Tetsuo Toraya

A new mode of B12 binding and the direct participation of a potassium ion in enzyme catalysis: X-ray structure of diol dehydratase

Naoki Shibata, Jun Masuda, Takamasa Tobimatsu et al. · Structure · 1999 · 232 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Chemistry +12

Studies on the mechanism of the adenosylcobalamin-dependent diol dehydrase reaction by the use of analogs of the coenzyme.

Tetsuo Toraya, K. USHIO, Saburo Fukui et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1977 · 161 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +13

How a protein generates a catalytic radical from coenzyme B12: X-ray structure of a diol-dehydratase–adeninylpentylcobalamin complex

Jun Masuda, Naoki Shibata, Y. Morimoto et al. · Structure · 2000 · 140 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +17

Substrate specificity of coenzyme B12-dependent diol dehydrase: Glycerol as both a good substrate and a potent inactivator

Tetsuo Toraya, Tadahiro Shirakashi, Tsunemitsu Kosuga et al. · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 1976 · 132 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +10

Asymmetric syntheses by means of (−)-sparteine modified organometallic reagents

H. NOZAKI, T. Aratani, Tetsuo Toraya et al. · Tetrahedron · 1971 · 127 citations

Natural Sciences, Medicinal Chemistry, Organometallic Chemistry +3