Rieko Yajima

Catalytic roles for proton transfer and protonation in ribozymes

Philip C. Bevilacqua, Trevor S. Brown, Shu‐ichi Nakano et al. · Biopolymers · 2003 · 149 citations

A 1.9 Å Crystal Structure of the HDV Ribozyme Precleavage Suggests both Lewis Acid and General Acid Mechanisms Contribute to Phosphodiester Cleavage

Jui-Hui Chen, Rieko Yajima, Durga M. Chadalavada et al. · Biochemistry · 2010 · 121 citations

Direct Measurement of a p<i>K</i>_a near Neutrality for the Catalytic Cytosine in the Genomic HDV Ribozyme Using Raman Crystallography

Bo Gong, Jui-Hui Chen, Elaine Chase et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2007 · 98 citations

Substrate recognition and selectivity of plant glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferases (GPATs) from<i>Cucurbita moscata</i>and<i>Spinacea oleracea</i>

Taro Tamada, M.D. Feese, Stefano Ferri et al. · Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography · 2003 · 63 citations

Investigation of metal binding and activation of Escherichia coli glyoxalase I: kinetic, thermodynamic and mutagenesis studies

Susan L. Clugston, Rieko Yajima, John F. Honek · Biochemical Journal · 2004 · 63 citations · Full text

Metal Binding, Bioorganic Chemistry, Mutagenesis Studies +14