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

Natural Sciences, Biochemistry, Chemistry +12

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

Morimitsu Nishikimi · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 1975 · 566 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Chemistry +7

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 · 509 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +13

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 · 225 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +14

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 · 147 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +13