Morimitsu Nishikimi

The occurrence of superoxide anion in the reaction of reduced phenazine methosulfate and molecular oxygen

Morimitsu Nishikimi, N. Appaji Rao, Kunio Yagi · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 1972 · 4K citations

Oxygen Reduction Reaction, Chemical Engineering, Chemical Kinetics +12

Oxidation of ascorbic acid with superoxide anion generated by the xanthine-xanthine oxidase system

Morimitsu Nishikimi · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 1975 · 563 citations

Ascorbic Acid, Biosynthesis, Biochemistry +5

Cloning and chromosomal mapping of the human nonfunctional gene for L-gulono-gamma-lactone oxidase, the enzyme for L-ascorbic acid biosynthesis missing in man.

Morimitsu Nishikimi, R. Fukuyama, Satoshi Minoshima et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1994 · 505 citations · Full text

Cytogenetics, Genetics, Molecular Biology +18

Senescence marker protein 30 functions as gluconolactonase in <scp>l</scp> -ascorbic acid biosynthesis, and its knockout mice are prone to scurvy

Yoshitaka Kondo, Yoko Inai, Yasunori Sato et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2006 · 224 citations · Full text

Aging, Glycobiology, Molecular Biology +20

Guinea pigs possess a highly mutated gene for L-gulono-gamma-lactone oxidase, the key enzyme for L-ascorbic acid biosynthesis missing in this species.

Morimitsu Nishikimi, Tetsushi Kawai, Keiko Yagi · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1992 · 145 citations · Full text

Genetics, Molecular Biology, Molecular Genetics +19