Masanori Sono

1-methyl-dl-tryptophan, β-(3-benzofuranyl)-dl-alanine (the oxygen analog of tryptophan), and β-[3-benzo(b)thienyl]-dl-alanine (the sulfur analog of tryptophan) are competitive inhibitors for indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase

Susan G. Cady, Masanori Sono · Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics · 1991 · 281 citations

Medicinal Chemistry, Biochemistry, Medicine +9

Spectroscopic investigations of ferric cytochrome P-450-CAM ligand complexes. Identification of the ligand trans to cysteinate in the native enzyme.

John H. Dawson, Laura A. Andersson, Masanori Sono · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1982 · 255 citations · Full text

Native Enzyme, Biological Inorganic Chemistry, Biochemistry +14

Sulfur donor ligand binding to ferric cytochrome P-450-CAM and myoglobin. Ultraviolet-visible absorption, magnetic circular dichroism, and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopic investigation of the complexes.

Masanori Sono, Laura A. Andersson, John H. Dawson · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1982 · 142 citations · Full text

Neutral thiol as a proximal ligand to ferrous heme iron: Implications for heme proteins that lose cysteine thiolate ligation on reduction

Roshan Perera, Masanori Sono, Jeffrey A. Sigman et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2003 · 140 citations · Full text

Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase. Equilibrium studies of the tryptophan binding to the ferric, ferrous, and CO-bound enzymes.

Masanori Sono, T. Taniguchi, Yumiko Watanabe et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1980 · 116 citations · Full text

Co-bound Enzymes, Aldo-keto Reductase, Aldehyde Dehydrogenase +9