michel, Kristin

“…Serine proteinase inhibitors of the serpin family are well known as negative regulators of hemostasis, thrombolysis and innate immune responses. Additionally,…”
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Tribolium castaneum Larval Gut Transcriptome and Proteome: A Resource for the Study of the Coleopteran Gut by Morris, Kaley, Lorenzen, Marcé D., Hiromasa, Yasuaki, Tomich, John M., Oppert, Cris, Elpidina, Elena N., Vinokurov, Konstantin, Jurat-Fuentes, Juan Luis, Fabrick, Jeff, Oppert, Brenda

“…Tribolium castaneum is an important agricultural pest and an advanced genetic model for coleopteran insects. We have taken advantage of the recently acquired…”
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Identification, RNAi Knockdown, and Functional Analysis of an Ejaculate Protein that Mediates a Postmating, Prezygotic Phenotype in a Cricket by Marshall, Jeremy L, Huestis, Diana L, Hiromasa, Yasuaki, Wheeler, Shanda, Oppert, Cris, Marshall, Susan A, Tomich, John M, Oppert, Brenda

“…Postmating, prezygotic phenotypes, especially those that underlie reproductive isolation between closely related species, have been a central focus of…”
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Comparative proteomics uncovers the signature of natural selection acting on the ejaculate proteomes of two cricket species isolated by postmating, prezygotic phenotypes by Marshall, Jeremy L, Huestis, Diana L, Garcia, Christopher, Hiromasa, Yasuaki, Wheeler, Shanda, Noh, Suegene, Tomich, John M, Howard, Daniel J

“…Two of the most well-supported patterns to have emerged over the past two decades of research in evolutionary biology are the occurrence of divergent natural…”
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Organization of the Cores of the Mammalian Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex Formed by E2 and E2 Plus the E3-binding Protein and Their Capacities to Bind the E1 and E3 Components by Hiromasa, Yasuaki, Fujisawa, Tetsuro, Aso, Yoichi, Roche, Thomas E.

“…The subunits of the dihydrolipoyl acetyltransferase (E2) component of mammalian pyruvate dehydrogenase complex can form a 60-mer via association of the…”
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Critical Role of Specific Ions for Ligand-Induced Changes Regulating Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Kinase Isoform 2 by Hiromasa, Yasuaki, Roche, Thomas E

“…In the complete absence of K+ and phosphate (Pi), pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase isoform 2 (PDHK2) was catalytically very active but with an elevated K m for…”
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Specific Ion Influences on Self-Association of Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Kinase Isoform 2 (PDHK2), Binding of PDHK2 to the L2 Lipoyl Domain, and Effects of the Lipoyl Group-Binding Site Inhibitor, Nov3r by Hiromasa, Yasuaki, Yan, Xiaohua, Roche, Thomas E

“…Association of the PDHK2 and GST-L2 (glutathione-S-transferase fused to the inner lipoyl domain (L2) of dihydrolipoyl acetyltransferase (E2)) dimers was…”
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Formation of a Complex of the Catalytic Subunit of Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Phosphatase Isoform 1 (PDP1c) and the L2 Domain Forms a Ca2+ Binding Site and Captures PDP1c as a Monomer by Turkan, Ali, Hiromasa, Yasuaki, Roche, Thomas E

“…Pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase isoform 1 (PDP1) is a heterodimer with a catalytic subunit (PDP1c) and a regulatory subunit (PDP1r). The activities of PDP1…”
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Ligand-induced Effects on Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Kinase Isoform 2 by Hiromasa, Yasuaki, Hu, Liangyan, Roche, Thomas E.

“…Tryptophan fluorescence was used to analyze binding of ligands to human pyruvate dehydrogenase isoform 2 (PDHK2) and to demonstrate effects of ligand binding…”
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Facilitated Interaction between the Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Kinase Isoform 2 and the Dihydrolipoyl Acetyltransferase by Hiromasa, Yasuaki, Roche, Thomas E.

“…The dihydrolipoyl acetyltransferase (E2) has an enormous impact on pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase (PDK) phosphorylation of the pyruvate dehydrogenase (E1)…”
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Proteomic analysis of pharate pupal molting fluid from the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta by Dittmer, Neal T, Hiromasa, Yasuaki, Kanost, Michael R

“…The insect cuticle is a key component of their success, being important for protection, communication, locomotion, and support. Conversely, as an exoskeleton,…”
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