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Applied Biological Science, Tokyo University of Science (2012-current)

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Enzymes that catalyze cyclization of β-1,2-glucans

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
2025-02-20 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-025-13429-x
Contributors: Masahiro Nakajima; Sei Motouchi; Nobukiyo Tanaka; Tomoko Masaike
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Functional and structural analysis of a cyclization domain in a cyclic β-1,2-glucan synthase

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
2024-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-024-13013-9
Contributors: Nobukiyo Tanaka; Ryotaro Saito; Kaito Kobayashi; Hiroyuki Nakai; Shogo Kamo; Kouji Kuramochi; Hayao Taguchi; Masahiro Nakajima; Tomoko Masaike
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Discovery of Anomer-Inverting Transglycosylase: Cyclic Glucohexadecaose-Producing Enzyme from Xanthomonas, a Phytopathogen

Journal of the American Chemical Society
2024-07-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c02579
Contributors: Sei Motouchi; Shiro Komba; Hiroyuki Nakai; Masahiro Nakajima
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Structural and biochemical analysis of family 92 carbohydrate-binding modules uncovers multivalent binding to β-glucans

Nature Communications
2024-04-23 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47584-y
Contributors: Meng-Shu Hao; Scott Mazurkewich; He Li; Alma Kvammen; Srijani Saha; Salla Koskela; Annie R. Inman; Masahiro Nakajima; Nobukiyo Tanaka; Hiroyuki Nakai et al.
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Extensive distribution of β-1,2-glucanases: finding of new glycoside hydrolase families of β-1,2-glucanases

2024-02-07 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2024.02.06.578578
Contributors: Masahiro Nakajima; Nobukiyo Tanaka; Sei Motouchi; Kaito Kobayashi; Hisaka Shimizu; Koichi Abe; Naoya Hosoyamada; Naoya Abara; Naoko Morimoto; Narumi Hiramoto et al.
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Phytopathogenic cyclic glucohexadecaose from an inverting transglycosylase

2023-11-27 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.26.568766
Contributors: Sei Motouchi; Shiro Komba; Hiroyuki Nakai; Masahiro Nakajima
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Functional and structural analysis of a cyclization domain in a cyclic β-1,2-glucan synthase

2023-10-30 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2023.10.30.564714
Contributors: Nobukiyo Tanaka; Ryotaro Saito; Kaito Kobayashi; Hiroyuki Nakai; Shogo Kamo; Kouji Kuramochi; Hayao Taguchi; Masahiro Nakajima; Tomoko Masaike
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Identification of enzymatic functions of osmo-regulated periplasmic glucan biosynthesis proteins from Escherichia coli reveals a novel glycoside hydrolase family

Communications Biology
2023-09-21 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-05336-6
Contributors: Sei Motouchi; Kaito Kobayashi; Hiroyuki Nakai; Masahiro Nakajima
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Novel glycoside hydrolase family enzymes fromEscherichia coliare associated with osmo-regulated periplasmic glucan synthesis

2023-03-30 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2023.03.29.533101
Contributors: Sei Motouchi; Kaito Kobayashi; Hiroyuki Nakai; Masahiro Nakajima
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β-1,2-Glucans and associated enzymes

Biologia
2022-10-31 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11756-022-01205-5
Contributors: Masahiro Nakajima
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Enzymatic control and evaluation of degrees of polymerization of β-(1→2)-glucans

Analytical Biochemistry
2021-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2021.114366
Contributors: Masahiro Nakajima; Nobukiyo Tanaka; Kaito Kobayashi; Hiroyuki Nakai; Satoshi Kimura; Tadahisa Iwata; Hayao Taguchi
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Large-scale preparation of β-1,2-glucan using quite a small amount of sophorose

Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry
2019-10-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2019.1630257
Contributors: Kaito Kobayashi; Masahiro Nakajima; Hiroki Aramasa; Satoshi Kimura; Tadahisa Iwata; Hiroyuki Nakai; Hayao Taguchi
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Chloramphenicol inhibits eukaryotic Ser/Thr phosphatase and infection-specific cell differentiation in the rice blast fungus

Scientific Reports
2019-06-26 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-41039-x
Part of ISSN: 2045-2322
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Masahiro Nakajima

Identification, characterization, and structural analyses of a fungal endo-β-1,2-glucanase reveal a new glycoside hydrolase family

Journal of Biological Chemistry
2019-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.RA118.007087
Contributors: Nobukiyo Tanaka; Masahiro Nakajima; Megumi Narukawa-Nara; Hiroki Matsunaga; Shinji Kamisuki; Hiroki Aramasa; Yuta Takahashi; Naohisa Sugimoto; Koichi Abe; Tohru Terada et al.
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Colorimetric determination of β-1,2-glucooligosaccharides for an enzymatic assay using 3-methyl-2-benzothiazolinonehydrazone

Analytical Biochemistry
2018-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2018.08.021
Part of ISSN: 0003-2697
Contributors: Kaito Kobayashi; Hiroki Aramasa; Hiroyuki Nakai; Masahiro Nakajima; Hayao Taguchi
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Synthesis of three deoxy-sophorose derivatives for evaluating the requirement of hydroxy groups at position 3 and/or 3’ of sophorose by 1,2-β-oligoglucan phosphorylases

Carbohydrate Research
2018-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2018.08.005
Part of ISSN: 0008-6215
Contributors: Nobukiyo Tanaka; Masahiro Nakajima; Hiroki Aramasa; Hiroyuki Nakai; Hayao Taguchi; Wakako Tsuzuki; Shiro Komba
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Structural Basis of Sequential Allosteric Transitions in Tetrameric d-Lactate Dehydrogenases from Three Gram-Negative Bacteria

Biochemistry
2018-09-18 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b00557
Contributors: Nayuta Furukawa; Akimasa Miyanaga; Masahiro Nakajima; Hayao Taguchi
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Characterization and Structural Analysis of a Novel exo-Type Enzyme Acting on β-1,2-Glucooligosaccharides from Parabacteroides distasonis

Biochemistry
2018-07-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b00385
Contributors: Hisaka Shimizu; Masahiro Nakajima; Akimasa Miyanaga; Yuta Takahashi; Nobukiyo Tanaka; Kaito Kobayashi; Naohisa Sugimoto; Hiroyuki Nakai; Hayao Taguchi
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Structural and thermodynamic insights into β-1,2-glucooligosaccharide capture by a solute-binding protein inListeria innocua

Journal of Biological Chemistry
2018-04-20 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.RA117.001536
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Mechanistic insight into the substrate specificity of 1,2-β-oligoglucan phosphorylase from Lachnoclostridium phytofermentans

Scientific Reports
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/srep42671
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2-s2.0-85012874378
Contributors: Nakajima, M.; Tanaka, N.; Furukawa, N.; Nihira, T.; Kodutsumi, Y.; Takahashi, Y.; Sugimoto, N.; Miyanaga, A.; Fushinobu, S.; Taguchi, H. et al.
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Function and structure relationships of a β-1,2-glucooligosaccharide-degrading β-glucosidase

FEBS Letters
2017-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.12911
Part of ISSN: 0014-5793
Contributors: Rikuto Ishiguro; Nobukiyo Tanaka; Koichi Abe; Masahiro Nakajima; Takuma Maeda; Akimasa Miyanaga; Yuta Takahashi; Naohisa Sugimoto; Hiroyuki Nakai; Hayao Taguchi
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Chitin-deacetylase activity induces appressorium differentiation in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae

Scientific Reports
2017-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-10322-0
Part of ISSN: 2045-2322
Contributors: Misa Kuroki; Kana Okauchi; Sho Yoshida; Yuko Ohno; Sayaka Murata; Yuichi Nakajima; Akihito Nozaka; Nobukiyo Tanaka; Masahiro Nakajima; Hayao Taguchi et al.
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Biochemical and Structural Analyses of a Bacterial Endo-β-1,2-Glucanase Reveal A New Glycoside Hydrolase Family.

2017-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.762724
PMID: 28270506
Contributors: Abe K; Nakajima M; Yamashita T; Matsunaga H; Kamisuki S; Nihira T; Takahashi Y; Sugimoto N; Miyanaga A; Nakai H et al.
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Masahiro Nakajima via Europe PubMed Central

The ternary complex structure of d-mandelate dehydrogenase with NADH and anilino(oxo)acetate.

2017-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.03.088
PMID: 28327357
Contributors: Furukawa N; Miyanaga A; Nakajima M; Taguchi H
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Functional and structural analysis of a β-glucosidase involved in β-1,2-glucan metabolism in Listeria innocua

PLoS ONE
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148870
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2-s2.0-84960377173
Contributors: Nakajima, M.; Yoshida, R.; Miyanaga, A.; Abe, K.; Takahashi, Y.; Sugimoto, N.; Toyoizumi, H.; Nakai, H.; Kitaoka, M.; Taguchi, H.
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Galacto-N-biose is neuroprotective against glutamate-induced excitotoxicity in vitro

European Journal of Pharmacology
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2016.10.010
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2-s2.0-84994037340
Contributors: Shinoda, Y.; Nakajima, Y.; Iguchi, H.; Tatsumi, S.; Kitaoka, M.; Nakajima, M.; Takahashi, T.; Fujiwara, Y.; Furuichi, T.
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Large-scale Preparation of 1,2-β-Glucan Using 1,2-β-Oligoglucan Phosphorylase

Journal of Applied Glycoscience
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5458/jag.jag.jag-2014_011
Contributors: Koichi Abe; Masahiro Nakajima; Motomitsu Kitaoka; Hiroyuki Toyoizumi; Yuta Takahashi; Naohisa Sugimoto; Hiroyuki Nakai; Hayao Taguchi
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1,2-β-oligoglucan phosphorylase from Listeria innocua

PLoS ONE
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092353
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2-s2.0-84898617982
Contributors: Nakajima, M.; Toyoizumi, H.; Abe, K.; Nakai, H.; Taguchi, H.; Kitaoka, M.
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Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of Lin1840, a putative β-glucosidase from Listeria innocua

Acta Crystallographica Section F:Structural Biology Communications
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1107/S2053230X14018597
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2-s2.0-84927551783
Contributors: Nakajima, M.; Yoshida, R.; Miyanaga, A.; Taguchi, H.
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Diverse allosteric and catalytic functions of tetrameric d-lactate dehydrogenases from three Gram-negative bacteria

AMB Express
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s13568-014-0076-1
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2-s2.0-84957552659
Contributors: Furukawa, N.; Miyanaga, A.; Togawa, M.; Nakajima, M.; Taguchi, H.
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The core of allosteric motion in Thermus caldophilus L-lactate dehydrogenase

Journal of Biological Chemistry
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M114.599092
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2-s2.0-84909979288
Contributors: Ikehara, Y.; Arai, K.; Furukawa, N.; Ohno, T.; Miyake, T.; Fushinobu, S.; Nakajima, M.; Miyanaga, A.; Taguchi, H.
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The crystal structure of d-mandelate dehydrogenase reveals its distinct substrate and coenzyme recognition mechanisms from those of 2-ketopantoate reductase

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.08.019
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2-s2.0-84883770436
Contributors: Miyanaga, A.; Fujisawa, S.; Furukawa, N.; Arai, K.; Nakajima, M.; Taguchi, H.
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A novel glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored glycoside hydrolase from Ustilago esculenta functions in β-1,3-glucan degradation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00483-12
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2-s2.0-84866164323
Contributors: Nakajima, M.; Yamashita, T.; Takahashi, M.; Nakano, Y.; Takeda, T.
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Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis uses two different-galactosidases for selectively degrading type-1 and type-2 human milk oligosaccharides

Glycobiology
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwr116
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2-s2.0-84863393342
Contributors: Yoshida, E.; Sakurama, H.; Kiyohara, M.; Nakajima, M.; Kitaoka, M.; Ashida, H.; Hirose, J.; Katayama, T.; Yamamoto, K.; Kumagai, H.
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Characterization of β-N-acetylhexosaminidase (LeHex20A), a member of glycoside hydrolase family 20, from Lentinula edodes (shiitake mushroom)

AMB Express
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/2191-0855-2-29
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2-s2.0-84863955492
Contributors: Konno, N.; Takahashi, H.; Nakajima, M.; Takeda, T.; Sakamoto, Y.
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Enhanced Saccharification by Trichoderma reesei Expressing a ^|^beta;-Glucosidase from Magnaporthe oryzae

Journal of Applied Glycoscience
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5458/jag.jag.jag-2011_018
Contributors: Machiko Takahashi; Masahiro Nakajima; Yuki Nakano; Takumi Takeda
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Identification of amino acid residues that determine the substrate preference of 1,3-β-galactosyl-N-acetylhexosamine phosphorylase

Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcatb.2011.09.004
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2-s2.0-80054960221
Contributors: Nishimoto, M.; Hidaka, M.; Nakajima, M.; Fushinobu, S.; Kitaoka, M.
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Identification, cloning, and characterization of β-glucosidase from Ustilago esculenta

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3538-2
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2-s2.0-84857918453
Contributors: Nakajima, M.; Yamashita, T.; Takahashi, M.; Nakano, Y.; Takeda, T.
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Characterization of d-galactosyl-β1→4-l-rhamnose phosphorylase from Opitutus terrae

Enzyme and Microbial Technology
2010 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2009.12.007
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2-s2.0-74149092036
Contributors: Nakajima, M.; Nishimoto, M.; Kitaoka, M.
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Practical preparation of D-galactosyl-β1!4-l-rhamnose employing the combined action of Phosphorylases

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry
2010 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.100263
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2-s2.0-77956013877
Contributors: Nakajima, M.; Nishimoto, M.; Kitaoka, M.
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Characterization of three β-galactoside phosphorylases from Clostridium phytofermetans. Discovery of D-galactosyl-β1→4-L-rhmanose phosphorylase

Journal of Biological Chemistry
2009 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M109.007666
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2-s2.0-67749097994
Contributors: Nakajima, M.; Nishimoto, M.; Kitaoka, M.
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Characterization of β-1,3-galactosyl-N-acetylhexosamine phosphorylase from Propionibacterium acnes

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
2009 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-008-1838-y
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2-s2.0-67349154409
Contributors: Nakajima, M.; Nishimoto, M.; Kitaoka, M.
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Identification of galacto-N-biose phosphorylase from Clostridium perfringens ATCC13124

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
2008 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-007-1319-8
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2-s2.0-39149117699
Contributors: Nakajima, M.; Nihira, T.; Nishimoto, M.; Kitaoka, M.
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Identification of lacto-N-biose I phosphorylase from Vibrio vulnificus CMCP6

Applied and Environmental Microbiology
2008 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02846-07
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2-s2.0-54949156444
Contributors: Nakajima, M.; Kitaoka, M.
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Colorimetric quantification of α-d-galactose 1-phosphate

Analytical Biochemistry
2007 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2007.07.012
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2-s2.0-35548929370
Contributors: Nihira, T.; Nakajima, M.; Inoue, K.; Nishimoto, M.; Kitaoka, M.
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Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of cytosolic α-mannosidase from Thermotoga maritima

Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications
2006 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1107/S1744309105042508
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2-s2.0-33646466338
Contributors: Nakajima, M.; Fushinobu, S.; Imamura, H.; Shoun, H.; Wakagi, T.
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Transglycosylation activity of Dictyoglomus thermophilum amylase A

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry
2004 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.68.2369
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2-s2.0-11144256486
Contributors: Nakajima, M.; Imamura, H.; Shoun, H.; Horinouchi, S.; Wakagi, T.
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Unique metal dependency of cytosolic α-mannosidase from Thermotoga maritima, a hyperthermophilic bacterium

Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics
2003 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9861(03)00222-4
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2-s2.0-0038511329
Contributors: Nakajima, M.; Imamura, H.; Shoun, H.; Wakagi, T.
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