Publications †

2012 †

ORIGINAL PAPERS †

by year 2011

Aono, R., T. Sato, A. Yano, S. Yoshida, Y. Nishitani, K. Miki, T. Imanaka, and H. Atomi.
Enzymatic characterization of AMP phosphorylase and ribose-1,5-bisphosphate isomerase functioning in an archaeal AMP metabolic pathway.
J. Bacteriol. 194:6847-6855, 2012.

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Ishibashi, T., H. Tomita, Y. Yokooji, T. Morikita, B. Watanabe, J. Hiratake, A. Kishimoto, A. Kita, K. Miki, T. Imanaka, and H. Atomi.
A detailed biochemical characterization of phosphopantothenate synthetase, a novel enzyme involved in coenzyme A biosynthesis in the Archaea.
Extremophiles 16:819-828, 2012.

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Tomita, H., Y. Yokooji, T. Ishibashi, T. Imanaka, and H. Atomi.
Biochemical characterization of pantoate kinase, a novel enzyme necessary for coenzyme a biosynthesis in the archaea.
J. Bacteriol. 194:5434-5443, 2012.

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Nakamura, A., M. Fujihashi, R. Aono, T. Sato, Y. Nishiba, S. Yoshida, A. Yano, H. Atomi, T. Imanaka, and K. Miki.
Dynamic, ligand-dependent conformational change triggers reaction of ribose-1,5-bisphosphate isomerase from Thermococcus kodakarensis KOD1.
J. Biol. Chem. 287:20784-20796, 2012.

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Watanabe, S., R. Matsumi, H. Atomi, T. Imanaka, K. Miki.
Crystal structures of the HypCD Complex and the HypCDE ternary complex: Transient intermediate complexes during [NiFe] hydrogenase maturation.
Structure 20:2124-2137, 2012.

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Cubonova, L., M. Katano, T. Kanai, H. Atomi, J. N. Reeve, and T. J. Santangelo.
An archaeal histone is required for transformation of Thermococcus kodakarensis.
J. Bacteriol. 194:6864-6874, 2012.

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Kuba, Y., S. Ishino, T. Yamagami, M. Tokuhara, T. Kanai, R. Fujikane, H. Daiyasu, H. Atomi, and Y. Ishino.
Comparative analyses of the two proliferating cell nuclear antigens from the hyperthermophilic archaeon, Thermococcus kodakarensis.
Genes Cells 17:923-937, 2012.

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Fukuda, W., K. Yamada, Y. Miyoshi, H. Okuno, H. Atomi, and T. Imanaka.
Rhodoligotrophos appendicifer gen. nov., sp. nov., an appendaged bacterium isolated from a freshwater Antarctic lake.
Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 62:1945-1950, 2012.

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Tominaga, T., S. Watanabe, R. Matsumi, H. Atomi, T. Imanaka, and K. Miki.
Structure of the [NiFe]-hydrogenase maturation protein HypF from Thermococcus kodakarensis KOD1.
Acta Crystallogr. Sect. F Struct. Biol. Cryst. Commun. 68:1153-1157, 2012.

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Sasaki, D., S. Watanabe, T. Kanai, H. Atomi, T. Imanaka, and K. Miki.
Characterization and in vitro interaction study of a [NiFe] hydrogenase large subunit from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus kodakarensis KOD1.
Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 417:192-196, 2012.

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Susanti, D., E. F. Johnson, J. R. Rodriguez, I. Anderson, A. A. Perevalova, N. Kyrpides, S. Lucas, J. Han, A. Lapidus, J. F. Cheng, L. Goodwin, S. Pitluck, K. Mavrommatis, L. Peters, M. L. Land, L. Hauser, V. Gopalan, P. P. Chan, T. M. Lowe, H. Atomi, E. A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya, T. Woyke, and B. Mukhopadhyay.
Complete genome sequence of Desulfurococcus fermentans, a hyperthermophilic cellulolytic Crenarchaeon isolated from a freshwater hot spring in Kamchatka, Russia.
J. Bacteriol. 194:5703-5704, 2012.

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OTHER PUBLICATIONS †

by year 2011

Atomi, H., T. Imanaka, and T. Fukui.
Overview of the genetic tools in the Archaea.
Front. Microbiol. 3:337, 2012.

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Atomi, H.
Nothing to waste.
Nat. Chem 8:877-878, 2012.

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Kanai, T. and H. Atomi.
Enzymes from thermophilic organisms.
Protein Engineering Handbook(WILEY-VCH, Eds: S. Lutz and U. Bornscheuer)
Chapter 7, 145-162, 2012.

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