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Phenotypes of Fission Yeast Defective in Ubiquinone Production Due to Disruption of the Gene for p-Hydroxybenzoate Polyprenyl Diphosphate Transferase by Uchida, N, Suzuki, K, Saiki, R, Kainou, T, Tanaka, K, Matsuda, H, Kawamukai, M

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Molecular cloning and mutational analysis of the ddsA gene encoding decaprenyl diphosphate synthase from Gluconobacter suboxydans by Okada, Kazunori, Kainou, Tomohiro, Tanaka, Katsunori, Nakagawa, Tsuyoshi, Matsuda, Hideyuki, Kawamukai, Makoto

“…Decaprenyl diphosphate (decaprenyl‐PP) synthase catalyzes the consecutive condensation of isopentenyl diphosphate with allylic diphosphates to produce…”
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Characterization of solanesyl and decaprenyl diphosphate synthases in mice and humans by Saiki, Ryoichi, Nagata, Ai, Kainou, Tomohiro, Matsuda, Hideyuki, Kawamukai, Makoto

“…The isoprenoid chain of ubiquinone (Q) is determined by trans‐polyprenyl diphosphate synthase in micro‐organisms and presumably in mammals. Because mice and…”
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Dimer Formation of Octaprenyl-diphosphate Synthase (IspB) Is Essential for Chain Length Determination of Ubiquinone by Kainou, Tomohiro, Okada, Kazunori, Suzuki, Kengo, Nakagawa, Tsuyoshi, Matsuda, Hideyuki, Kawamukai, Makoto

“…Ubiquinone (Q), composed of a quinone core and an isoprenoid side chain, is a key component of the respiratory chain and is an important antioxidant. In…”
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Biological significance of the side chain length of ubiquinone in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Okada, Kazunori, Kainou, Tomohiro, Matsuda, Hideyuki, Kawamukai, Makoto

“…Ubiquinone (UQ), an important component of the electron transfer system, is constituted of a quinone structure and a side chain isoprenoid. The side chain…”
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Spsgt1, a new essential gene of Schizosaccharomyces pombe, is involved in carbohydrate metabolism by Kainou, Tomohiro, Shinzato, Tomoko, Sasaki, Kentaro, Mitsui, Youji, Giga‐Hama, Yuko, Kumagai, Hiromichi, Uemura, Hiroshi

“…hSGT1 (human suppressor of Gcr two) was isolated as a suppressor gene of the gcr2 mutation. Since Gcr2p is a key regulatory factor of glycolytic gene…”
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Pleiotropic phenotypes of fission yeast defective in ubiquinone-10 production. A study from the abc1Sp (coq8Sp) mutant by Saiki, Ryoichi, Ogiyama, Yuki, Kainou, Tomohiro, Nishi, Tomoko, Matsuda, Hideyuki, Kawamukai, Makoto

“…We previously constructed two Schizosaccahromyces pombe ubiquinone‐10 (or Coenzyme Q10) less mutants, which are either defective for decaprenyl diphosphate…”
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Fission yeast decaprenyl diphosphate synthase consists of Dps1 and the newly characterized Dlp1 protein in a novel heterotetrameric structure by Saiki, Ryoichi, Nagata, Ai, Uchida, Naonori, Kainou, Tomohiro, Matsuda, Hideyuki, Kawamukai, Makoto

“…The analysis of the structure and function of long chain‐producing polyprenyl diphosphate synthase, which synthesizes the side chain of ubiquinone, has largely…”
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Identification of the GGPS1 genes encoding geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthases from mouse and human by Kainou, T, Kawamura, K, Tanaka, K, Matsuda, H, Kawamukai, M

“…E,E,E-Geranylgeranyl diphosphate (GGPP) is an important precursor of carotenoids and geranylgeranylated proteins such as small G proteins. In this study, we…”
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