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Crystal structure of the [2Fe-2S] oxidative-stress sensor SoxR bound to DNA by Watanabe, Satoshi, Kita, Akiko, Kobayashi, Kazuo, Miki, Kunio

“…The [2Fe-2S] transcription factor SoxR, a member of the MerR family, functions as a bacterial sensor of oxidative stress such as superoxide and nitric oxide…”
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Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange Behavior During Denaturing/Refolding Processes Determined in Tetragonal Hen Egg-White Lysozyme Crystals by Kita, Akiko, Morimoto, Yukio

“…The hydrogen/deuterium (H/D) exchange of main-chain amide hydrogens in the protein that denatured and refolded in deuterated solvent is considered to contain…”
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Hydrogen/deuterium exchange behavior in tetragonal hen egg-white lysozyme crystals affected by solution state by Kita, Akiko, Morimoto, Yukio

“…Neutron diffraction studies of hydrogen/deuterium-exchanged hen egg-white lysozyme were performed by a joint X-ray and neutron refinement to elucidate the…”
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Crystal structure of a symbiosis-related lectin from octocoral by Kita, Akiko, Jimbo, Mitsuru, Sakai, Ryuichi, Morimoto, Yukio, Miki, Kunio

“…D-Galactose-binding lectin from the octocoral, Sinularia lochmodes (SLL-2), distributes densely on the cell surface of microalgae, Symbiodinium sp., an…”
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Structure of a Cyanobacterial BLUF Protein, Tll0078, Containing a Novel FAD-binding Blue Light Sensor Domain by Kita, Akiko, Okajima, Koji, Morimoto, Yukio, Ikeuchi, Masahiko, Miki, Kunio

“…The sensor proteins for blue light using the FAD (BLUF) domain belong to the third family of the photoreceptor proteins using a flavin chromophore, where the…”
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In-situ and real-time growth observation of high-quality protein crystals under quasi-microgravity on earth by Nakamura, Akira, Ohtsuka, Jun, Kashiwagi, Tatsuki, Numoto, Nobutaka, Hirota, Noriyuki, Ode, Takahiro, Okada, Hidehiko, Nagata, Koji, Kiyohara, Motosuke, Suzuki, Ei-ichiro, Kita, Akiko, Wada, Hitoshi, Tanokura, Masaru

“…Precise protein structure determination provides significant information on life science research, although high-quality crystals are not easily obtained. We…”
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Crystal structure of phosphopantothenate synthetase from Thermococcus kodakarensis by Kishimoto, Asako, Kita, Akiko, Ishibashi, Takuya, Tomita, Hiroya, Yokooji, Yuusuke, Imanaka, Tadayuki, Atomi, Haruyuki, Miki, Kunio

“…ABSTRACT Bacteria/eukaryotes share a common pathway for coenzyme A biosynthesis which involves two enzymes to convert pantoate to 4′‐phosphopantothenate. These…”
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Inhibitory effects of local anesthetics on the proteasome and their biological actions by Bahrudin, Udin, Unno, Masaki, Nishio, Kazuya, Kita, Akiko, Li, Peili, Kato, Masaru, Inoue, Masashi, Tsujitani, Shunichi, Murakami, Takuto, Sugiyama, Rina, Saeki, Yasushi, Obara, Yuji, Tanaka, Keiji, Yamaguchi, Hiroshi, Sakane, Isao, Kawata, Yasushi, Itoh, Toshiyuki, Ninomiya, Haruaki, Hisatome, Ichiro, Morimoto, Yukio

“…Local anesthetics (LAs) inhibit endoplasmic reticulum-associated protein degradation, however the mechanisms remain elusive. Here, we show that the clinically…”
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Structure and Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Archaeal Prefoldin: The Molecular Mechanism for Binding and Recognition of Nonnative Substrate Proteins by Ohtaki, Akashi, Kida, Hiroshi, Miyata, Yusuke, Ide, Naoki, Yonezawa, Akihiro, Arakawa, Takatoshi, Iizuka, Ryo, Noguchi, Keiichi, Kita, Akiko, Odaka, Masafumi, Miki, Kunio, Yohda, Masafumi

“…Prefoldin (PFD) is a heterohexameric molecular chaperone complex in the eukaryotic cytosol and archaea with a jellyfish-like structure containing six long…”
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Crystal structure of 3-hexulose-6-phosphate synthase, a member of the orotidine 5′-monophosphate decarboxylase suprafamily by Orita, Izumi, Kita, Akiko, Yurimoto, Hiroya, Kato, Nobuo, Sakai, Yasuyoshi, Miki, Kunio

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Crystal structure of PH1733, an aspartate racemase homologue, from pyrococcus horikoshii OT3 by Kita, Akiko, Tasaki, Shuhei, Yohda, Masafumi, Miki, Kunio

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A detailed biochemical characterization of phosphopantothenate synthetase, a novel enzyme involved in coenzyme A biosynthesis in the Archaea by Ishibashi, Takuya, Tomita, Hiroya, Yokooji, Yuusuke, Morikita, Tatsuya, Watanabe, Bunta, Hiratake, Jun, Kishimoto, Asako, Kita, Akiko, Miki, Kunio, Imanaka, Tadayuki, Atomi, Haruyuki

“…We have previously reported that the majority of the archaea utilize a novel pathway for coenzyme A biosynthesis (CoA). Bacteria/eukaryotes commonly use…”
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Fate Determination of the Flavin Photoreceptions in the Cyanobacterial Blue Light Receptor TePixD (Tll0078) by Okajima, Koji, Fukushima, Yoshimasa, Suzuki, Hiroyuki, Kita, Akiko, Ochiai, Yuriko, Katayama, Mitsunori, Shibata, Yutaka, Miki, Kunio, Noguchi, Takumi, Itoh, Shigeru, Ikeuchi, Masahiko

“…PixD (Tll0078, Slr1694) is a BLUF (sensor of blue light using FAD)-type blue light receptor protein of the thermophilic cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus…”
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The crystal structure of l-lactate oxidase from Aerococcus viridans at 2.1 Å resolution reveals the mechanism of strict substrate recognition by Umena, Yasufumi, Yorita, Kazuko, Matsuoka, Takeshi, Kita, Akiko, Fukui, Kiyoshi, Morimoto, Yukio

“…l-Lactate oxidase (LOX) from Aerococcus viridans is a member of the α-hydroxyacid-oxidase flavoenzyme family. We have determined the three-dimensional…”
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Crystal Structure of Uridine-diphospho-N-acetylglucosamine Pyrophosphorylase from Candida albicans and Catalytic Reaction Mechanism by Maruyama, Daisuke, Nishitani, Yuichi, Nonaka, Tsuyoshi, Kita, Akiko, Fukami, Takaaki A., Mio, Toshiyuki, Yamada-Okabe, Hisafumi, Yamada-Okabe, Toshiko, Miki, Kunio

“…Uridine-diphospho-N-acetylglucosamine (UDP-GlcNAc) is a precursor of the bacterial and fungal cell wall. It is also used in a component of N-linked…”
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Structural Basis for the Heterotropic and Homotropic Interactions of Invertebrate Giant Hemoglobin by Numoto, Nobutaka, Nakagawa, Taro, Kita, Akiko, Sasayama, Yuichi, Fukumori, Yoshihiro, Miki, Kunio

“…The oxygen binding properties of extracellular giant hemoglobins (Hbs) in some annelids exhibit features significantly different from those of vertebrate…”
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Structure of an Extracellular Giant Hemoglobin of the Gutless Beard Worm Oligobrachia mashikoi by Nobutaka Numoto, Taro Nakagawa, Akiko Kita, Yuichi Sasayama, Yoshihiro Fukumori, Miki, Kunio

“…Mouthless and gutless marine animals, pogonophorans and vestimentiferans, obtain their nutrition solely from their symbiotic chemoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing…”
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Accumulation of the bioactive peptides, novokinin, LPYPR and rubiscolin, in seeds of genetically modified soybean [Glycine max] by Nishizawa, K.(National Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region, Sapporo (Japan)), Kita, A, Doi, C, Yamada, Y, Ohinata, K, Yoshikawa, M, Ishimoto, M

“…Novokinin (RPLKPW), LPYPR, and rubiscolin (YPLDLF) are bioactive peptides with respective hypotensive, hypocholesterolemic, and memory-enhancing activities. We…”
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An archetypical extradiol-cleaving catecholic dioxygenase: the crystal structure of catechol 2,3-dioxygenase (metapyrocatechase) from Pseudomonas putida mt-2 by Kita, Akiko, Kita, Shin-ichi, Fujisawa, Ikuhide, Inaka, Koji, Ishida, Tetsuo, Horiike, Kihachiro, Nozaki, Mitsuhiro, Miki, Kunio

“…Background: Catechol dioxygenases catalyze the ring cleavage of catechol and its derivatives in either an intradiol or extradiol manner. These enzymes have a…”
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Crystal structure of stilbene synthase from Arachis hypogaea by Shomura, Yasuhito, Torayama, Ichiro, Suh, Dae-Yeon, Xiang, Ting, Kita, Akiko, Sankawa, Ushio, Miki, Kunio

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