Vitamin B6 compounds prevent the death of yeast cells due to menadione, a reactive oxygen generator

Ruamsub Chumnantana, Nana Yokochi, T. Yagi

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects

Reactive Oxygen GeneratorReductive StressBiochemistryMedicineLipid Peroxidation +11

The nitrogen-fixing symbiotic bacterium<i>Mesorhizobium loti</i>has and expresses the gene encoding pyridoxine 4-oxidase involved in the degradation of vitamin B₆

Baiqiang Yuan, Yu Yoshikane, Nana Yokochi, +2

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Inhibition of Diphenolase Activity of Tyrosinase by Vitamin B₆ Compounds

Nana Yokochi, Tomotake Morita, Toshiharu Yagi

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Medicinal ChemistryPharmaceutical ChemistryBiochemistryMedicineNatural Sciences +10

Identification of a new tetrameric pyridoxal 4-dehydrogenase as the second enzyme in the degradation pathway for pyridoxine in a nitrogen-fixing symbiotic bacterium, Mesorhizobium loti

Nana Yokochi, Saki Nishimura, Yu Yoshikane, +2

Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics

Second EnzymeBiochemistryMesorhizobium LotiBioenergeticsMicrobial Physiology +6

4-Pyridoxolactonase from a symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacterium Mesorhizobium loti: Cloning, expression, and characterization

Junichi Funami, Yu Yoshikane, Hitoshi Kobayashi, +5

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics

BiosynthesisEngineeringBiochemistryReactive Nitrogen SpecieNatural Sciences +6

Distribution of Virulence Markers among Vibrio vulnificus Isolates of Clinical and Environmental Origin and Regional Characteristics in Japan

Nana Yokochi, Shigemitsu Tanaka, Kouichi Matsumoto, +6

PLoS ONE

Molecular cloning, expression and characterization of pyridoxamine–pyruvate aminotransferase

Yu Yoshikane, Nana Yokochi, Kouhei Ohnishi, +2

Biochemical Journal

Molecular cloning, identification and characterization of 2-methyl-3-hydroxypyridine-5-carboxylic-acid-dioxygenase-coding gene from the nitrogen-fixing symbiotic bacterium Mesorhizobium loti

Baiqiang Yuan, Nana Yokochi, Yu Yoshikane, +2

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

BiochemistryNatural SciencesMolecular BiologyEnvironmental MicrobiologyMolecular Cloning +5

Molecular Cloning, Expression, and Properties of an Unusual Aldo-Keto Reductase Family Enzyme, Pyridoxal 4-Dehydrogenase, That Catalyzes Irreversible Oxidation of Pyridoxal

Nana Yokochi, Yu Yoshikane, Yanee Trongpanich, +2

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Crystal Structure of Pyridoxamine-Pyruvate Aminotransferase from Mesorhizobium loti MAFF303099

Yu Yoshikane, Nana Yokochi, Masayuki Yamasaki, +5

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Kinetics ResultsCrystal StructureBiochemistryNatural SciencesEnzyme Catalysis +8