Masao Sakaguchi

Overview

Best Publications

• A short amino-terminal segment of microsomal cytochrome P-450 functions both as an insertion signal and as a stop−transfer sequence

  M Sakaguchi;K Mihara;R Sato

  298
  Citations

• Characterization of the Signal That Directs Tom20 to the Mitochondrial Outer Membrane

  Sachiko Kanaji;Jun Iwahashi;Yuichiro Kida;Masao Sakaguchi

  280
  Citations

• Functions of signal and signal-anchor sequences are determined by the balance between the hydrophobic segment and the N-terminal charge

  Masao Sakaguchi;Ryoko Tomiyoshi;Tomoko Kuroiwa;Katsuyoshi Mihara

  252
  Citations

• Characterization of signal that directs C-tail-anchored proteins to mammalian mitochondrial outer membrane.

  Chika Horie;Hiroyuki Suzuki;Masao Sakaguchi;Katsuyoshi Mihara

  224
  Citations

• Topological Rules for Membrane Protein Assembly in Eukaryotic Cells

  Guro Gafvelin;Masao Sakaguchi;Helena Andersson;Gunnar von Heijne

  218
  Citations

• Importance of the Proline-Rich Region Following Signal-Anchor Sequence in the Formation of Correct Conformation of Microsomal Cytochrome P-450s

  Soh Yamazaki;Ken Sato;Katsuko Suhara;Masao Sakaguchi

  216
  Citations

• A mitochondrial import factor purified from rat liver cytosol is an ATP-dependent conformational modulator for precursor proteins.

  Naomi Hachiya;Rashidul Alam;Yuji Sakasegawa;Masao Sakaguchi

  206
  Citations

• MSF, a novel cytoplasmic chaperone which functions in precursor targeting to mitochondria.

  N Hachiya;T Komiya;R Alam;J Iwahashi

  199
  Citations

• Signal recognition particle is required for co-translational insertion of cytochrome P-450 into microsomal membranes

  Masao Sakaguchi;Katsuyoshi Mihara;Ryo Sato

  164
  Citations

• Systematic analysis of stop-transfer sequence for microsomal membrane.

  T Kuroiwa;M Sakaguchi;K Mihara;T Omura

  162
  Citations

• Cytoplasmic chaperones determine the targeting pathway of precursor proteins to mitochondria.

  T Komiya;M Sakaguchi;K Mihara

  141
  Citations

• Evidence in support of a four transmembrane-pore-transmembrane topology model for the Arabidopsis thaliana Na+/K+ translocating AtHKT1 protein, a member of the superfamily of K+ transporters

  Yasuhiro Kato;Masao Sakaguchi;Yasuo Mori;Kumiko Saito

  140
  Citations

• Forced Transmembrane Orientation of Hydrophilic Polypeptide Segments in Multispanning Membrane Proteins

  Kazuhisa Ota;Masao Sakaguchi;Gunnar von Heijne;Naotaka Hamasaki

  136
  Citations

• cDNA cloning and characterization of mitochondrial import stimulation factor (MSF) purified from rat liver cytosol.

  Rashidul Alam;Naomi Hachiya;Masao Sakaguchi;Shun Ichiro Kawabata

  135
  Citations

• Core glycosylation of cytochrome P-450(arom). Evidence for localization of N terminus of microsomal cytochrome P-450 in the lumen.

  O Shimozawa;M Sakaguchi;H Ogawa;N Harada

  126
  Citations

• The amino-terminal structures that determine topological orientation of cytochrome P-450 in microsomal membrane.

  T Sato;M Sakaguchi;K Mihara;T Omura

  123
  Citations

• NHE6 protein possesses a signal peptide destined for endoplasmic reticulum membrane and localizes in secretory organelles of the cell.

  Emi Miyazaki;Masao Sakaguchi;Shigeo Wakabayashi;Munekazu Shigekawa

  117
  Citations

• Human ABC transporter isoform B6 (ABCB6) localizes primarily in the Golgi apparatus.

  Masashi Tsuchida;Yoshikazu Emi;Yuichiro Kida;Masao Sakaguchi

  102
  Citations

• Eukaryotic protein secretion.

  Masao Sakaguchi

  101
  Citations

• Contribution of hydrophobic and electrostatic interactions to the membrane integration of the Shaker K+ channel voltage sensor domain

  Liyan Zhang;Yoko Sato;Tara Hessa;Gunnar Von Heijne

  100
  Citations