Nagako Hiraiwa

Vacuolar processing enzyme is up‐regulated in the lytic vacuoles of vegetative tissues during senescence and under various stressed conditions

Tetsu Kinoshita, Kenji Yamada, Nagako Hiraiwa et al. · The Plant Journal · 1999 · 232 citations

Molecular Biology, Cellular Physiology, Oxidative Stress +19

Vacuolar Processing Enzyme Responsible for Maturation of Seed Proteins

Ikuko Hara‐Nishimura, Tomoo Shimada, Nagako Hiraiwa et al. · Journal of Plant Physiology · 1995 · 130 citations

Plant Molecular Biology, Protein Secretion, Developmental Biology +6

An Aspartic Endopeptidase is Involved in the Breakdown of Propeptides of Storage Proteins in Protein‐Storage Vacuoles of Plants

Nagako Hiraiwa, Maki Kondo, Mikio Nishimura et al. · European Journal of Biochemistry · 1997 · 112 citations

Vacuolar Processing Enzyme of Soybean That Converts Proproteins to the Corresponding Mature Forms

Tomoo Shimada, Nagako Hiraiwa, Mikio Nishimura et al. · Plant and Cell Physiology · 1994 · 87 citations

Vacuolar processing enzymes in protein-storage vacuoles and lytic vacuoles

Ikuko Hara‐Nishimura, Tetsu Kinoshita, Nagako Hiraiwa et al. · Journal of Plant Physiology · 1998 · 80 citations

Protein Chemistry, Protein Secretion, Biochemistry +4