Akane Sawai, Takeo Taniguchi, Kohsuke Noguchi, Taisuke Seike, Nobuyuki Okahashi, Masak Takaine, Fumio Matsuda. ATP Supply from Cytosol to Mitochondria Is an Additional Role of Aerobic Glycolysis to Prevent Programmed Cell Death by Maintenance of Mitochondrial Membrane Potential. Metabolites. 2025
Masak Takaine. In vitro Condensation Assay of Fluorescent Protein-Fused PRPP Amidotransferase Purified from Budding Yeast Cells. BIO-PROTOCOL. 2025. 15. 11. e5335
Masak Takaine, Rikuri Morita, Yuto Yoshinari, Takashi Nishimura. Phase separation of the PRPP amidotransferase into dynamic condensates promotes de novo purine synthesis in yeast. PLOS Biology. 2025
Akane Sawai, Takeo Taniguchi, Kohsuke Noguchi, Taisuke Seike, Nobuyuki Okahashi, Masak Takaine, Fumio Matsuda. Conserved metabolic adaptation mechanisms in cancer cells and yeast against mitochondrial dysfunction indicate an additional role of aerobic glycolysis for cell survival. 2025
Masak Takaine, Rikuri Morita, Yuto Yoshinari, Takashi Nishimura. Condensation of PRPP amidotransferase by phase separation promotesde novopurine synthesis through intermolecular intermediate channeling in yeast. 2023