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• Molecular characterization of alanine racemase in the Kuruma prawn Marsupenaeus japonicus.

  Aquatic crustaceans and some bivalve mollusks are known to contain copious amounts of free d-alanine in their tissues. For the first time in the anima…

  Authors: Naoko Yoshikawa, Shigeru Okada, Hiroki Abe

  Source: Journal of biochemistry. 2009 Feb

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• Molecular characterization of D-amino acid oxidase from common carp Cyprinus carpio and its induction with exogenous free D-alanine.

  A full-length cDNA encoding D-amino acid oxidase (DAO, EC 1.4.3.3) was cloned and sequenced from the hepatopancreas of carp fed a diet supplemented wi…

  Authors: Mohammed Golam Sarower, Shigeru Okada, Hiroki Abe

  Source: Archives of biochemistry and biophysics. 2003 Dec 1

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• Characterization of botryococcene synthase enzyme activity, a squalene synthase-like activity from the green microalga Botryococcus braunii, Race B.

  The extracellular matrix of the alga Botryococcus braunii, Race B, consists mainly of botryococcenes, which have potential as a hydrocarbon fuel. Botr…

  Authors: Shigeru Okada, Timothy P Devarenne, Masahiro Murakami, Hiroki Abe, Joseph Chappell

  Source: Archives of biochemistry and biophysics. 2004 Feb 1

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• Physiological function and metabolism of free D-alanine in aquatic animals.

  Aquatic crustaceans and some bivalve mollusks contain a large amount of free D-alanine (up to 100 mumol/g wet wt.) in their tissues. Under high salini…

  Authors: Hiroki Abe, Naoko Yoshikawa, Mohammed Golam Sarower, Shigeru Okada

  Source: Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin. 2005 Sep

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• Metabolic responses and arginine kinase expression under hypoxic stress of the kuruma prawn Marsupenaeus japonicus.

  In response to hypoxia at PO(2) 1.3-1.7 mg/L for 6 h, the kuruma prawn Marsupenaeus (Penaeus) japonicus showed a dramatic decrease in phosphoarginine …

  Authors: Hiroki Abe, Shun Hirai, Shigeru Okada

  Source: Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology. 2007 Jan

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• Fluorescent substrates for covalent protein labeling catalyzed by microbial transglutaminase.

  Novel small substrates with a variety of fluorophores were designed for the covalent labeling of proteins catalyzed by microbial transglutaminase (MTG…

  Authors: Noriho Kamiya, Hiroki Abe, Masahiro Goto, Yukiko Tsuji, Hiroyuki Jikuya

  Source: Organic & biomolecular chemistry. 2009 Sep 7

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• Purification and characterization of a novel imidazole dipeptide synthase from the muscle of the Japanese eel Anguilla japonica.

  We have purified a novel enzyme from eel white muscle which catalyzes the syntheses of imidazole dipeptides, such as carnosine (beta-alanyl-L-histidin…

  Authors: Shiori Tsubone, Naoko Yoshikawa, Shigeru Okada, Hiroki Abe

  Source: Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part B, Biochemistry & molecular biology. 2007 Apr

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• Beta-Alanine and other free amino acids during salinity adaptation of the polychaete Nereis japonica.

  The free amino acid pool was measured in the body wall muscle and in coelomic cells (eleocytes) of the polychaete Nereis japonica following adaptation…

  Authors: Ulrich Hoeger, Hiroki Abe

  Source: Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology. 2004 Jan

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• Distribution of free D-amino acids and their biosyntheses and physiological roles in aquatic animals

  Authors: Hiroki Abe

  Source: Seikagaku. The Journal of Japanese Biochemical Society. 2008 Apr

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• Bioaerosol concentrations and the identification of aerosolized bacteria by 16S rDNA analysis in work environments

  Bioaerosols cause sick building syndrome (SBS) and allergy. Many kinds of bioaerosol impactors are used for measurement of airborne microorganism conc…

  Authors: Sumiyo Ishimatsu, Hiroki Abe, Kazumasa Fukuda, Toru Ishidao, Hatsumi Taniguchi, Hajime Hori

  Source: Sangyō eiseigaku zasshi = Journal of occupational health. 2007 Mar

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