- Bacterial Cellulose Production in Space. Akiko Tanaka, Tomoya Imai, Misako Koga, Naoki Sunagawa, Kiyohiko Igarashi, Kenji Tajima, Hiroaki Tanaka. Int. J. Microgravity Sci. Appl. 41(3) (2024) 410302.
https://doi.org/10.15011/jasma.41.410302
- Effect of Impurity Concentration on the Precipitation of Atorvastatin Calcium Under Microgravity on the International Space Station. Makoto Otsuka, Yota Kuroyanagi, Tetsuo Sasaki, Masakazu Matsumoto, Yutaro Hirose, Hiroaki Tanaka and Naohiro Sato. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects (2024) 134553.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2024.134553
- Microgravity environment grown crystal structure information based engineering of direct electron transfer type glucose dehydrogenase. Junko Okuda-Shimazaki, Hiromi Yoshida, Inyoung Lee, Katsuhiro Kojima, Nanoha Suzuki, Wakako Tsugawa, Mitsugu Yamada, Koji Inaka, Hiroaki Tanaka and Koji Sode. Communications Biology 5 (2022) 1334.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04286-9
- Fragment-based discovery of the first nonpeptidyl inhibitor of an S46 family peptidase. Yasumitsu Sakamoto, Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Akihiro Nakamura, Yurie Watanabe, Mizuki Sekiya, Saori Roppongi, Chisato Kushibiki, Ippei Iizuka, Osamu Tani, Hitoshi Sakashita, Koji Inaka, Hiroaki Tanaka, Mitsugu Yamada, Kazunori Ohta, Nobuyuki Honma, Yosuke Shida, Wataru Ogasawara, Mayumi Nakanishi-Matsui, Takamasa Nonaka, Hiroaki Gouda & Nobutada Tanaka. Scientific Reports volume 9, Article number: 13587 (2019).
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-49984-3
- Crystal Structure of Chitinase ChiW from Paenibacillus sp. str. FPU-7 Reveals a Novel Type of Bacterial Cell-Surface-Expressed Multi-Modular Enzyme Machinery. Itoh T, Hibi T, Suzuki F, Sugimoto I, Fujiwara A, et al. PLOS ONE (2016) 11(12): e0167310.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0167310
- “Newton’s cradle” proton relay with amide–imidic acid tautomerization in inverting cellulase visualized by neutron crystallography. Akihiko Nakamura, Takuya Ishida, Katsuhiro Kusaka, Taro Yamada, Shinya Fushinobu, Ichiro Tanaka, Satoshi Kaneko, Kazunori Ohta, Hiroaki Tanaka, Koji Inaka, Yoshiki Higuchi, Nobuo Niimura, Masahiro Samejima and Kiyohiko Igarashi. SCIENCE ADVANCES21 AUG 2015 : E1500263.
https://doi.org/10.1038/srep11151
- Structural and mutational analyses of dipeptidyl peptidase 11 from Porphyromonas gingivalis reveal the molecular basis for strict substrate specificity. Yasumitsu Sakamoto, Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Ippei Iizuka, Chika Tateoka, Saori Roppongi, Mayu Fujimoto, Koji Inaka, Hiroaki Tanaka, Mitsugu Yamada, Kazunori Ohta, Hiroaki Gouda, Takamasa Nonaka, Wataru Ogasawara & Nobutada Tanaka. Scientific Reports volume 5, Article number: 11151 (2015).
https://doi.org/10.1038/srep11151
- S46 Peptidases are the First Exopeptidases to be Members of Clan PA. Yasumitsu Sakamoto, Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Ippei Iizuka, Chika Tateoka, Saori Roppongi, Mayu Fujimoto, Koji Inaka, Hiroaki Tanaka, Mika Masaki, Kazunori Ohta, Hirofumi Okada, Takamasa Nonaka, Yasushi Morikawa, Kazuo T. Nakamura, Wataru Ogasawara & Nobutada Tanaka . Sci Rep 4, 4977 (2014).
https://doi.org/10.1038/srep04977
- High-Quality Protein Crystal Growth of Mouse Lipocalin- Type Prostaglandin D Synthase in Microgravity. K. Inaka, S. Takahashi, K. Aritake, T. Tsurumura, N. Furubayashi, B. Yan, E. Hirota, S. Sano, M. Sato, T. Kobayashi, Y. Yoshimura, H. Tanaka and Y. Urade, Cryst Growth Des. (2011). June 1; 11(6): 2107-2111.
https://doi.org/10.1021/cg101370v
- Improvement in the quality of hematopoietic prostaglandin D synthase crystals in a microgravity environment. H. Tanaka, T. Tsurumura, K. Aritake, N. Furubayashi, S. Takahashi, M. Yamanaka, E. Hirota, S. Sano, M. Sato, T. Kobayashi, T. Tanaka, K. Inaka and Y. Urade. J. Synchrotron Rad. (2011). 18, 88-91.
https://doi.org/10.1107/S0909049510037076
- High-quality crystals of human haematopoietic prostaglandin D synthase with novel inhibitors. S. Takahashi, T. Tsurumura, K. Aritake, N. Furubayashi, M. Sato, M. Yamanaka, E. Hirota, S. Sano, T. Kobayashi, T. Tanaka, K. Inaka, H. Tanaka and Y. Urade. Acta Cryst. (2010). F66, 846-850.
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1744309110020828
- ISSを利用した高品質タンパク質結晶生成実験の応用利用. 高橋幸子、佐野智、佐藤勝、広田恵理華、古林直樹、厳斌、小林智之、伊中浩治、田仲広明、田中哲夫日本マイクログラビティ応用学会誌 (2010). 27(2), 98-103.
https://doi.org/10.15011/jasma.27.2.98
- 宇宙実験による高分解能タンパク質構造解析の応用に向けて. 高橋幸子、古林直樹、鶴村俊治、有竹浩介、佐藤勝、山中麻里、広田恵理華、佐野智、伊中浩治、田仲広明、小林智之、裏出良博、田中哲夫.日本マイクログラビティ応用学会誌 (2008).25(2),141-146.
https://doi.org/10.15011/jasma.25.2.141
- Crystallization of the archaeal transcription termination factor NusA: a significant decrease in twinning under microgravity conditions. H. Tanaka, T. Umehara, K. Inaka, S. Takahashi, R. Shibata, Y. Bessho, M. Sato, S. Sugiyama, E. Fusatomi, T. Terada, M. Shirouzu, S. Sano, M. Motohara, T. Kobayashi, T. Tanaka, A. Tanaka and S. Yokoyama. Acta Cryst. (2007). F63, 69-73.
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1744309106054625