Takeharu Tonai

Molecular Characterization of a Phospholipase D Generating Anandamide and Its Congeners

Yasuo Okamoto, Jun Morishita, Kazuhito Tsuboi et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2004 · 800 citations · Full text

Medicine, Biochemistry, Pharmacology +14

A Vitamin D Receptor Gene Polymorphism in the Translation Initiation Codon: Effect on Protein Activity and Relation to Bone Mineral Density in Japanese Women

Hidekazu Arai, Ken‐ichi Miyamoto, Yutaka Taketani et al. · Journal of Bone and Mineral Research · 1997 · 654 citations

Medicine, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +17

Molecular Characterization of N-Acylethanolamine-hydrolyzing Acid Amidase, a Novel Member of the Choloylglycine Hydrolase Family with Structural and Functional Similarity to Acid Ceramidase

Kazuhito Tsuboi, Yongxin Sun, Yasuo Okamoto et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2005 · 328 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +12

Biosynthesis of anandamide and N-palmitoylethanolamine by sequential actions of phospholipase A2 and lysophospholipase D

Yongxin Sun, Kazuhito Tsuboi, Yasuo Okamoto et al. · Biochemical Journal · 2004 · 235 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Enzymology +11

Discovery and Characterization of a Ca2+-independent Phosphatidylethanolamine N-Acyltransferase Generating the Anandamide Precursor and Its Congeners

Xinghua Jin, Yasuo Okamoto, Jun Morishita et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2006 · 155 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +17