Search Results - "Tomabechi, Yuri"
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Chiral deaza-coelenterazine analogs for probing a substrate-binding site in the Ca2+-binding photoprotein aequorin
Published in PloS one (11-06-2021)“…The Ca2+-binding photoprotein aequorin is a complex of apoAequorin (apoprotein) and (S)-2-peroxycoelenterazine. Aequorin can be regenerated by the incubation…”
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Reverse mutants of the catalytic 19 kDa mutant protein (nanoKAZ/nanoLuc) from Oplophorus luciferase with coelenterazine as preferred substrate
Published in PloS one (21-09-2022)“…Native Oplophorus luciferase (OpLase) and its catalytic 19 kDa protein (wild KAZ) show highest luminescence activity with coelenterazine (CTZ) among CTZ…”
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CAMSAP2 organizes a γ-tubulin-independent microtubule nucleation centre through phase separation
Published in eLife (28-06-2022)“…Microtubules are dynamic polymers consisting of αβ-tubulin heterodimers. The initial polymerization process, called microtubule nucleation, occurs…”
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Amyloid conformation-dependent disaggregation in a reconstituted yeast prion system
Published in Nature chemical biology (01-03-2022)“…Disaggregation of amyloid fibrils is a fundamental biological process required for amyloid propagation. However, due to the lack of experimental systems, the…”
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Lysosome-associated membrane proteins-1 and -2 (LAMP-1 and LAMP-2) assemble via distinct modes
Published in Biochemical and biophysical research communications (21-10-2016)“…Lysosome-associated membrane proteins 1 and 2 (LAMP-1 and LAMP-2) have a large, heavily glycosylated luminal domain composed of two subdomains, and are the…”
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Chemical reversal of abnormalities in cells carrying mitochondrial DNA mutations
Published in Nature chemical biology (01-03-2021)“…Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations are the major cause of mitochondrial diseases. Cells harboring disease-related mtDNA mutations exhibit various phenotypic…”
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Slow luminescence kinetics of semi-synthetic aequorin: expression, purification and structure determination of cf3-aequorin
Published in Journal of biochemistry (Tokyo) (01-09-2018)“…Abstract cf3-Aequorin is one of the semi-synthetic aequorins that was produced by replacing 2-peroxycoelenterazine (CTZ-OOH) in native aequorin with a…”
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Crystal Structure of an Archaeal Tyrosyl-tRNA Synthetase Bound to Photocaged L-Tyrosine and Its Potential Application to Time-Resolved X-ray Crystallography
Published in International journal of molecular sciences (08-09-2022)“…Genetically encoded caged amino acids can be used to control the dynamics of protein activities and cellular localization in response to external cues. In the…”
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Phosphorylated and non-phosphorylated HCK kinase domains produced by cell-free protein expression
Published in Protein expression and purification (01-10-2018)“…Since phosphorylation is involved in various physiological events, kinases and interacting factors can be potential targets for drug discovery. For the…”
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Protein stabilization utilizing a redefined codon
Published in Scientific reports (18-05-2015)“…Recent advances have fundamentally changed the ways in which synthetic amino acids are incorporated into proteins, enabling their efficient and multiple-site…”
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A reproducible and scalable procedure for preparing bacterial extracts for cell-free protein synthesis
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Potent SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies with therapeutic effects in two animal models
Published in iScience (22-12-2022)“…The use of therapeutic neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 infection has been highly effective. However, there remain few practical antibodies against…”
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Potent neutralizing broad-spectrum antibody against SARS-CoV-2 generated from dual-antigen-specific B cells from convalescents
Published in iScience (16-06-2023)“…Several antibody therapeutics have been developed against SARS-CoV-2; however, they have attenuated neutralizing ability against variants. In this study, we…”
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Crystal structure of nanoKAZ: The mutated 19 kDa component of Oplophorus luciferase catalyzing the bioluminescent reaction with coelenterazine
Published in Biochemical and biophysical research communications (29-01-2016)“…The 19 kDa protein (KAZ) of Oplophorus luciferase is a catalytic component, that oxidizes coelenterazine (a luciferin) with molecular oxygen to emit light. The…”
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The luciferase-based in vivo protein–protein interaction assay revealed that CHK1 promotes PP2A and PME-1 interaction
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (01-05-2024)“…Protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) is an essential serine/threonine protein phosphatase, and its dysfunction is involved in the onset of cancer and…”
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Chiral deaza-coelenterazine analogs for probing a substrate-binding site in the Ca.sup.2+-binding photoprotein aequorin
Published in PloS one (11-06-2021)“…The Ca.sup.2+ -binding photoprotein aequorin is a complex of apoAequorin (apoprotein) and (S)-2-peroxycoelenterazine. Aequorin can be regenerated by the…”
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Reverse mutants of the catalytic 19 kDa mutant protein
Published in PloS one (21-09-2022)“…Native Oplophorus luciferase (OpLase) and its catalytic 19 kDa protein (wild KAZ) show highest luminescence activity with coelenterazine (CTZ) among CTZ…”
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The NF‐κB regulator IκBβ exhibits different molecular interactivity and phosphorylation status from IκBα in an IKK2‐catalysed reaction
Published in FEBS letters (01-05-2020)“…Activation of the nuclear factor kappa‐light‐chain‐enhancer of activated B cells (NF‐κB) transcription factor, a central player in immune response regulation,…”
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A reproducible and scalable procedure for preparing bacterial extracts for cell-free protein synthesis
Published in Journal of biochemistry (Tokyo) (01-11-2017)“…Cell-free protein synthesis is a useful method for preparing proteins for functional or structural analyses. However, batch-to-batch variability with regard to…”
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POLArIS, a versatile probe for molecular orientation, revealed actin filaments associated with microtubule asters in early embryos
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (16-03-2021)“…Biomolecular assemblies govern the physiology of cells. Their function often depends on the changes in molecular arrangements of constituents, both in the…”
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