List of works by Masahide Oku

A defect of the vacuolar putative lipase Atg15 accelerates degradation of lipid droplets through lipolysis.

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A fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based redox sensor reveals physiological role of thioredoxin in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

scientific article published on 14 February 2013

A novel fluorescent sensor protein for visualization of redox states in the cytoplasm and in peroxisomes.

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A peroxisome deficiency-induced reductive cytosol state up-regulates the brain-derived neurotrophic factor pathway

scientific article published on 12 March 2020

A sorting nexin PpAtg24 regulates vacuolar membrane dynamics during pexophagy via binding to phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate

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Assessment of physiological redox state with novel FRET protein probes.

scientific article published on 21 October 2011

Atg18 lifts up from and lands on the vacuolar membrane mediated by phosphorylation of its propellers.

scientific article published on 22 October 2013

Atg21 regulates pexophagy via its PI(3)P-binding activity in Pichia pastoris

scientific article published on 23 January 2014

Atg26-mediated pexophagy is required for host invasion by the plant pathogenic fungus Colletotrichum orbiculare.

scientific article published on 10 April 2009

Autophagy-independent function of Atg8 in lipid droplet dynamics in yeast.

scientific article published on 21 December 2016

Control of hypoxia-induced tumor cell adhesion by cytophilic human catalase.

scientific article published on 3 October 2009

Ethanol represses the expression of methanol-inducible genes via acetyl-CoA synthesis in the yeast Komagataella phaffii

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Evidence for ESCRT- and clathrin-dependent microautophagy.

scientific article published on 24 August 2017

Evolution from covalent conjugation to non-covalent interaction in the ubiquitin-like ATG12 system

scientific article published on 25 March 2019

Experimental Systems to Study Yeast Pexophagy

scientific article published in January 2017

Functional link between Rab GTPase-mediated membrane trafficking and PI4,5P2 signaling

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Functions of PI4P and sterol glucoside are necessary for the synthesis of a nascent membrane structure during pexophagy.

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Inhibition of surgical trauma-enhanced peritoneal dissemination of tumor cells by human catalase derivatives in mice

scientific article published on 27 May 2011

Lag-phase autophagy in the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris.

scientific article published on 22 June 2009

Mechanism for Remodeling of the Acyl Chain Composition of Cardiolipin Catalyzed by Saccharomyces cerevisiae Tafazzin

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Mitochondrial impairment triggers cytosolic oxidative stress and cell death following proteasome inhibition.

scientific article published on 31 July 2014

PI4P-signaling pathway for the synthesis of a nascent membrane structure in selective autophagy.

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Paz2 and 13 other PAZ gene products regulate vacuolar engulfment of peroxisomes during micropexophagy.

scientific article published in January 2002

Peroxisome degradation requires catalytically active sterol glucosyltransferase with a GRAM domain

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Pexophagy in yeasts.

scientific article published on 24 September 2015

Pexophagy: autophagic degradation of peroxisomes

scientific article published on 24 August 2006

Regulation of nitrate and methylamine metabolism by multiple nitrogen sources in the methylotrophic yeast Candida boidinii.

scientific article published on 16 September 2015

Role of Acyl Chain Composition of Phosphatidylcholine in Tafazzin-Mediated Remodeling of Cardiolipin in Liposomes

scientific article published in November 2017

The emerging role of autophagy in peroxisome dynamics and lipid metabolism of phyllosphere microorganisms.

scientific article published on 11 March 2014

Three Distinct Types of Microautophagy Based on Membrane Dynamics and Molecular Machineries

scientific article published on 30 April 2018

Tor and the Sin3-Rpd3 complex regulate expression of the mitophagy receptor protein Atg32 in yeast

scientific article published on 16 May 2014

Yeast methylotrophy and autophagy in a methanol-oscillating environment on growing Arabidopsis thaliana leaves

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Yeast methylotrophy: metabolism, gene regulation and peroxisome homeostasis

scientific article published on 7 July 2011

Yeast nitrogen utilization in the phyllosphere during plant lifespan under regulation of autophagy

scientific article published on 21 April 2015