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Masaru Tanokura

Masaru Tanokura

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Chemistry

D-Index
69
Citations
18623
World Ranking
6137
National Ranking
386

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
75
Citations
23805
World Ranking
5250
National Ranking
341

Overview

Masaru Tanokura is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these broad areas, Tanokura's work is further concentrated in subfields such as Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Immunology, Biochemistry, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

Tanokura's scientific contributions cover various topics, including:

  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides
  • Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on molecular mechanisms and biochemical properties related to plants and health sciences. Key publications include:

  • "Different DNA-binding specificities of NLP and NIN transcription factors underlie nitrate-induced control of root nodulation," 2021, The Plant Cell
  • "Structural bases of IMiD selectivity that emerges by 5-hydroxythalidomide," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Antioxidant properties and inhibition of angiotensin-converting enzyme by highly active peptides from wheat gluten," 2021, Scientific Reports
  • "Effect of chemical and enzymatic modifications on the structural and physicochemical properties of dietary fiber from purple turnip (Brassica rapa L.)," 2021, LWT
  • "Lenalidomide derivatives and proteolysis-targeting chimeras for controlling neosubstrate degradation," 2023, Nature Communications

Tanokura frequently publishes in venues including Scientific Reports, Nature Communications, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Plant Cell, and Communications Biology.

Collaborations with other researchers are notable in their work. Frequent co-authors include Takuya Miyakawa, Satoshi Hachimura, Shohei Nosaki, Y. Y. Xue, and Zhangliang Zhu, reflecting ongoing partnerships that contribute to the volume and scope of their scientific output.

Best Publications

  • Mitochondrial DNA Mutations, Oxidative Stress, and Apoptosis in Mammalian Aging

    G. C. Kujoth;A. Hiona;T. D. Pugh;S. Someya

  • Sirt3 Mediates Reduction of Oxidative Damage and Prevention of Age-Related Hearing Loss under Caloric Restriction

    Shinichi Someya;Shinichi Someya;Wei Yu;William C. Hallows;Jinze Xu

  • Molecular basis of the core regulatory network in ABA responses: sensing, signaling and transport.

    Taishi Umezawa;Kazuo Nakashima;Takuya Miyakawa;Takashi Kuromori

  • Structural basis of abscisic acid signalling

    Ken-ichi Miyazono;Takuya Miyakawa;Yoriko Sawano;Keiko Kubota

  • Arabidopsis DREB2A-Interacting Proteins Function as RING E3 Ligases and Negatively Regulate Plant Drought Stress–Responsive Gene Expression

    Feng Qin;Yoh Sakuma;Lam-Son Phan Tran;Kyonoshin Maruyama

  • Synergistic Activation of the Arabidopsis NADPH Oxidase AtrbohD by Ca2+ and Phosphorylation

    Yoko Ogasawara;Hidetaka Kaya;Goro Hiraoka;Fumiaki Yumoto;Fumiaki Yumoto

  • Molecular mechanism of strigolactone perception by DWARF14

    Hidemitsu Nakamura;You-Lin Xue;Takuya Miyakawa;Feng Hou

  • Age-related hearing loss in C57BL/6J mice is mediated by Bak-dependent mitochondrial apoptosis

    Shinichi Someya;Jinze Xu;Kenji Kondo;Dalian Ding

  • A novel Ca²⁺-activated, thermostabilized polyesterase capable of hydrolyzing polyethylene terephthalate from Saccharomonospora viridis AHK190

    Fusako Kawai;Masayuki Oda;Tomonari Tamashiro;Tomonori Waku

  • Mitochondrial DNA Mutations Induce Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Apoptosis and Sarcopenia in Skeletal Muscle of Mitochondrial DNA Mutator Mice

    Asimina Hiona;Alberto Sanz;Gregory C. Kujoth;Reinald Pamplona

  • Biochemical characterization of NfsA, the Escherichia coli major nitroreductase exhibiting a high amino acid sequence homology to Frp, a Vibrio harveyi flavin oxidoreductase.

    S Zenno;H Koike;A N Kumar;R Jayaraman

  • Single-molecule paleoenzymology probes the chemistry of resurrected enzymes

    Raul Perez-Jimenez;Alvaro Inglés-Prieto;Zi-Ming Zhao;Inmaculada Sanchez-Romero

  • Experimental evidence for the thermophilicity of ancestral life

    Satoshi Akanuma;Yoshiki Nakajima;Shin Ichi Yokobori;Mitsuo Kimura

  • Structure and Function of Abscisic Acid Receptors

    Takuya Miyakawa;Yasunari Fujita;Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki;Masaru Tanokura

  • 1H-NMR study on the tautomerism of the imidazole ring of histidine residues. I. Microscopic pK values and molar ratios of tautomers in histidine-containing peptides.

    Masaru Tanokura

  • Roasting process of coffee beans as studied by nuclear magnetic resonance: time course of changes in composition.

    Feifei Wei;Kazuo Furihata;Masanori Koda;Fangyu Hu

  • Crystal structure of the terminal oxygenase component of biphenyl dioxygenase derived from Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1.

    Yutaka Furusawa;Venugopalan Nagarajan;Masaru Tanokura;Eiji Masai

  • Optimisation of hydrolysis conditions for the production of the angiotensin-I converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory peptides from whey protein using response surface methodology.

    Yuxing Guo;Daodong Pan;Masaru Tanokura

  • Coordination to divalent cations by calcium-binding proteins studied by FTIR spectroscopy.

    Masayuki Nara;Hisayuki Morii;Masaru Tanokura

  • Role of mitochondrial dysfunction and mitochondrial DNA mutations in age-related hearing loss.

    Tatsuya Yamasoba;Shinichi Someya;Shinichi Someya;Chikako Yamada;Richard Weindruch

  • Arabidopsis DREB2A Interacting Proteins Function as RING E3 Ligases and Negatively Regulate Plant Drought Stress Responsive Gene Expression

    Feng Qin;Yoh Sakuma;Lam-Son Phan Tran;Kyonoshin Maruyama

  • Molecular mechanism of strigolactone perception by DWARF14

    Masaru Tanokura;Takuya Miyakawa;You-Lin Xue;Hidemitsu Nakamura

Frequent Co-Authors

Akira Nakamura
Akira Nakamura Osaka University
Hiroshi Sasaki
Hiroshi Sasaki Jikei University School of Medicine
Sakayu Shimizu
Sakayu Shimizu Kyoto University
Kazuo Furihata
Kazuo Furihata University of Tokyo
Tadao Asami
Tadao Asami University of Tokyo
Makoto Nishiyama
Makoto Nishiyama University of Tokyo
Richard Salvi
Richard Salvi University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Sueharu Horinouchi
Sueharu Horinouchi University of Tokyo
Hiromichi Nagasawa
Hiromichi Nagasawa University of Tokyo
Ichizo Kobayashi
Ichizo Kobayashi University of Tokyo

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