近年代表性论文

　　1.Pantoate kinase and phosphopantothenate synthetase, two novel enzymes necessary for coenzyme A biosynthesis in the Archaea. Y. Yokooji, H. Tomita, H. Atomi, T. Imanaka, J. Biol. Chem. , in press (2009)

　　2.Effective approaches for the production of heterologous proteins using the Thermococcus kodakaraensis-based translation system. T. Endoh, T. Kanai, and T. Imanaka, J. Biotechnol., 133(2), 177-182 (2008)

　　3.expression profiles and physiological roles of two types of prefoldins from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus kodakaraensis. A. Danno, W. Fukuda, M. Yoshida, R. Aki, T. Tanaka, T. Kanai, T. Imanaka, S. Fujiwara, J. Mol. Biol., 382, 298-311 (2008)

　　4.expression profiles and physiological roles of two types of molecular chaperonins from the hyperthermophilic archaeon, Thermococcus kodakaraensis. S. Fujiwara, R. Aki, M. Yoshida, H. Higashibata, T. Imanaka, W. Fukuda, Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 74, 7306-7312 (2008)

　　5.A global transcriptional regulator in Thermococcus kodakaraensis controls the expression level of both glycolytic and gluconeogenic enzyme-encoding genes. T. Kanai, J. Akerboom, S. Takedomi, H. J. G. van de Werken, F. Blombach, J. van der Oost, T. Murakami, H. Atomi, and T. Imanaka, J. Biol. Chem., 282(46), 33659-33670 (2007)

　　6.A novel ADP-forming succinyl-CoA synthetase in Thermococcus kodakaraensis structurally related to the archaeal NDP-forming acetyl-CoA synthetases. K. Shikata, T. Fukui, H. Atomi, and T. Imanaka, J. Biol. Chem., 282(37), 26963-26970 (2007)

　　7.Crystal structures of [NiFe] hydrogenase maturation proteins HypC and HypD, and HypE: Insights into cyanation reaction by thiol redox signaling. S. Watanabe, R. Matsumi, T. Arai, H. Atomi,T. Imanaka, and K. Miki, Mol. Cell, 27(1), 29-40 (2007)

　　8.Archaeal Type III Rubiscos function in a pathway for AMP metabolism. T. Sato, H. Atomi, and T. Imanaka, Science, 315(5814), 1003-1006 (2007)

　　9.Phosphoenolpyruvate synthase plays an essential role for glycolysis in the modified Embden-Meyerhof pathway in Thermococcus kodakarensis. H. Imanaka, A. Yamatsu, T. Fukui, H. Atomi, and T. Imanaka, Mol. Microbiol.,61,898-909 (2006)

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