Takefumi Kuranaga

Lysocin E is a new antibiotic that targets menaquinone in the bacterial membrane

Hiroshi Hamamoto, Makoto Urai, Kenichi Ishii et al. · Nature Chemical Biology · 2014 · 262 citations

Antimicrobial Susceptibility, Health Sciences, Antibiotics +12

Identification of a Conformational Equilibrium That Determines the Efficacy and Functional Selectivity of the μ‐Opioid Receptor

Junya Okude, Takumi Ueda, Yutaka Kofuku et al. · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2015 · 132 citations · Full text

Peptide Science, Pharmacotherapy, Pharmacodynamic Modeling +24

Total Synthesis and Complete Structural Assignment of Yaku’amide A

Takefumi Kuranaga, Yusuke Sesoko, Komei Sakata et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2013 · 81 citations

Bioorganic Chemistry, Complete Stereochemical Assignment, Biochemistry +13

Total Synthesis of the Nonribosomal Peptide Surugamide B and Identification of a New Offloading Cyclase Family

Takefumi Kuranaga, Kenichi Matsuda, Ayae Sano et al. · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2018 · 62 citations

Elucidation and Total Synthesis of the Correct Structures of Tridecapeptides Yaku’amides A and B. Synthesis-Driven Stereochemical Reassignment of Four Amino Acid Residues

Takefumi Kuranaga, Hiroyuki Mutoh, Yusuke Sesoko et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2015 · 58 citations

Yaku'amide B, Engineering, Yaku'amides A +14