Kei Yura

Publication List Details

Period

1993 - 2009

Number

38

Co-Authors

RESOPS: A Database for Analyzing the Correspondence of RNA Editing Sites to Protein Three-Dimensional Structures (2009)

Yura, Kei, Sulaiman, Sintawee, Hatta, Yosuke, Shionyu, Masafumi, Go, Mitiko

Transcripts from mitochondrial and chloroplast DNA of land plants often undergo cytidine to uridine conversion-type RNA editing events. RESOPS is a newly built database that specializes in displaying...

Enlarged FAMSBASE: protein 3D structure models of genome sequences for 41 species (2008)

Akihiro Yamaguchi, Mitsuo Iwadate, Ei-ichiro Suzuki, Kei Yura, Shigetsugu Kawakita, Hideaki Umeyama, ...

Enlarged FAMSBASE is a relational database of comparative protein structure models for the whole genome of 41 species,presented in the GTOP database. The models are calculated by Full

Analysis of the Function of a Large-scale Supra-biomolecule System by Molecular Dynamics Simulation System, SCUBA (Simulation Codes for hUge Biomolecular Assembly) Project Representative Atsushi Matsumoto Japan Atomic Energy Agency Authors (2008)

Hisashi Ishida, Kei Yura, Takuma Kano, Atsushi Matsumoto

The Earth Simulator has the highest power ever achieved to perform molecular dynamics simulation of large-scale supramolecular systems. We are developing a molecular dynamics simulation system,...

Correlation between amino acid residues converted by RNA editing and functional residues in protein three-dimensional structures in plant organelles (2008)

Yura, Kei, Go, Mitiko

Abstract Background In plant organelles, specific messenger RNAs (mRNAs) are subjected to conversion editing, a process that often converts the first or second nucleotide of a codon and hence the...

A Resource Discovery Service for Bioinformatics Applications in a Grid-Based Environment (2008)

Xiujun Gong, Jitender Jit, Singh Cheema, Kensuke Nakamura, Kei Yura

Bioinformatics is a collaborative discipline, in which bioinformatics scientists need to share their ideas and analysis method not only through manuscripts, but also through information repositories,...

BAAQ: A Grid-based Infrastructure for Integrating Bioinformatics Applications 1 (2008)

Xiujun Gong, Kei Yura, Nobuhiro Go

Amount of available biological data is increasing at explosive speed. These huge data are heterogeneous, autonomous and dynamic. At the same time, many tools to analyze these data are produced by...

BAAQ: A Platform for Integrating Bioinformatics Tools and Sharing Knowledge (2008)

Jitender Jit, Singh Cheema, Xiujun Gong, Kensuke Nakamura, Kei Yura

Researchers in biology need to combine a growing number of computational tools and biological databases to carry out their analyses. To carry out the analysis effectively, proper knowledge for...

Genome Informatics 14: 589--590 (2003) 589 Novel Types of Two-Domain Multi-Copper Oxidases: (2008)

Possible Missing Links, Kensuke Nakamura, Takeshi Kawabata, Kei Yura, Nobuhiro Go

Introduction Metal ions bound to proteins exhibit various fundamental functions such as catalysis, electron transfer, oxigen transfer and signal transmission. Despite its importance, only a little of...

coliSNP database server mapping nsSNPs on protein structures (2008)

Kono, Hidetoshi, Yuasa, Tomo, Nishiue, Shinya, Yura, Kei

We have developed coliSNP, a database server (http://yayoi.kansai.jaea.go.jp/colisnp) that maps non-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms (nsSNPs) on the three-dimensional (3D) structure of...

Characteristics and Prediction of RNA Editing Sites in Transcripts of the Moss Takakia lepidozioides Chloroplast (2008)

Yura, Kei, Miyata, Yuki, Arikawa, Tomotsugu, Higuchi, Masanobu, Sugita, Mamoru

RNA editing in land plant organelles is a process primarily involving the conversion of cytidine to uridine in pre-mRNAs. The process is required for gene expression in plant organelles, because this...

Large-scale identification and characterization of alternative splicing variants of human gene transcripts using 56 419 completely sequenced and manually annotated full-length cDNAs (2006)

Takeda, Jun-ichi, Suzuki, Yutaka, Nakao, Mitsuteru, Barrero, Roberto A., Koyanagi, Kanako O., Jin, Lihua, ...

We report the first genome-wide identification and characterization of alternative splicing in human gene transcripts based on analysis of the full-length cDNAs. Applying both manual and...

Amino acid residue doublet propensity in the protein-RNA interface and its application to RNA interface prediction (2006)

Kim, Oanh T. P., Yura, Kei, Go, Nobuhiro

Protein–RNA interactions play essential roles in a number of regulatory mechanisms for gene expression such as RNA splicing, transport, translation and post-transcriptional control. As the number...

Large-scale identification and characterization of alternative splicing variants of human gene transcripts using 56 419 completely sequenced and manually annotated full-length cDNAs (2006)

Takeda, Jun-ichi, Suzuki, Yutaka, Nakao, Mitsuteru, Barrero, Roberto A., Koyanagi, Kanako O., Jin, Lihua, ...

We report the first genome-wide identification and characterization of alternative splicing in human gene transcripts based on analysis of the full-length cDNAs. Applying both manual and...

Large-scale identification and characterization of alternative splicing variants of human gene transcripts using 56 419 completely sequenced and manually annotated full-length cDNAs (2006)

Takeda, Jun-ichi, Suzuki, Yutaka, Nakao, Mitsuteru, Barrero, Roberto A., Koyanagi, Kanako O., Jin, Lihua, ...

We report the first genome-wide identification and characterization of alternative splicing in human gene transcripts based on analysis of the full-length cDNAs. Applying both manual and...

Amino acid residue doublet propensity in the protein-RNA interface and its application to RNA interface prediction (2006)

Kim, Oanh T. P., Yura, Kei, Go, Nobuhiro

Protein–RNA interactions play essential roles in a number of regulatory mechanisms for gene expression such as RNA splicing, transport, translation and post-transcriptional control. As the number...

Integrative Annotation of 21,037 Human Genes Validated by Full-Length cDNA Clones (2004)

Tadashi Imanishi, Takeshi Itoh, Yutaka Suzuki, Claire O'Donovan, Satoshi Fukuchi, Kanako O. Koyanagi, ...

An international team has systematically validated and annotated just over 21,000 human genes using full-length cDNA, thereby providing a valuable new resource for the human genetics community.

Integrative Annotation of 21,037 Human Genes Validated by Full-Length cDNA Clones (2004)

Tadashi Imanishi, Takeshi Itoh, Yutaka Suzuki, Claire O'Donovan, Satoshi Fukuchi, Kanako O. Koyanagi, ...

The human genome sequence defines our inherent biological potential; the realization of the biology encoded therein requires knowledge of the function of each gene. Currently, our knowledge in this...

Highly Divergent Actins from Karyorelictean, Heterotrich, and Litostome Ciliates1 (2004)

KEI YURA, NOBUHIRO GO, TERUE HARUMOTO

We have cloned, sequenced, and characterized cDNA of actins from five ciliate species of three different classes of the phylum Ciliophora: Karyorelictea (Loxodes striatus), Heterotrichea (Blepharisma...

Enlarged FAMSBASE: protein 3D structure models of genome sequences for 41 species (2003)

Yamaguchi, Akihiro, Iwadate, Mitsuo, Suzuki, Ei-ichiro, Yura, Kei, Kawakita, Shigetsugu, Umeyama, Hideaki, ...

Enlarged FAMSBASE is a relational database of comparative protein structure models for the whole genome of 41 species, presented in the GTOP database. The models are calculated by Full Automatic...

Mutational Analysis of Genes Involved in Pilus Structure, Motility and Transformation Competency in the Unicellular Motile CyanobacteriumSynechocystis sp. PCC 6803 (2001)

Yoshihara, Shizue, Geng, Xiao Xing, Okamoto, Shinobu, Yura, Kei, Murata, Takashi, Go, Mitiko, ...

The relevance of pilus-related genes to motility, pilus structure on the cell surface and competency of natural transformation was studied by gene disruption analysis in the unicellular motile...

Module shuffling of a family F/10 xylanase: replacement of modules M4 and M5 of the FXYN of Streptomyces olivaceoviridis E-86 with those of the Cex of Cellulomonas fimi (2000)

Kaneko, Satoshi, Iwamatsu, Shinnosuke, Kuno, Atsushi, Fujimoto, Zui, Sato, Yoko, Yura, Kei, ...

To facilitate an understanding of structure–function relationships, chimeric xylanases were constructed by module shuffling between the catalytic domains of the FXYN from Streptomyces...

Putative Mechanism of Natural Transformation as Deduced from Genome Data (1999)

Yura, Kei, Toh, Hiroyuki, G–o, Mitiko

Genetic transformation is widely utilized in molecular biology as a tool for gene cloning in Escherichia coli and for gene mapping in Bacillus subtilis. Several strains of eubacteria can naturally...

Repeat of a helix-turn-helix module in DNA-binding proteins (1993)

Yura, Kei, Tomoda, Shirou, Go, Mitiko

helix–turn–helix motif is one of the common motifs observed in DNA-binding proteins. The motif interacts with DNA double helix and recognizes specific base sequences. It is assumed that the...

Enlarged FAMSBASE: protein 3D structure models of genome sequences for 41 species

Yamaguchi, Akihiro, Iwadate, Mitsuo, Suzuki, Ei-ichiro, Yura, Kei, Kawakita, Shigetsugu, Umeyama, Hideaki, ...

Enlarged FAMSBASE is a relational database of comparative protein structure models for the whole genome of 41 species, presented in the GTOP database. The models are calculated by Full Automatic...

Integrative Annotation of 21,037 Human Genes Validated by Full-Length cDNA Clones

Imanishi, Tadashi, Itoh, Takeshi, Suzuki, Yutaka, O'Donovan, Claire, Fukuchi, Satoshi, Koyanagi, Kanako O, ...

The human genome sequence defines our inherent biological potential; the realization of the biology encoded therein requires knowledge of the function of each gene. Currently, our knowledge in this...

Large-scale identification and characterization of alternative splicing variants of human gene transcripts using 56 419 completely sequenced and manually annotated full-length cDNAs

Takeda, Jun-ichi, Suzuki, Yutaka, Nakao, Mitsuteru, Barrero, Roberto A., Koyanagi, Kanako O., Jin, Lihua, ...

We report the first genome-wide identification and characterization of alternative splicing in human gene transcripts based on analysis of the full-length cDNAs. Applying both manual and...

Enlarged FAMSBASE: protein 3D structure models of genome sequences for 41 species

Yamaguchi, Akihiro, Iwadate, Mitsuo, Suzuki, Ei-ichiro, Yura, Kei, Kawakita, Shigetsugu, Umeyama, Hideaki, ...

Enlarged FAMSBASE is a relational database of comparative protein structure models for the whole genome of 41 species, presented in the GTOP database. The models are calculated by Full Automatic...

Integrative Annotation of 21,037 Human Genes Validated by Full-Length cDNA Clones

Imanishi, Tadashi, Itoh, Takeshi, Suzuki, Yutaka, O'Donovan, Claire, Fukuchi, Satoshi, Koyanagi, Kanako O, ...

The human genome sequence defines our inherent biological potential; the realization of the biology encoded therein requires knowledge of the function of each gene. Currently, our knowledge in this...

Large-scale identification and characterization of alternative splicing variants of human gene transcripts using 56 419 completely sequenced and manually annotated full-length cDNAs

Takeda, Jun-ichi, Suzuki, Yutaka, Nakao, Mitsuteru, Barrero, Roberto A., Koyanagi, Kanako O., Jin, Lihua, ...

We report the first genome-wide identification and characterization of alternative splicing in human gene transcripts based on analysis of the full-length cDNAs. Applying both manual and...

Coverage of whole proteome by structural genomics observed through protein homology modeling database

Yura, Kei, Yamaguchi, Akihiro, Go, Mitiko

We have been developing FAMSBASE, a protein homology-modeling database of whole ORFs predicted from genome sequences. The latest update of FAMSBASE (http://daisy.nagahama-i-bio.ac.jp/Famsbase/),...

Amino acid residue doublet propensity in the protein–RNA interface and its application to RNA interface prediction

Kim, Oanh T. P., Yura, Kei, Go, Nobuhiro

Protein–RNA interactions play essential roles in a number of regulatory mechanisms for gene expression such as RNA splicing, transport, translation and post-transcriptional control. As the number...

coliSNP database server mapping nsSNPs on protein structures

Kono, Hidetoshi, Yuasa, Tomo, Nishiue, Shinya, Yura, Kei

We have developed coliSNP, a database server (http://yayoi.kansai.jaea.go.jp/colisnp) that maps non-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms (nsSNPs) on the three-dimensional (3D) structure of...

Discrimination of Class I Cyclobutane Pyrimidine Dimer Photolyase from Blue Light Photoreceptors by Single Methionine Residue

Miyazawa, Yuji, Nishioka, Hirotaka, Yura, Kei, Yamato, Takahisa

DNA photolyase recognizes ultraviolet-damaged DNA and breaks improperly formed covalent bonds within the cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer by a light-activated electron transfer reaction between the...

Characteristics and Prediction of RNA Editing Sites in Transcripts of the Moss Takakia lepidozioides Chloroplast

Yura, Kei, Miyata, Yuki, Arikawa, Tomotsugu, Higuchi, Masanobu, Sugita, Mamoru

RNA editing in land plant organelles is a process primarily involving the conversion of cytidine to uridine in pre-mRNAs. The process is required for gene expression in plant organelles, because this...

Key Interactions in Integrin Ectodomain Responsible for Global Conformational Change Detected by Elastic Network Normal-Mode Analysis

Matsumoto, Atsushi, Kamata, Tetsuji, Takagi, Junichi, Iwasaki, Kenji, Yura, Kei

Integrin, a membrane protein with a huge extracellular domain, participates in cell-cell and cell-extracellular-matrix interactions for metazoan. A group of integrins is known to perform a...

RESOPS: A Database for Analyzing the Correspondence of RNA Editing Sites to Protein Three-Dimensional Structures

Yura, Kei, Sulaiman, Sintawee, Hatta, Yosuke, Shionyu, Masafumi, Go, Mitiko

Transcripts from mitochondrial and chloroplast DNA of land plants often undergo cytidine to uridine conversion-type RNA editing events. RESOPS is a newly built database that specializes in displaying...

The interwinding nature of protein–protein interfaces and its implication for protein complex formation

Yura, Kei, Hayward, Steven

Motivation: Structural features at protein–protein interfaces can be studied to understand protein–protein interactions. It was noticed that in a dataset of 45 multimeric proteins the interface...