Hikaru Seki

LOVASTATIN INSENSITIVE 1, a Novel Pentatricopeptide Repeat Protein, is a Potential Regulatory Factor of Isoprenoid Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis (2007)

Kobayashi, Keiko, Suzuki, Masashi, Tang, Jianwei, Nagata, Noriko, Ohyama, Kiyoshi, Seki, Hikaru, ...

Higher plants have two metabolic pathways for isoprenoid biosynthesis: the cytosolic mevalonate (MVA) pathway and the plastidal non-mevalonate (MEP) pathway. Despite the compartmentalization of these...

Lanosterol Synthase in Dicotyledonous Plants (2006)

Suzuki, Masashi, Xiang, Ting, Ohyama, Kiyoshi, Seki, Hikaru, Saito, Kazuki, Muranaka, Toshiya, ...

Sterols are important as structural components of plasma membranes and precursors of steroidal hormones in both animals and plants. Plant sterols show a wide structural variety and significant...

Lanosterol Synthase in Dicotyledonous Plants (2006)

Suzuki, Masashi, Xiang, Ting, Ohyama, Kiyoshi, Seki, Hikaru, Saito, Kazuki, Muranaka, Toshiya, ...

Sterols are important as structural components of plasma membranes and precursors of steroidal hormones in both animals and plants. Plant sterols show a wide structural variety and significant...

Functional Analysis of Retrotransposons in Pea (1999)

Kato, Hidenori, Sriprasertsak, Permpong, Seki, Hikaru, Ichinose, Yuki, Shiraishi, Tomonori, Yamada, Tetsuji

The 5 ′-upstream regions of the plant active defense genes in pea (PSPAL2 and PSCHS1) exhibit significant nucleotide sequence identity to part of a copia-type retrotransposon. To characterize the...

Changes in in vivo DNA-protein Interactions in Pea Phenylalanine Ammonia-lyase and Chalcone Synthase Gene Promoter Induced by Fungal Signal Molecules (1999)

Seki, Hikaru, Nagasugi, Yumi, Ichinose, Yuki, Shiraishi, Tomonori, Yamada, Tetsuji

Elicitor-induced protein bindings were detected on the several particular sequence motifs in two members of the pea PAL and CHS gene promoters by in vivo footprinting analyses. However,...

Combined Effects of Multiple cis-Acting Elements in Elicitor-Mediated Activation of PSCHS1 Gene (1997)

Seki, Hikaru, Ichinose, Yuki, Ito, Masayuki, Shiraishi, Tomonori, Yamada, Tetsuji

Promoter of a gene encoding chalcone synthase 1 (PSCHS1), a member of the defense-related genes in pea, was analyzed by transient transfection assay. The results demonstrated that in addition to the...

Licorice β-amyrin 11-oxidase, a cytochrome P450 with a key role in the biosynthesis of the triterpene sweetener glycyrrhizin

Seki, Hikaru, Ohyama, Kiyoshi, Sawai, Satoru, Mizutani, Masaharu, Ohnishi, Toshiyuki, Sudo, Hiroshi, ...

Glycyrrhizin, a major bioactive compound derived from the underground parts of Glycyrrhiza (licorice) plants, is a triterpene saponin that possesses a wide range of pharmacological properties and is...