Takanori Kumagai

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1 Crystallographic evidence that the dinuclear copper center of tyrosinase is flexible during catalysis. J Biol Chem 2006 2.35
2 Cell differentiation and p38(MAPK) cascade are inhibited in human osteoblasts cultured in a three-dimensional clinostat. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim 2003 1.20
3 Self-protection mechanism in D-cycloserine-producing Streptomyces lavendulae. Gene cloning, characterization, and kinetics of its alanine racemase and D-alanyl-D-alanine ligase, which are target enzymes of D-cycloserine. J Biol Chem 2004 1.15
4 Structural evidence that alanine racemase from a D-cycloserine-producing microorganism exhibits resistance to its own product. J Biol Chem 2004 1.06
5 The 1.6-A crystal structure of the copper(II)-bound bleomycin complexed with the bleomycin-binding protein from bleomycin-producing Streptomyces verticillus. J Biol Chem 2001 1.04
6 Cloning and characterization of a Streptomyces single module type non-ribosomal peptide synthetase catalyzing a blue pigment synthesis. J Biol Chem 2007 0.99
7 Preconditioning with endoplasmic reticulum stress ameliorates mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis. J Am Soc Nephrol 2008 0.96
8 An efficient method for the overexpression and purification of active tyrosinase from Streptomyces castaneoglobisporus. Protein Expr Purif 2004 0.93
9 Characterization of four plasmids harboured in a Lactobacillus brevis strain encoding a novel bacteriocin, brevicin 925A, and construction of a shuttle vector for lactic acid bacteria and Escherichia coli. Microbiology 2009 0.91
10 The obesity and fatty liver are reduced by plant-derived Pediococcus pentosaceus LP28 in high fat diet-induced obese mice. PLoS One 2012 0.90
11 Physical stress by magnetic force accelerates differentiation of human osteoblasts. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2003 0.90
12 The mitomycin C (MMC)-binding protein from MMC-producing microorganisms protects from the lethal effect of bleomycin: crystallographic analysis to elucidate the binding mode of the antibiotic to the protein. J Mol Biol 2006 0.90
13 Molecular cloning of a D-cycloserine resistance gene from D-cycloserine-producing Streptomyces garyphalus. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 2003 0.90
14 A molecular mechanism for copper transportation to tyrosinase that is assisted by a metallochaperone, caddie protein. J Biol Chem 2011 0.89
15 Catalytic mechanism of bleomycin N-acetyltransferase proposed on the basis of its crystal structure. J Biol Chem 2009 0.85
16 Molecular mechanism for the enhancement of arbekacin resistance in a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. FEBS Lett 2003 0.85
17 Crystal structure and mutagenic analysis of a bacteriocin immunity protein, Mun-im. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2008 0.84
18 Crystal structure of SCCA1 and insight about the interaction with JNK1. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2009 0.83
19 Establishment of an in vitro Peyer's patch cell culture system correlative to in vivo study using intestine and screening of lactic acid bacteria enhancing intestinal immunity. Biol Pharm Bull 2010 0.83
20 Establishment of an efficient fermentation system of gamma-aminobutyric acid by a lactic acid bacterium, Enterococcus avium G-15, isolated from carrot leaves. Biol Pharm Bull 2010 0.82
21 The role of glyoxalase system in renal hypoxia. Adv Exp Med Biol 2010 0.81
22 A novel assay method for an amino acid racemase reaction based on circular dichroism. Biochem J 2005 0.81
23 Molecular cloning and functional analysis of minD gene from streptomyces lavendulae ATCC25233. J Biosci Bioeng 2008 0.81
24 Identification and kinetic study of tyrosinase inhibitors found in sake lees. J Agric Food Chem 2006 0.80
25 Molecular and structural biology of bleomycin and its resistance determinants. J Biosci Bioeng 2002 0.80
26 Crystallographic study to determine the substrate specificity of an L-serine-acetylating enzyme found in the D-cycloserine biosynthetic pathway. J Bacteriol 2013 0.80
27 MRI findings of occipital seizures in non-ketotic hyperglycemia. Intern Med 2011 0.79
28 Long-term effect of peritoneal dialysis fluid with neutral pH and low glucose degradation product concentration on peritoneum: a case report. Perit Dial Int 2006 0.79
29 Establishment of an in vitro D-cycloserine-synthesizing system by using O-ureido-L-serine synthase and D-cycloserine synthetase found in the biosynthetic pathway. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2013 0.79
30 Characterization and Mutational Analysis of a Two-Polypeptide Bacteriocin Produced by Citrus Iyo-Derived Lactobacillus brevis 174A. Biol Pharm Bull 2015 0.79
31 Purification and characterization of the second Streptomyces phospholipase A2 refolded from an inclusion body. Protein Expr Purif 2006 0.78
32 Structural evidence that puromycin hydrolase is a new type of aminopeptidase with a prolyl oligopeptidase family fold. Proteins 2011 0.77
33 [Self-protection mechanisms of antibiotic-producing microorganisms]. Nihon Rinsho 2007 0.76
34 [Late-onset type ornitine transcarbamirase deficiency (OTCD) with fulminant onset following a fatal prognosis]. Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi 2007 0.75
35 Efficacy and Safety of Telaprevir, Pegylated Interferon α-2b and Ribavirin Triple Therapy in Japanese Patients Infected with Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 1b. Intern Med 2015 0.75
36 Acute renal failure and nephrotic syndrome associated with zafirlukast therapy. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2003 0.75
37 Crystallographic and mutational analyses of tannase from Lactobacillus plantarum. Proteins 2013 0.75
38 [Molecular mechanisms for bleomycin resistance]. Tanpakushitsu Kakusan Koso 2002 0.75