Ryoji Masui
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Recent Articles
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Yoshihara A, Takamatsu Y, Mochizuki S, Yoshida H, Masui R, Izumori K, et al.
Appl Microbiol Biotechnol
. 2022 Nov;
107(1):233-245.
PMID: 36441206
Transketolase is a key enzyme in the pentose phosphate pathway in all organisms, recognizing sugar phosphates as substrates. Transketolase with a cofactor of thiamine pyrophosphate catalyzes the transfer of a...
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Nakatani M, Nakahara S, Fukui K, Urano M, Fujii Y, Murakawa T, et al.
J Struct Biol
. 2022 Oct;
214(4):107904.
PMID: 36228973
Fatty acid kinase is necessary for the incorporation of exogenous fatty acids into membrane phospholipids. Fatty acid kinase consists of two components: a kinase component, FakA, that phosphorylates a fatty...
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Fujino Y, Miyagawa T, Torii M, Inoue M, Fujii Y, Okanishi H, et al.
FEBS Lett
. 2020 Nov;
595(2):264-274.
PMID: 33159808
Thermophilic proteins maintain their structure at high temperatures through a combination of various factors. Here, we report the ligand-induced stabilization of a thermophilic Ser/Thr protein kinase. Thermus thermophilus TpkD unfolds...
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Mega R, Nakagawa N, Kuramitsu S, Masui R
PLoS One
. 2020 May;
15(5):e0233689.
PMID: 32469932
Nucleoside monophosphate kinases play crucial roles in biosynthesis and regeneration of nucleotides. These are bi-substrate enzymes that catalyze reversible transfers of a phosphoryl group between ATP and nucleoside monophosphate. These...
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Fujii Y, Inoue M, Fukui K, Kuramitsu S, Masui R
J Bacteriol
. 2018 May;
200(16).
PMID: 29844033
NurA and HerA are thought to be essential proteins for DNA end resection in archaeal homologous recombination systems. , an extremely thermophilic eubacterium, has proteins that exhibit significant sequence similarity...
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Nishida Y, Ikeya T, Mikawa T, Inoue J, Ito Y, Shintani Y, et al.
Biochem Biophys Rep
. 2017 Sep;
8:318-324.
PMID: 28955971
In prokaryotic cells, genomic DNA forms an aggregated structure with various nucleoid-associated proteins (NAPs). The functions of genomic DNA are cooperatively modulated by NAPs, of which HU is considered to...
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Tomoike F, Nakagawa N, Fukui K, Yano T, Kuramitsu S, Masui R
Biochem Biophys Rep
. 2017 Sep;
11:93-98.
PMID: 28955773
Uridine-cytidine kinase (UCK), including human UCK2, are a family of enzymes that generally phosphorylate both uridine and cytidine. However, UCK of HB8 (ttCK) phosphorylates only cytidine. This cytidine-restricted activity is...
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Inoue M, Fukui K, Fujii Y, Nakagawa N, Yano T, Kuramitsu S, et al.
J Biol Chem
. 2017 Apr;
292(23):9801-9814.
PMID: 28432121
Homologous recombination (HR) plays an essential role in the maintenance of genome integrity. RecA/Rad51 paralogs have been recognized as an important factor of HR. Among them, only one bacterial RecA/Rad51...
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Okanishi H, Kim K, Masui R, Kuramitsu S
Extremophiles
. 2016 Dec;
21(2):283-296.
PMID: 27928680
Recent studies have revealed the physiological significance of post-translational lysine acylations such as acetylation in the regulation of various cellular processes. Here, we characterized lysine propionylation, a recently discovered post-translational...
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Tanaka W, Shoji M, Tomoike F, Ujiie Y, Hanaoka K, Harada R, et al.
Biophys Physicobiol
. 2016 Dec;
13:77-84.
PMID: 27924260
A uridine-cytidine kinase (UCK) catalyzes the phosphorylation of uridine (Urd) and cytidine (Cyd) and plays a significant role in the pyrimidine-nucleotide salvage pathway. Unlike ordinary ones, UCK from HB8 (ttCK)...