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Dynamic interactions in the l-lactate oxidase active site facilitate substrate binding at pH4.5 by Furubayashi, Naoki, Inaka, Koji, Kamo, Masayuki, Umena, Yasufumi, Matsuoka, Takeshi, Morimoto, Yukio

“…The crystal structure of l-lactate oxidase in complex with l-lactate was solved at a 1.33 Å resolution. The electron density of the bound l-lactate was clearly…”
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Methods for Obtaining Better Diffractive Protein Crystals: From Sample Evaluation to Space Crystallization by Hashizume, Yoshinobu, Inaka, Koji, Furubayashi, Naoki, Kamo, Masayuki, Takahashi, Sachiko, Tanaka, Hiroaki

“…In this paper, we present a summary on how to obtain protein crystals from which better diffraction images can be produced. In particular, we describe, in…”
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Novel Device and Strategy for Growing Large, High-Quality Protein Crystals by Controlling Crystallization Conditions by Tanigawa, Naoki, Takahashi, Sachiko, Yan, Bin, Kamo, Masayuki, Furubayashi, Naoki, Kubota, Koji, Inaka, Koji, Tanaka, Hiroaki

“…Neutron diffraction experiments are informative for determining the locations of hydrogen atoms in protein molecules; however, much larger crystals are needed…”
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Crystal Structures of the Short-Chain Flavin Reductase HpaC from Sulfolobus tokodaii Strain 7 in Its Three States:  NAD(P)+-Free, NAD+-Bound, and NADP+-Bound by Okai, Masahiko, Kudo, Norio, Lee, Woo Cheol, Kamo, Masayuki, Nagata, Koji, Tanokura, Masaru

“…4-Hydroxyphenylacetate (4-HPA) is oxidized as an energy source by two component enzymes, the large component (HpaB) and the small component (HpaC). HpaB is a…”
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Preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of thermolysin in the presence of 4 M NaCl by Kamo, Masayuki, Inouye, Kuniyo, Nagata, Koji, Tanokura, Masaru

“…The activity of thermolysin (EC 3.4.24.27) is greatly enhanced by high concentrations of neutral salts. For instance, 4 M NaCl enhances the activity 13–15‐fold…”
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Structural insights into molecular-targeting helix–loop–helix peptide against vascular endothelial growth factor-A by Michigami, Masataka, Notsu, Kunpei, Kamo, Masayuki, Hirokawa, Takatsugu, Kinoshita, Takayoshi, Inaka, Koji, Nakase, Ikuhiko, Fujii, Ikuo

“…Mid-sized binding peptides have recently emerged as a new therapeutic modality. A helix-loop-helix (HLH) peptide was designed as a scaffold for combinatorial…”
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Structural Insights into Helix–Loop–Helix Peptides for “Ligand-Targeting” Intracellular Drug Delivery via VEGF Receptor-Mediated Endocytosis by Michigami, Masataka, Kira, Ryoichi, Kamo, Masayuki, Hirokawa, Takatsugu, Kinoshita, Takayoshi, Inaka, Koji, Nakase, Ikuhiko, Fujii, Ikuo

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Crystal structure of glutamine amidotransferase from Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3 by MARUOKA, Shintaro, LEE, Woo Cheol, KAMO, Masayuki, KUDO, Norio, NAGATA, Koji, TANOKURA, Masaru

“…Glutamine amidotransferases (GATases) hydrolyze glutamine and generate ammonia. The glutamine amide nitrogen is utilized for the biosynthesis of a variety of…”
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Crystallization of Human Erythrocyte Band 3, the anion exchanger, at the International Space Station “KIBO” by Hatae, Hinako, Inaka, Koji, Okamura, Ryo, Furubayashi, Naoki, Kamo, Masayuki, Kobayashi, Takuya, Abe, Yoshito, Iwata, So, Hamasaki, Naotaka

“…Band 3 mediates the Cl− and HCO3− exchange across the red blood cell membrane and plays a pivotal role for delivering oxygen appropriately to metabolically…”
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A capillary device for growing large protein crystals by Inaka, Koji, Takahashi, Sachiko, Yan, Bin, Koga, Misako, Hashizume, Yoshinobu, Kamo, Masayuki, Furubayashi, Naoki, Tanaka, Hiroaki

“…Abstract only…”
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Methods and devices for protein crystal growth in space by Tanaka, Hiroaki, Takahashi, Sachiko, Yan, Bin, Koga, Misako, Hashizume, Yoshinobu, Kamo, Masayuki, Furubayashi, Naoki, Inaka, Koji

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Crystal structure of monomeric sarcosine oxidase from Bacillus sp. NS-129 reveals multiple conformations at the active-site loop by NAGATA, Koji, SASAKI, Hiroshi, HUA, Ming, OKAI, Masahiko, KUBOTA, Keiko, KAMO, Masayuki, ITO, Kosuke, ICHIKAWA, Toshio, KOYAMA, Yasuji, TANOKURA, Masaru

“…Monomeric sarcosine oxidase (MSOX) is a flavoprotein that catalyzes the oxidation of sarcosine to generate formaldehyde, glycine, and hydrogen peroxide, and is…”
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A simple crystallization device for growing large protein crystals by Tanaka, Hiroaki, Takahashi, Sachiko, Yan, Bin, Koga, Misako, Kamo, Masayuki, Furubayashi, Naoki, Inaka, Koji

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Crystal structure of the short-chain flavin reductase HpaC from Sulfolobus tokodaii strain 7 by OKAI, Masahiko, KUDO, Norio, NAGATA, Koji, LEE, Woo Cheol, KAMO, Masayuki, TANOKURA, Masaru

“…Flavin reductases (FRs) catalyze the reduction of free flavins using NADH or NADPH. In recent years, a new family of short-chain FRs have been identified in a…”
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Effects of salts on the interaction of 8-anilinonaphthalene 1-sulphonate and thermolysin by Samukange, Vimbai, Kamo, Masayuki, Yasukawa, Kiyoshi, Inouye, Kuniyo

“…Neutral salts activate and stabilize thermolysin. In this study, to explore the mechanism, we analyzed the interaction of 8-anilinonaphthalene 1-sulphonate…”
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Novel protein fold discovered in the PabI family of restriction enzymes by Miyazono, Ken-ichi, Watanabe, Miki, Kosinski, Jan, Ishikawa, Ken, Kamo, Masayuki, Sawasaki, Tatsuya, Nagata, Koji, Bujnicki, Janusz M, Endo, Yaeta, Tanokura, Masaru, Kobayashi, Ichizo

“…Although structures of many DNA-binding proteins have been solved, they fall into a limited number of folds. Here, we describe an approach that led to the…”
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Crystal structure of thioredoxin domain of ST2123 from thermophilic archaea Sulfolobus tokodaii strain7 by Ming, Hua, Kato, Yusuke, Miyazono, Ken-ichi, Ito, Kosuke, Kamo, Masayuki, Nagata, Koji, Tanokura, Masaru

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A unique catalytic triad revealed by the crystal structure of APE0912, a short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase family protein from Aeropyrum pernix K1 by Yamamura, Akihiro, Ichimura, Takefumi, Mimoto, Futa, Ohtsuka, Jun, Miyazono, Ken-Ichi, Okai, Masahiko, Kamo, Masayuki, Lee, Woo-Cheol, Nagata, Koji, Tanokura, Masaru

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Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of peptide deformylase from Thermus thermophilus HB8 by Kamo, Masayuki, Kudo, Norio, Lee, Woo Cheol, Motoshima, Hiroyuki, Tanokura, Masaru

“…Peptide deformylase (PDF) is responsible for cleaving the formyl group at the N‐terminus of nascent polypeptide chains in eubacteria and is essential to…”
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Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of carboxypeptidase 1 from Thermus thermophilus by Ito, Kosuke, Nagata, Koji, Tsutsui, Shiho, Lee, Woo Cheol, Kamo, Masayuki, Inoue, Yumiko, Tanokura, Masaru

“…Carboxypeptidase 1 from the thermophilic eubacterium Thermus thermophilus (TthCP1, 58 kDa), a member of the M32 family of metallocarboxypeptidases, was…”
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