Scorpio, Angelo, Chabot, Donald J., Day, William A., O'Brien, David K., Vietri, Nicholas J., Itoh, Yoshifumi, ...
The poly gamma-D-glutamic acid capsule confers antiphagocytic properties on Bacillus anthracis and is essential for virulence. In this study, we showed that two recombinant glutamylases: CapD, a...
Rice chitinases: sugar recognition specificities of the individual subsites (2006)
Sasaki, Chiye, Vårum, Kjell M., Itoh, Yoshifumi, Tamoi, Masahiro, Fukamizo, Tamo
Sugar recognition specificities of class III (OsChib1a) and class I (OsChia1cΔChBD) chitinases from rice, Oryza sativa L., were investigated by analyzing 1H- and 13C-nuclear magnetic resonance...
Rice chitinases: sugar recognition specificities of the individual subsites (2006)
Sasaki, Chiye, Vårum, Kjell M., Itoh, Yoshifumi, Tamoi, Masahiro, Fukamizo, Tamo
Sugar recognition specificities of class III (OsChib1a) and class I (OsChia1cΔChBD) chitinases from rice, Oryza sativa L., were investigated by analyzing 1H- and 13C-NMR spectra of the enzymatic...
Rice chitinases: sugar recognition specificities of the individual subsites (2006)
Sasaki, Chiye, Vårum, Kjell M., Itoh, Yoshifumi, Tamoi, Masahiro, Fukamizo, Tamo
Sugar recognition specificities of class III (OsChib1a) and class I (OsChia1cΔChBD) chitinases from rice, Oryza sativa L., were investigated by analyzing 1H- and 13C-NMR spectra of the enzymatic...
Fabrication and photoluminescence of highly crystalline GaN and GaN:Mg nanoparticles (2005)
Ogi, Takashi, Itoh, Yoshifumi, Abdullah, Mikrajuddin, Iskandar, Ferry, Azuma, Yasushi, Okuyama, Kikuo
Well-dispersed nano-sized gallium nitride (GaN) and magnesium-doped GaN (GaN:Mg) particles were successfully prepared fromnano-sized galliumoxide (Ga2O3) particles under a flow of ammonia gas. The...
Comparative Study of the Reaction Mechanism of Eamily 18 Chitinases from Plants and Microbes (2002)
Sasaki, Chiye, Yokoyama, Ai, Itoh, Yoshifumi, Hashimoto, Masayuki, Watanabe, Takeshi, Fukamizo, Tamo
Hydrolytic mechanisms of family 18 chitinases from rice (Oryza sativa L) and Bacillus circulans WL-12 were comparatively studied by a combination of HPLC analysis of the reaction products and...
Nakada, Yuji, Jiang, Ying, Nishijyo, Takayuki, Itoh, Yoshifumi, Lu, Chung-Dar
Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 utilizes agmatine as the sole carbon and nitrogen source via two reactions catalyzed successively by agmatine deiminase (encoded by aguA; also called agmatine...
Nishijyo, Takayuki, Park, Seung-Moon, Lu, Chung-Dar, Itoh, Yoshifumi, Abdelal, Ahmed T.
The complete nucleotide sequence for the aot operon of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 was determined. This operon contains six open reading frames. The derived sequences for four of these, aotJ, aotQ,...
Nagai, Toshiro, Phan Tran, Lam-Son, Inatsu, Yasuhiro, Itoh, Yoshifumi
Certain Bacillus subtilis strains, such as B. subtilis (natto) starter strains for the manufacture of natto (fermented soybeans), produce capsular poly-γ-glutamate (γPGA). In B. subtilis (natto),...
Itoh, Yoshifumi, Takamura, Akiko, Ito, Noriko, Maru, Yoshiro, Sato, Hiroshi, Suenaga, Naoko, ...
Activation of proMMP-2 by MT1-MMP is considered to be a critical event in cancer cell invasion. In the activation step, TIMP-2 bound to MT1-MMP on the cell surface acts as a receptor for proMMP-2....
Mori, Hidetoshi, Tomari, Taizo, Koshikawa, Naohiko, Kajita, Masahiro, Itoh, Yoshifumi, Sato, Hiroshi, ...
Membrane-type 1 matrix metalloproteinase (MT1- MMP) localizes at the front of migrating cells and degrades the extracellular matrix barrier during cancer invasion. However, it is poorly understood...
The arginine dehydrogenase (or oxidase) pathway catabolically converts arginine to succinate via 2-ketoglutarate and 4-guanidinobutyrate (4-GB) with the concomitant formation of CO2 and urea....
Lu, Chung-Dar, Itoh, Yoshifumi, Nakada, Yuji, Jiang, Ying
A multiple-gene locus for polyamine uptake and utilization was discovered in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. This locus contained nine genes designated spuABCDEFGHI (spu for spermidine and putrescine...
Nakada, Yuji, Nishijyo, Takayuki, Itoh, Yoshifumi
Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 utilizes proline as the sole source of carbon and nitrogen via a bifunctional enzyme (the putA gene product) that has both proline dehydrogenase (EC 1.5.99.8) and...
Kimura, Keitarou, Itoh, Yoshifumi
Some Bacillus subtilis strains, including natto (fermented soybeans) starter strains, produce a capsular polypeptide of glutamate with a γ-linkage, called poly-γ-glutamate (γ-PGA). We identified...
Nakada, Yuji, Jiang, Ying, Nishijyo, Takayuki, Itoh, Yoshifumi, Lu, Chung-Dar
Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 utilizes agmatine as the sole carbon and nitrogen source via two reactions catalyzed successively by agmatine deiminase (encoded by aguA; also called agmatine...
Nishijyo, Takayuki, Park, Seung-Moon, Lu, Chung-Dar, Itoh, Yoshifumi, Abdelal, Ahmed T.
The complete nucleotide sequence for the aot operon of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 was determined. This operon contains six open reading frames. The derived sequences for four of these, aotJ, aotQ,...
Nagai, Toshiro, Phan Tran, Lam-Son, Inatsu, Yasuhiro, Itoh, Yoshifumi
Certain Bacillus subtilis strains, such as B. subtilis (natto) starter strains for the manufacture of natto (fermented soybeans), produce capsular poly-γ-glutamate (γPGA). In B. subtilis (natto),...
Itoh, Yoshifumi, Takamura, Akiko, Ito, Noriko, Maru, Yoshiro, Sato, Hiroshi, Suenaga, Naoko, ...
Activation of proMMP-2 by MT1-MMP is considered to be a critical event in cancer cell invasion. In the activation step, TIMP-2 bound to MT1-MMP on the cell surface acts as a receptor for proMMP-2....
Mori, Hidetoshi, Tomari, Taizo, Koshikawa, Naohiko, Kajita, Masahiro, Itoh, Yoshifumi, Sato, Hiroshi, ...
Membrane-type 1 matrix metalloproteinase (MT1- MMP) localizes at the front of migrating cells and degrades the extracellular matrix barrier during cancer invasion. However, it is poorly understood...
The arginine dehydrogenase (or oxidase) pathway catabolically converts arginine to succinate via 2-ketoglutarate and 4-guanidinobutyrate (4-GB) with the concomitant formation of CO2 and urea....
Lu, Chung-Dar, Itoh, Yoshifumi, Nakada, Yuji, Jiang, Ying
A multiple-gene locus for polyamine uptake and utilization was discovered in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. This locus contained nine genes designated spuABCDEFGHI (spu for spermidine and putrescine...
Nakada, Yuji, Nishijyo, Takayuki, Itoh, Yoshifumi
Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 utilizes proline as the sole source of carbon and nitrogen via a bifunctional enzyme (the putA gene product) that has both proline dehydrogenase (EC 1.5.99.8) and...
Kimura, Keitarou, Itoh, Yoshifumi
Some Bacillus subtilis strains, including natto (fermented soybeans) starter strains, produce a capsular polypeptide of glutamate with a γ-linkage, called poly-γ-glutamate (γ-PGA). We identified...
Cell Surface Collagenolysis Requires Homodimerization of the Membrane-bound Collagenase MT1-MMP
Itoh, Yoshifumi, Ito, Noriko, Nagase, Hideaki, Evans, Richard D., Bird, Sarah A., Seiki, Motoharu
Pericellular degradation of interstitial collagens is a crucial event for cells to migrate through the dense connective tissue matrices, where collagens exist as insoluble fibers. A key proteinase...
Scorpio, Angelo, Chabot, Donald J., Day, William A., O'Brien, David K., Vietri, Nicholas J., Itoh, Yoshifumi, ...
The poly-γ-d-glutamic acid capsule confers antiphagocytic properties on Bacillus anthracis and is essential for virulence. In this study, we showed that CapD, a γ-polyglutamic acid depolymerase...
Membrane-Type 1 Matrix Metalloproteinase Cleaves Cd44 and Promotes Cell Migration
Kajita, Masahiro, Itoh, Yoshifumi, Chiba, Tadashige, Mori, Hidetoshi, Okada, Akiko, Kinoh, Hiroaki, ...
Migratory cells including invasive tumor cells frequently express CD44, a major receptor for hyaluronan and membrane-type 1 matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP) that degrades extracellular matrix at...
Uekita, Takamasa, Itoh, Yoshifumi, Yana, Ikuo, Ohno, Hiroshi, Seiki, Motoharu
Membrane-type 1 matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP) is an integral membrane proteinase that degrades the pericellular extracellular matrix (ECM) and is expressed in many migratory cells, including...
Yamada, Kazuteru, Kaneko, Jun, Kamio, Yoshiyuki, Itoh, Yoshifumi
Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum strain Er simultaneously produces the phage tail-like bacteriocin carotovoricin (Ctv) and pectin lyase (Pnl) in response to DNA-damaging agents. The...
Itoh, Yoshifumi, Ito, Noriko, Nagase, Hideaki, Seiki, Motoharu
Activation of proMMP-2 and cell surface collagenolysis are important activities of membrane-type 1 matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP) to promote cell migration in tissue, and these activities are...
Fukuda, Mutsumi, Watanabe, Seiji, Kaneko, Jun, Itoh, Yoshifumi, Kamio, Yoshiyuki
Paenibacillus sp. strain W-61, which can utilize xylan as the sole source of carbon and energy, produces extracellular xylanases 1 and 3 (Xyn1 and Xyn3) and cell surface xylanase 5. In this study we...