List of works - Makoto Demura

A non-native alpha-helix is formed in the beta-sheet region of the molten globule state of canine milk lysozyme.

scientific article published in July 2004

A novel N14Y mutation in Connexin26 in keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness syndrome: analyses of altered gap junctional communication and molecular structure of N terminus of mutated Connexin26.

scientific article

A novel beta-defensin structure: a potential strategy of big defensin for overcoming resistance by Gram-positive bacteria

scientific article

A novel peptide mediates aggregation and migration of hemocytes from an insect

scientific article

An amino acid residue (S201) in the retinal binding pocket regulates the photoreaction pathway of phoborhodopsin

scientific article published on 01 August 2011

C-terminal Elongation of Growth-blocking Peptide Enhances Its Biological Activity and Micelle Binding Affinity

scientific article

Characterization of a Cyanobacterial Chloride-pumping Rhodopsin and Its Conversion into a Proton Pump

scientific article published on 17 November 2015

DNA-binding property of the novel DNA-binding domain STPR in FMBP-1 of the silkworm Bombyx mori.

scientific article

Destabilization of transthyretin by pathogenic mutations in the DE loop.

scientific article

Development of an injectable chitosan/marine collagen composite gel

scientific article published on 09 November 2010

Differential scanning calorimetry of a metalloprotein under controlled metal-ion activity

scientific article published on 01 December 2006

Dynamics of Dangling Bonds of Water Molecules in pharaonis Halorhodopsin during Chloride Ion Transportation

article

Effect of Chloride Binding on the Thermal Trimer−Monomer Conversion of Halorhodopsin in the Solubilized System

scientific article published on 01 December 2009

Effect of hydrostatic pressure on conformational changes of canine milk lysozyme between the native, molten globule, and unfolded states

scientific article published on 01 November 2004

Effects of a helix substitution on the folding mechanism of bovine alpha-lactalbumin.

scientific article

Efficient production of a correctly folded mouse α-defensin, cryptdin-4, by refolding during inclusion body solubilization.

scientific article

Enhanced nerve regeneration through a bilayered chitosan tube: the effect of introduction of glycine spacer into the CYIGSR sequence.

scientific article published in June 2008

Equilibrium and kinetic folding of hen egg-white lysozyme under acidic conditions.

scientific article published in December 2002

Equilibrium and kinetics of the folding and unfolding of canine milk lysozyme

scientific article

Expression and purification of a small cytokine growth-blocking peptide from armyworm Pseudaletia separata by an optimized fermentation method using the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris.

scientific article published in August 2002

Expression of salinarum halorhodopsin in Escherichia coli cells: solubilization in the presence of retinal yields the natural state

scientific article

Expression, purification and characterization of the recombinant cysteine-rich antimicrobial peptide snakin-1 in Pichia pastoris

scientific article published on 4 February 2016

Formation of M-Like Intermediates in Proteorhodopsin in Alkali Solutions (pH ≥ ∼8.5) Where the Proton Release Occurs First in Contrast to the Sequence at Lower pH.

scientific article published on 26 January 2016

Functional importance of the oligomer formation of the cyanobacterial H+ pump Gloeobacter rhodopsin

scientific article published on 24 July 2019

Halorhodopsin from natronomonas pharaonis forms a trimer even in the presence of a detergent, dodecyl-beta-D-maltoside.

scientific article published on 12 August 2008

Heterologous expression of Pharaonis halorhodopsin in Xenopus laevis oocytes and electrophysiological characterization of its light-driven Cl- pump activity

scientific article

Hydrogen-bonding alterations of the protonated Schiff base and water molecule in the chloride pump of Natronobacterium pharaonis.

scientific article

Implications for the Light-Driven Chloride Ion Transport Mechanism of Nonlabens marinus Rhodopsin 3 by Its Photochemical Characteristics.

scientific article published on 14 February 2017

In vivo fluorescence correlation spectroscopy analyses of FMBP-1, a silkworm transcription factor

scientific article

Interaction between tachyplesin I, an antimicrobial peptide derived from horseshoe crab, and lipopolysaccharide

scientific article

Interaction of the halobacterial transducer to a halorhodopsin mutant engineered so as to bind the transducer: Cl- circulation within the extracellular channel.

scientific article published in March 2007

Interhelical interactions between D92 and C218 in the cytoplasmic domain regulate proton uptake upon N-decay in the proton transport of Acetabularia rhodopsin II.

scientific article published on 11 April 2018

Irreversible trimer to monomer transition of thermophilic rhodopsin upon thermal stimulation.

scientific article

Lipopolysaccharide-bound structure of the antimicrobial peptide cecropin P1 determined by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

scientific article

Molecular Mechanisms of the Cytotoxicity of Human α-Lactalbumin Made Lethal to Tumor Cells (HAMLET) and Other Protein-Oleic Acid Complexes ⬇️

scientific article published on April 11, 2013

N-terminal mutational analysis of the interaction between growth-blocking peptide (GBP) and receptor of insect immune cells.

scientific article published on January 2006

NMR analysis of the fibronectin cell-adhesive sequence, Arg-Gly-Asp, in a recombinant silk-like protein and a model peptide

scientific article

Overexpression of an antimicrobial peptide derived from C. elegans using an aggregation-prone protein coexpression system

scientific article published on 15 August 2013

Photo-induced bleaching of sensory rhodopsin II (phoborhodopsin) from Halobacterium salinarum by hydroxylamine: Identification of the responsible intermediates

scientific article published on 03 November 2011

Photobleaching of bacteriorhodopsin solubilized with triton X-100

scientific article published on 01 September 2005

Photochemical characterization of actinorhodopsin and its functional existence in the natural host.

scientific article

Photoinduced Proton Release in Proteorhodopsin at Low pH: The Possibility of a Decrease in the pKa of Asp227 ⬇️

scientific article published on November 7, 2012

Polyglutamine tract binding protein-1 is an intrinsically unstructured protein.

scientific article published on 17 March 2009

Porous silk fibroin film as a transparent carrier for cultivated corneal epithelial sheets

scientific article published on 19 November 2010

Probing the Cl--pumping photocycle of pharaonis halorhodopsin: Examinations with bacterioruberin, an intrinsic dye, and membrane potential-induced modulation of the photocycle

scientific article published on 8 May 2015

Protein-bound water as the determinant of asymmetric functional conversion between light-driven proton and chloride pumps

scientific article published on 25 May 2012

Reaction dynamics of halorhodopsin studied by time-resolved diffusion

scientific article

Role of Arg123 in light-driven anion pump mechanisms of pharaonis halorhodopsin.

scientific article published in March 2009

Role of S-palmitoylation on IFITM5 for the interaction with FKBP11 in osteoblast cells

scientific article

Role of Thr218 in the light-driven anion pump halorhodopsin from Natronomonas pharaonis.

scientific article

Role of putative anion-binding sites in cytoplasmic and extracellular channels of Natronomonas pharaonis halorhodopsin.

scientific article

Roles of Ser130 and Thr126 in chloride binding and photocycle of pharaonis halorhodopsin.

scientific article published in July 2003

Salt bridge in the conserved His-Asp cluster in Gloeobacter rhodopsin contributes to trimer formation

scientific journal article

Sensitive detection of protein-lipid interaction change on bacteriorhodopsin using dodecyl β-D-maltoside

scientific article published on 28 February 2011

Ser-130 of Natronobacterium pharaonis halorhodopsin is important for the chloride binding.

scientific article published in May 2003

Solution structure of an avirulence protein, AVR-Pia, from Magnaporthe oryzae

scientific article

Spontaneous asparaginyl deamidation of canine milk lysozyme under mild conditions

scientific article

Structural approach to a novel tandem repeat DNA-binding domain, STPR, by CD and NMR.

scientific article published on 24 January 2007

Structural basis for the slow photocycle and late proton release in Acetabularia rhodopsin I from the marine plant Acetabularia acetabulum

scientific article

Structural properties of the DNA-bound form of a novel tandem repeat DNA-binding domain, STPR.

scientific article published on July 2008

Structure determination of uniformly (13)C, (15)N labeled protein using qualitative distance restraints from MAS solid-state (13)C-NMR observed paramagnetic relaxation enhancement.

scientific article

Synthesis and characterization of water-soluble silk peptides and recombinant silk protein containing polyalanine, the integrin binding site, and two glutamic acids at each terminal site as a possible candidate for use in bone repair materials.

scientific article

The Structure of Physarum polycephalum hemagglutinin I suggests a minimal carbohydrate recognition domain of legume lectin fold

scientific article

The effects of chloride ion binding on the photochemical properties of sensory rhodopsin II from Natronomonas pharaonis.

scientific article

The photochemical reaction cycle and photoinduced proton transfer of sensory rhodopsin II (Phoborhodopsin) from Halobacterium salinarum.

scientific article

The structure of a novel insect peptide explains its Ca2+ channel blocking and antifungal activities

scientific article

Thermodynamic parameters of anion binding to halorhodopsin from Natronomonas pharaonis by isothermal titration calorimetry

scientific article published on 20 January 2013

Transient Resonance Raman Spectroscopy of a Light-Driven Sodium-Ion-Pump Rhodopsin from Indibacter alkaliphilus.

scientific article published on 19 April 2017

Ultrafast pump-probe study of the primary photoreaction process in pharaonis halorhodopsin: halide ion dependence and isomerization dynamics.

scientific article

Unfolding and aggregation of transthyretin by the truncation of 50 N-terminal amino acids.

scientific article published in July 2008

Volumetric behavior of the molten globule state of canine milk lysozyme

scientific article published on 01 August 2004

List of works by Makoto Demura

A non-native alpha-helix is formed in the beta-sheet region of the molten globule state of canine milk lysozyme.

A novel N14Y mutation in Connexin26 in keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness syndrome: analyses of altered gap junctional communication and molecular structure of N terminus of mutated Connexin26.

A novel beta-defensin structure: a potential strategy of big defensin for overcoming resistance by Gram-positive bacteria

A novel peptide mediates aggregation and migration of hemocytes from an insect

An amino acid residue (S201) in the retinal binding pocket regulates the photoreaction pathway of phoborhodopsin

C-terminal Elongation of Growth-blocking Peptide Enhances Its Biological Activity and Micelle Binding Affinity

Characterization of a Cyanobacterial Chloride-pumping Rhodopsin and Its Conversion into a Proton Pump

DNA-binding property of the novel DNA-binding domain STPR in FMBP-1 of the silkworm Bombyx mori.

Destabilization of transthyretin by pathogenic mutations in the DE loop.

Development of an injectable chitosan/marine collagen composite gel

Differential scanning calorimetry of a metalloprotein under controlled metal-ion activity

Dynamics of Dangling Bonds of Water Molecules in pharaonis Halorhodopsin during Chloride Ion Transportation

Effect of Chloride Binding on the Thermal Trimer−Monomer Conversion of Halorhodopsin in the Solubilized System

Effect of hydrostatic pressure on conformational changes of canine milk lysozyme between the native, molten globule, and unfolded states

Effects of a helix substitution on the folding mechanism of bovine alpha-lactalbumin.

Efficient production of a correctly folded mouse α-defensin, cryptdin-4, by refolding during inclusion body solubilization.

Enhanced nerve regeneration through a bilayered chitosan tube: the effect of introduction of glycine spacer into the CYIGSR sequence.

Equilibrium and kinetic folding of hen egg-white lysozyme under acidic conditions.

Equilibrium and kinetics of the folding and unfolding of canine milk lysozyme

Expression and purification of a small cytokine growth-blocking peptide from armyworm Pseudaletia separata by an optimized fermentation method using the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris.

Expression of salinarum halorhodopsin in Escherichia coli cells: solubilization in the presence of retinal yields the natural state

Expression, purification and characterization of the recombinant cysteine-rich antimicrobial peptide snakin-1 in Pichia pastoris

Formation of M-Like Intermediates in Proteorhodopsin in Alkali Solutions (pH ≥ ∼8.5) Where the Proton Release Occurs First in Contrast to the Sequence at Lower pH.

Functional importance of the oligomer formation of the cyanobacterial H+ pump Gloeobacter rhodopsin

Halorhodopsin from natronomonas pharaonis forms a trimer even in the presence of a detergent, dodecyl-beta-D-maltoside.

Heterologous expression of Pharaonis halorhodopsin in Xenopus laevis oocytes and electrophysiological characterization of its light-driven Cl- pump activity

Hydrogen-bonding alterations of the protonated Schiff base and water molecule in the chloride pump of Natronobacterium pharaonis.

Implications for the Light-Driven Chloride Ion Transport Mechanism of Nonlabens marinus Rhodopsin 3 by Its Photochemical Characteristics.

In vivo fluorescence correlation spectroscopy analyses of FMBP-1, a silkworm transcription factor

Interaction between tachyplesin I, an antimicrobial peptide derived from horseshoe crab, and lipopolysaccharide

Interaction of the halobacterial transducer to a halorhodopsin mutant engineered so as to bind the transducer: Cl- circulation within the extracellular channel.

Interhelical interactions between D92 and C218 in the cytoplasmic domain regulate proton uptake upon N-decay in the proton transport of Acetabularia rhodopsin II.

Irreversible trimer to monomer transition of thermophilic rhodopsin upon thermal stimulation.

Lipopolysaccharide-bound structure of the antimicrobial peptide cecropin P1 determined by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Molecular Mechanisms of the Cytotoxicity of Human α-Lactalbumin Made Lethal to Tumor Cells (HAMLET) and Other Protein-Oleic Acid Complexes ⬇️

N-terminal mutational analysis of the interaction between growth-blocking peptide (GBP) and receptor of insect immune cells.

NMR analysis of the fibronectin cell-adhesive sequence, Arg-Gly-Asp, in a recombinant silk-like protein and a model peptide

Overexpression of an antimicrobial peptide derived from C. elegans using an aggregation-prone protein coexpression system

Photo-induced bleaching of sensory rhodopsin II (phoborhodopsin) from Halobacterium salinarum by hydroxylamine: Identification of the responsible intermediates

Photobleaching of bacteriorhodopsin solubilized with triton X-100

Photochemical characterization of actinorhodopsin and its functional existence in the natural host.

Photoinduced Proton Release in Proteorhodopsin at Low pH: The Possibility of a Decrease in the pKa of Asp227 ⬇️

Polyglutamine tract binding protein-1 is an intrinsically unstructured protein.

Porous silk fibroin film as a transparent carrier for cultivated corneal epithelial sheets

Probing the Cl--pumping photocycle of pharaonis halorhodopsin: Examinations with bacterioruberin, an intrinsic dye, and membrane potential-induced modulation of the photocycle

Protein-bound water as the determinant of asymmetric functional conversion between light-driven proton and chloride pumps

Reaction dynamics of halorhodopsin studied by time-resolved diffusion

Role of Arg123 in light-driven anion pump mechanisms of pharaonis halorhodopsin.

Role of S-palmitoylation on IFITM5 for the interaction with FKBP11 in osteoblast cells

Role of Thr218 in the light-driven anion pump halorhodopsin from Natronomonas pharaonis.

Role of putative anion-binding sites in cytoplasmic and extracellular channels of Natronomonas pharaonis halorhodopsin.

Roles of Ser130 and Thr126 in chloride binding and photocycle of pharaonis halorhodopsin.

Salt bridge in the conserved His-Asp cluster in Gloeobacter rhodopsin contributes to trimer formation

Sensitive detection of protein-lipid interaction change on bacteriorhodopsin using dodecyl β-D-maltoside

Ser-130 of Natronobacterium pharaonis halorhodopsin is important for the chloride binding.

Solution structure of an avirulence protein, AVR-Pia, from Magnaporthe oryzae

Spontaneous asparaginyl deamidation of canine milk lysozyme under mild conditions

Structural approach to a novel tandem repeat DNA-binding domain, STPR, by CD and NMR.

Structural basis for the slow photocycle and late proton release in Acetabularia rhodopsin I from the marine plant Acetabularia acetabulum

Structural properties of the DNA-bound form of a novel tandem repeat DNA-binding domain, STPR.

Structure determination of uniformly (13)C, (15)N labeled protein using qualitative distance restraints from MAS solid-state (13)C-NMR observed paramagnetic relaxation enhancement.

Synthesis and characterization of water-soluble silk peptides and recombinant silk protein containing polyalanine, the integrin binding site, and two glutamic acids at each terminal site as a possible candidate for use in bone repair materials.

The Structure of Physarum polycephalum hemagglutinin I suggests a minimal carbohydrate recognition domain of legume lectin fold

The effects of chloride ion binding on the photochemical properties of sensory rhodopsin II from Natronomonas pharaonis.

The photochemical reaction cycle and photoinduced proton transfer of sensory rhodopsin II (Phoborhodopsin) from Halobacterium salinarum.

The structure of a novel insect peptide explains its Ca2+ channel blocking and antifungal activities

Thermodynamic parameters of anion binding to halorhodopsin from Natronomonas pharaonis by isothermal titration calorimetry

Transient Resonance Raman Spectroscopy of a Light-Driven Sodium-Ion-Pump Rhodopsin from Indibacter alkaliphilus.

Ultrafast pump-probe study of the primary photoreaction process in pharaonis halorhodopsin: halide ion dependence and isomerization dynamics.

Unfolding and aggregation of transthyretin by the truncation of 50 N-terminal amino acids.

Volumetric behavior of the molten globule state of canine milk lysozyme