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Saburo Aimoto

Saburo Aimoto

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Chemistry

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57
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11349
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11107
National Ranking
814

Biology and Biochemistry

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59
Citations
11906
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12587
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861

Overview

Saburo Aimoto is a researcher affiliated with Osaka University in Japan. Their work spans several subfields of chemistry including Biotechnology, Materials Chemistry, and Organic Chemistry.

The scientist's research primarily focuses on topics related to enzyme production and characterization, enzyme structure and function, as well as carbohydrate chemistry and synthesis.

Saburo Aimoto has authored recent papers published in the Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B. These include:

  • Crystals of taka-amylase A, a cornerstone of protein chemistry in Japan (2024) in Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B
  • Development of protein chemical synthesis using peptide thioester synthetic blocks (2025) in Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B

Frequent co-authors of Saburo Aimoto include Naoto Minamino, Takeshi Ishimizu, Masami Kusunoki, Toru Kawakami, and Hironobu Hojo. Their collaborations suggest a research environment with a focus on biochemical and chemical synthesis topics.

Their contributions have been consistently published in a core venue, the Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B, indicating a specialized focus on research disseminated through this publication.

Best Publications

  • Structural conversion of neurotoxic amyloid-[beta]1-42 oligomers to fibrils

    Mahiuddin Ahmed;Judianne Davis;Darryl Aucoin;Takeshi Sato

  • Polypeptide Synthesis Using the S-Alkyl Thioester of a Partially Protected Peptide Segment. Synthesis of the DNA-Binding Domain of c-Myb Protein (142–193)–NH2

    Hironobu Hojo;Saburo Aimoto

  • Solution structure of a DNA-binding unit of Myb: a helix-turn-helix-related motif with conserved tryptophans forming a hydrophobic core.

    Kazuhiro Ogata;Hironobu Hojo;Saburo Aimoto;Takahisa Nakai

  • Presence of non-selective type of endothelin receptor on vascular endothelium and its linkage to vasodilation.

    Ryoichi Takayanagi;Kazuhiro Kitazumi;Chikahisa Takasaki;Keizo Ohnaka

  • Inositol-1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphate binding to C2B domain of IP4BP/synaptotagmin II.

    Mitsunori Fukuda;Jun Aruga;Michio Niinobe;Saburo Aimoto

  • Inhibitors of amyloid toxicity based on beta-sheet packing of Abeta40 and Abeta42.

    Takeshi Sato;Pascal Kienlen-Campard;Mahiuddin Ahmed;Wei Liu

  • Expression and activity-dependent changes of a novel limbic-serine protease gene in the hippocampus

    ZL Chen;S Yoshida;K Kato;Y Momota

  • Direct preparation of peptide thioesters using an Fmoc solid-phase method

    Xiangqun Li;Toru Kawakami;Saburo Aimoto

  • Amino-acid sequence of a heat-stable enterotoxin produced by human enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli.

    Saburo Aimoto;Toshifumi Takao;Yasutsugu Shimonishi;Saburo Hara

  • Structure of the transmembrane dimer interface of glycophorin A in membrane bilayers

    Steven O. Smith;David Song;Srinivasan Shekar;Michel Groesbeek

  • Comparison of the free and DNA-complexed forms of the DNA-binding domain from c-Myb.

    Kazuhiro Ogata;Souichi Morikawa;Haruki Nakamura;Hironobu Hojo

  • Synthesis of a Glycopeptide Containing Oligosaccharides: Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Eel Calcitonin Analogues Having Natural N-Linked Oligosaccharides

    Mamoru Mizuno;Katsuji Haneda;Reiko Iguchi;Ikuyo Muramoto

  • Amyloidogenic Processing but Not Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP) Intracellular C-terminal Domain Production Requires a Precisely Oriented APP Dimer Assembled by Transmembrane GXXXG Motifs

    Pascal Kienlen-Campard;Bernadette Tasiaux;Joanne Van Hees;Mingli Li

  • Guanidine hydrochloride-induced folding of proteins.

    Yoshihisa Hagihara;Saburo Aimoto;Anthony L. Fink;Yuji Goto

  • Ribosome Modulation Factor: Stationary Growth Phase-Specific Inhibitor of Ribosome Functions from Escherichia coli

    A. Wada;K. Igarashi;S. Yoshimura;S. Aimoto

  • Amino acid sequence of a heat-stable enterotoxin isolated from enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli strain 18D

    Toshifumi Takao;Tetsuo Hitouji;Saburo Aimoto;Yasutsugu Shimonishi

  • Polypeptide synthesis by the thioester method.

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  • Structural model of the phospholamban ion channel complex in phospholipid membranes.

    Isaiah T. Arkin;Matthew Rothman;Cheryl F.C. Ludlam;Saburo Aimoto

  • Implications of Threonine Hydrogen Bonding in the Glycophorin A Transmembrane Helix Dimer

    Steven O. Smith;Markus Eilers;Markus Eilers;David Song;Evan Crocker

  • Pro‐peptide as an intermolecular chaperone: renaturation of denatured subtilisin E with a synthetic pro‐peptide

    Y. Ohta;H. Hojo;S. Aimoto;T. Kobayashi

  • Essential structure for full enterotoxigenic activity of heat-stable enterotoxin produced by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

    Shoko Yoshimura;Haruo Ikemura;Hiroyuki Watanabe;Saburo Aimoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Yasutsugu Shimonishi
Yasutsugu Shimonishi Osaka University
Steven O. Smith
Steven O. Smith Stony Brook University
Katsuhiko Mikoshiba
Katsuhiko Mikoshiba ShanghaiTech University
Toshio Miwatani
Toshio Miwatani Osaka University
Tae Takeda
Tae Takeda Osaka University
Yoshifumi Takeda
Yoshifumi Takeda Okayama University
Kazuhiro Ikenaka
Kazuhiro Ikenaka National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Toshifumi Takao
Toshifumi Takao Osaka University
Yuji Goto
Yuji Goto Osaka University
Michio Murata
Michio Murata Osaka University

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