Molecular Characterization of a Phospholipase D Generating Anandamide and Its Congeners

Yasuo Okamoto, Jun Morishita, Kazuhito Tsuboi, +2

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Transcriptional Roles of Nuclear Factor κB and Nuclear Factor-Interleukin-6 in the Tumor Necrosis Factor α-Dependent Induction of Cyclooxygenase-2 in MC3T3-E1 Cells

Kei Yamamoto, Toshiya Arakawa, Natsuo Ueda, +1

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Molecular Characterization of N-Acylethanolamine-hydrolyzing Acid Amidase, a Novel Member of the Choloylglycine Hydrolase Family with Structural and Functional Similarity to Acid Ceramidase

Kazuhito Tsuboi, Yongxin Sun, Yasuo Okamoto, +3

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Acid CeramidaseMolecular BiologyN-acylethanolamine-hydrolyzing Acid AmidaseChemical BiologyEnzymatic Modification +16

Anandamide amidohydrolase reacting with 2‐arachidonoylglycerol, another cannabinoid receptor ligand

Sravan K. Goparaju, Natsuo Ueda, Hiroko Yamaguchi, +1

FEBS Letters

Partial Purification and Characterization of the Porcine Brain Enzyme Hydrolyzing and Synthesizing Anandamide

Natsuo Ueda, Yuko Kurahashi, Shozo Yamamoto, +1

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Purification and Characterization of an Acid Amidase Selective for N-Palmitoylethanolamine, a Putative Endogenous Anti-inflammatory Substance

Natsuo Ueda, Kenji Yamanaka, Shozo Yamamoto

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Biosynthesis of anandamide and N-palmitoylethanolamine by sequential actions of phospholipase A2 and lysophospholipase D

Yongxin Sun, Kazuhito Tsuboi, Yasuo Okamoto, +4

Biochemical Journal

Enzymes of porcine brain hydrolyzing 2-arachidonoylglycerol, an endogenous ligand of cannabinoid receptors

SravanKumar Goparaju, Natsuo Ueda, Kyoko Taniguchi, +1

Biochemical Pharmacology

Endogenous LigandCannabis UseBiochemistryFunctional SelectivityMedicine +9

Purification of arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase from porcine leukocytes and its reactivity with hydroperoxyeicosatetraenoic acids.

Natsuo Ueda, Shuji Kaneko, T Yoshimoto, +1

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Enzyme.the EnzymeOxysterolBiochemistryMedicineLipid Peroxidation +9

Lipoxygenase-catalyzed oxygenation of arachidonylethanolamide, a cannabinoid receptor agonist

Natsuo Ueda, Kei Yamamoto, Shozo Yamamoto, +12

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Lipids and Lipid Metabolism

Cannabis UseMolecular PharmacologyBiochemistryFunctional SelectivityMedicine +3