Publications †

2011 †

ORIGINAL PAPERS †

Takemasa, R., Y. Yokooji, A. Yamatsu, H. Atomi, and T. Imanaka.
Thermococcus kodakarensis as a host for gene expression and protein secretion.
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 77:2392-2398, 2011.

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Matsubara, K., Y. Yokooji, H. Atomi, and T. Imanaka.
Biochemical and genetic characterization of the three metabolic routes in Thermococcus kodakarensis linking glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate and 3-phosphoglycerate.
Mol. Microbiol. 81:1300-1312, 2011.

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Kanai, T., R. Matsuoka, H. Beppu, A. Nakajima, Y. Okada, H. Atomi, and T. Imanaka.
Distinct physiological roles of the three [NiFe]-hydrogenase orthologs in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus kodakarensis.
J. Bacteriol. 193:3109-3116, 2011.

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Yamada, K., W. Fukuda, Y. Kondo, Y. Miyoshi, H. Atomi, and T. Imanaka.
Constrictibacter antarcticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a cryptoendolithic microorganism in antarctic white rock.
Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 61:1973-1980, 2011.

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Ishino, S., S. Fujino, H. Tomita, H. Ogino, K. Takao, H. Daiyasu, T. Kanai, H. Atomi, and Y. Ishino.
Biochemical and genetical analyses of the three mcm genes from the hyperthermophilic archaeon, Thermococcus kodakarensis.
Genes Cells 16:1176-1189, 2011.

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Nunoura, T., Y. Takaki, J. Kakuta, S. Nishi, J. Sugahara, H. Kazama, G. J. Chee, M. Hattori, A. Kanai, H. Atomi, K. Takai, and H. Takami.
Insights into the evolution of Archaea and eukaryotic protein modifier systems revealed by the genome of a novel archaeal group.
Nucleic Acids Res. 39:3204-3223, 2011.

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Maruyama, H., M. Shin, T. Oda, R. Matsumi, R. L. Ohniwa, T. Itoh, K. Shirahige, T. Imanaka, H. Atomi, S. H. Yoshimura, and K. Takeyasu.
Histone and TK0471/TrmBL2 form a novel heterogeneous genome architecture in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus kodakarensis.
Mol. Biol. Cell 22:386-398, 2011.

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Ohtsuka, T., S. Neki, T. Kanai, K. Akiyoshi, S.M. Nomura, T. Ohtsuki.
Synthesis and in situ insertion of a site-specific fluorescently labeled membrane protein into cell-sized liposomes.
Anal. Biochem. 418:97-101, 2011.

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Makita, N., Y. Yoshikawa, Y. Takenaka, T. Sakaue, M. Suzuki, C. Watanabe, T. Kanai, T. Kanbe, T. Imanaka, K. Yoshikawa.
Salt has a biphasic effect on the higher-order structure of a DNA-protamine complex.
J. Phys. Chem. B. 115:4453-4459, 2011.

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Santos C.R., C.C. Tonoli, D.M. Trindade, C. Betzel, H. Takata, T. Kuriki, T. Kanai, T. Imanaka, R.K. Arni, and M.T. Murakami.
Structural basis for branching-enzyme activity of glycoside hydrolase family 57: structure and stability studies of a novel branching enzyme from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus kodakaraensis KOD1.
Proteins 79:547-557, 2011.

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Ishida, K., T. Kunibayashi, C. Tomikawa, A. Ochi, T. Kanai, A. Hirata, C. Iwashita, and H. Hori.
Pseudouridine at position 55 in tRNA controls the contents of other modified nucleotides for low-temperature adaptation in the extreme-thermophilic eubacterium Thermus thermophilus.
Nucleic Acids Res. 39:2304-2318, 2011.

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Palm, G. J., E. Fernandez-Alvaro, X. Bogdanovic, S. Bartsch, J. Sczodrok, R. K. Singh, D. Bottcher, H. Atomi, U. T. Bornscheuer, and W. Hinrichs.
The crystal structure of an esterase from the hyperthermophilic microorganism Pyrobaculum calidifontis VA1 explains its enantioselectivity.
Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 91:1061-1072, 2011.

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OTHER PUBLICATIONS †

Sato, T., and H. Atomi.
Novel metabolic pathways in Archaea.
Curr. Opin. Microbiol. 14:307-314, 2011.

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Matsumi, R., H. Atomi, A. J. Driessen, and J. van der Oost.
Isoprenoid biosynthesis in Archaea–biochemical and evolutionary implications.
Res. Microbiol. 162:39-52, 2011.

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Leigh, J. A., S. V. Albers, H. Atomi, and T. Allers.
Model organisms for genetics in the domain Archaea: methanogens, halophiles, Thermococcales and Sulfolobales.
FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 35:577-608, 2011.

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Atomi, H., T. Sato, and T. Kanai.
Application of hyperthermophiles and their enzymes.
Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 22:618-626, 2011.

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