Takuji Oka, Ayana Okuno, Daisuke Hira, Takamasa Teramoto, Yuria Chihara, Rio Hirata, Chihiro Kadooka, Yoshimitsu Kakuta. Substrate binding and catalytic mechanism of UDP-α-D-galactofuranose: β-galactofuranoside β-(1→5)-galactofuranosyltransferase GfsA. PNAS Nexus. 2024
Ryosuke Yoshida, Ryosei Kaguma, Ryosuke Kaneko, Ichiro Matuso, Makoto Yoritate, Go Hirai, Takamasa Teramoto, Yoshimitsu Kakuta, Kosuke Minamihata, Noriho Kamiya, et al. Orthogonality of α-Sulfoquinovosidase in Human Cells and Development of Its Fluorescent Substrate. Sensors and Materials. 2024. 36. 8. 3227-3227
Takahiro Mori, Takamasa Teramoto, Yoshimitsu Kakuta. Crystal structure of activating sulfotransferase SgdX2 involved in biosynthesis of secondary metabolite sungeidine. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 2024. 711. 149891-149891
Katsuhisa Kurogi, Yoichi Sakakibara, Takuyu Hashiguchi, Yoshimitsu Kakuta, Miho Kanekiyo, Takamasa Teramoto, Tsuyoshi Fukushima, Takeshi Bamba, Jin Matsumoto, Eiichiro Fukusaki, et al. A new type of sulfation reaction: C-sulfonation for α, β-unsaturated carbonyl groups by a novel sulfotransferase SULT7A1. PNAS Nexus. 2024
Takahiro Okada, Takamasa Teramoto, Hideyuki Ihara, Yoshitaka Ikeda, Yoshimitsu Kakuta. Crystal structure of mango α1,3/α1,4-fucosyltransferase elucidates unique elements that regulate Lewis a-dominant oligosaccharide assembly. Glycobiology. 2024
2021/09 - Journal of Biological Chemistry EDITORS' PICK "Minimal protein-only RNase P structure reveals insights into tRNA precursor recognition and catalysis"
2020/12 - Nucleic Acids Research NAR Breakthrough Article "Pentatricopeptide repeats of protein-only RNase P use a distinct mode to recognize conserved bases and structural elements of pre-tRNA"
2017/03 - NIEHS/NIH Month of Paper "The Drosophila hnRNP F/H Homolog Glorund Uses Two Distinct RNA-Binding Modes to Diversify Target Recognition."
