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Yasuhiro Anraku

Yasuhiro Anraku

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
76
Citations
17375
World Ranking
5129
National Ranking
333

Overview

Yasuhiro Anraku is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Chemistry.

Their work is focused on several specific research topics that include the study of Click Chemistry and its applications, Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis, and the Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways.

Anraku's publication record includes papers published in venues such as UNC Libraries. A notable recent paper titled "Suppression of yeast geranylgeranyl transferase I defect by alternative prenylation of two target GTPases, Rho1p and Cdc42p." was published in 2020.

  • Suppression of yeast geranylgeranyl transferase I defect by alternative prenylation of two target GTPases, Rho1p and Cdc42p., 2020, UNC Libraries

Throughout their career, Anraku has frequently collaborated with several co-authors, including:

  • Yoshikazu Ohya
  • Hiroshi Qadota
  • John R. Pringle
  • David Botstein

Their research contributions span the molecular biology subfield primarily, with a noted interest also in organic chemistry topics. This interdisciplinary approach supports investigations at the intersection of biochemical processes and chemical biology.

Best Publications

  • Molecular structure of a gene, VMA1, encoding the catalytic subunit of H(+)-translocating adenosine triphosphatase from vacuolar membranes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    R Hirata;Y Ohsumk;A Nakano;H Kawasaki

  • Identification of Yeast Rho1p GTPase as a Regulatory Subunit of 1,3-β-Glucan Synthase

    Hiroshi Qadota;Christophe P. Python;Shunsuke B. Inoue;Mikio Arisawa

  • The plasma membrane of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: structure, function, and biogenesis.

    M E van der Rest;A H Kamminga;A Nakano;Y Anraku

  • Purification and properties of H+-translocating, Mg2+-adenosine triphosphatase from vacuolar membranes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Etsuko Uchida;Yoshinori Ohsumi;Yasuhiro Anraku

  • Terminal oxidases of Escherichia coli aerobic respiratory chain. I. Purification and properties of cytochrome b562-o complex from cells in the early exponential phase of aerobic growth.

    K Kita;K Konishi;Y Anraku

  • The aerobic respiratory chain of Escherichia coli

    Yasuhiro Anraku;Robert B. Gennis

  • Terminal oxidases of Escherichia coli aerobic respiratory chain. II. Purification and properties of cytochrome b558-d complex from cells grown with limited oxygen and evidence of branched electron-carrying systems.

    K Kita;K Konishi;Y Anraku

  • ACTIVATION OF YEAST PROTEIN KINASE C BY RHO1 GTPASE

    Yoshiaki Kamada;Hiroshi Qadota;Christophe P. Python;Yasuhiro Anraku

  • Active transport of basic amino acids driven by a proton motive force in vacuolar membrane vesicles of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Y Ohsumi;Y Anraku

  • Properties of H+-translocating adenosine triphosphatase in vacuolar membranes of SAccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Y Kakinuma;Y Ohsumi;Y Anraku

  • Bacterial Electron Transport Chains

    Yasuhiro Anraku

  • Genes for directing vacuolar morphogenesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. I. Isolation and characterization of two classes of vam mutants.

    Yoh Wada;Yoshinori Ohsumi;Yasuhiro Anraku

  • Dynamic aspects of vacuolar and cytosolic amino acid pools of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    K Kitamoto;K Yoshizawa;Y Ohsumi;Y Anraku

  • VMA11 and VMA16 Encode Second and Third Proteolipid Subunits of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Vacuolar Membrane H+-ATPase

    Ryogo Hirata;Laurie A. Graham;Akira Takatsuki;Tom H. Stevens

  • A novel gene, STT4, encodes a phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase in the PKC1 protein kinase pathway of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Soshi Yoshida;Yoshikazu Ohya;Yoshikazu Ohya;Mark Goebl;Akihiko Nakano

  • Phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 5-Kinase Localized on the Plasma Membrane Is Essential for Yeast Cell Morphogenesis

    Keiichi Homma;Sachiko Terui;Masayo Minemura;Hiroshi Qadota

  • Calcium-sensitive cls Mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Showing a Pet- Phenotype Are Ascribable to Defects of Vacuolar Membrane H'-ATPase Activity*

    Y Ohya;N Umemoto;I Tanida;A Ohta

  • VMA13 encodes a 54-kDa vacuolar H(+)-ATPase subunit required for activity but not assembly of the enzyme complex in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    M.N. Ho;R. Hirata;N. Umemoto;Y. Ohya

  • Cytoplasmic membrane vesicles of Escherichia coli. A simple method for preparing the cytoplasmic and outer membranes.

    Ichiro Yamato;Yasuhiro Anraku;Kazushige Hirosawa

  • Roles of the VMA3 gene product, subunit c of the vacuolar membrane H(+)-ATPase on vacuolar acidification and protein transport. A study with VMA3-disrupted mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    N Umemoto;T Yoshihisa;R Hirata;Y Anraku

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshikazu Ohya
Yoshikazu Ohya University of Tokyo
Yoshinori Ohsumi
Yoshinori Ohsumi Tokyo Institute of Technology
Kiyoshi Kita
Kiyoshi Kita Nagasaki University
Yoh Wada
Yoh Wada Osaka University
Isei Tanida
Isei Tanida Juntendo University
Tom H. Stevens
Tom H. Stevens University of Oregon
Yoshifumi Nishimura
Yoshifumi Nishimura Hiroshima University
Hideto Miyoshi
Hideto Miyoshi Kyoto University
Robert B. Gennis
Robert B. Gennis University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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