Thomas Okita

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Washida Haruhiko; Sugino Aya; Kaneko Sachiyo; Crofts Naoko; Sakulsingharoj Chotipa; Kim Dongwook; Choi Sang-Bong; Hamada Shigeki; Ogawa Masahiro; Wang Changlin; Esen Asim; Higgins Thomas J V; Okita Thomas W
Identification of cis-localization elements of the maize 10-kDa delta-zein and their use in targeting RNAs to specific cortical endoplasmic reticulum subdomains.
Washida Haruhiko; Kaneko Sachiyo; Crofts Naoko; Sugino Aya; Wang Changlin; Okita Thomas W
Identification of cis-localization elements that target glutelin RNAs to a specific subdomain of the cortical endoplasmic reticulum in rice endosperm cells.
Nagai Yasuko S; Sakulsingharoj Chotipa; Edwards Gerald E; Satoh Hikaru; Greene Thomas W; Blakeslee Beth; Okita Thomas W
Control of starch synthesis in cereals: metabolite analysis of transgenic rice expressing an up-regulated cytoplasmic ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase in developing seeds.

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2009: Washida Haruhiko; Sugino Aya; Kaneko Sachiyo; Crofts Naoko; Sakulsingharoj Chotipa; Kim Dongwook; Choi Sang-Bong; Hamada Shigeki; Ogawa Masahiro; Wang Changlin; Esen Asim; Higgins Thomas J V; Okita Thomas W
Identification of cis-localization elements of the maize 10-kDa delta-zein and their use in targeting RNAs to specific cortical endoplasmic reticulum subdomains.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology 2009;60(1):146-55.
2009: Washida Haruhiko; Kaneko Sachiyo; Crofts Naoko; Sugino Aya; Wang Changlin; Okita Thomas W
Identification of cis-localization elements that target glutelin RNAs to a specific subdomain of the cortical endoplasmic reticulum in rice endosperm cells.
Plant & cell physiology 2009;50(9):1710-4.
2009: Nagai Yasuko S; Sakulsingharoj Chotipa; Edwards Gerald E; Satoh Hikaru; Greene Thomas W; Blakeslee Beth; Okita Thomas W
Control of starch synthesis in cereals: metabolite analysis of transgenic rice expressing an up-regulated cytoplasmic ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase in developing seeds.
Plant & cell physiology 2009;50(3):635-43.
2008: Wang Changlin; Washida Haruhiko; Crofts Andrew J; Hamada Shigeki; Katsube-Tanaka Tomoyuki; Kim Dongwook; Choi Sang-Bong; Modi Mahendra; Singh Salvinder; Okita Thomas W
The cytoplasmic-localized, cytoskeletal-associated RNA binding protein OsTudor-SN: evidence for an essential role in storage protein RNA transport and localization.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology 2008;55(3):443-54.
2008: Satoh Hikaru; Shibahara Kensuke; Tokunaga Takashi; Nishi Aiko; Tasaki Mikako; Hwang Seon-Kap; Okita Thomas W; Kaneko Nanae; Fujita Naoko; Yoshida Mayumi; Hosaka Yuko; Sato Aya; Utsumi Yoshinori; Ohdan Takashi; Nakamura Yasunori
Mutation of the plastidial alpha-glucan phosphorylase gene in rice affects the synthesis and structure of starch in the endosperm.
The Plant cell 2008;20(7):1833-49.
2008: Hwang Seon-Kap; Nagai Yasuko; Kim Dongwook; Okita Thomas W
Direct appraisal of the potato tuber ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase large subunit in enzyme function by study of a novel mutant form.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2008;283(11):6640-7.
2007: Lee Sang-Kyu; Hwang Seon-Kap; Han Muho; Eom Joon-Seob; Kang Hong-Gyu; Han Yulyi; Choi Sang-Bong; Cho Man-Ho; Bhoo Seong Hee; An Gynheung; Hahn Tae-Ryong; Okita Thomas W; Jeon Jong-Seong
Identification of the ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase isoforms essential for starch synthesis in the leaf and seed endosperm of rice (Oryza sativa L.).
Plant molecular biology 2007;65(4):531-46.
2007: Kim Dongwook; Hwang Seon-Kap; Okita Thomas W
Subunit interactions specify the allosteric regulatory properties of the potato tuber ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2007;362(2):301-6.
2007: Hwang Seon-Kap; Hamada Shigeki; Okita Thomas W
Catalytic implications of the higher plant ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase large subunit.
Phytochemistry 2007;68(4):464-77.
2006: Hwang Seon-Kap; Hamada Shigeki; Okita Thomas W
ATP binding site in the plant ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase large subunit.
FEBS letters 2006;580(28-29):6741-8.
2005: Crofts Andrew J; Washida Haruhiko; Okita Thomas W; Satoh Mio; Ogawa Masahiro; Kumamaru Toshihiro; Satoh Hikaru
The role of mRNA and protein sorting in seed storage protein synthesis, transport, and deposition.
Biochemistry and cell biology = Biochimie et biologie cellulaire 2005;83(6):728-37.
2005: Hwang Seon-Kap; Salamone Peter R; Okita Thomas W
Allosteric regulation of the higher plant ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase is a product of synergy between the two subunits.
FEBS letters 2005;579(5):983-90.
2005: Cross Joanna M; Clancy Maureen; Shaw Janine R; Boehlein Susan K; Greene Thomas W; Schmidt Robert R; Okita Thomas W; Hannah L Curtis
A polymorphic motif in the small subunit of ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase modulates interactions between the small and large subunits.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology 2005;41(4):501-11.
2004: Washida Haruhiko; Sugino Aya; Messing Joachim; Esen Asim; Okita Thomas W
Asymmetric localization of seed storage protein RNAs to distinct subdomains of the endoplasmic reticulum in developing maize endosperm cells.
Plant & cell physiology 2004;45(12):1830-7.
2004: Crofts Andrew J; Washida Haruhiko; Okita Thomas W; Ogawa Masahiro; Kumamaru Toshihiro; Satoh Hikaru
Targeting of proteins to endoplasmic reticulum-derived compartments in plants. The importance of RNA localization.
Plant physiology 2004;136(3):3414-9.
2004: Hwang Seon-Kap; Salamone Peter R; Kavakli Halil; Slattery Casey J; Okita Thomas W
Rapid purification of the potato ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase by polyhistidine-mediated chromatography.
Protein expression and purification 2004;38(1):99-107.
2004: Cross Joanna M; Clancy Maureen; Shaw Janine R; Greene Thomas W; Schmidt Robert R; Okita Thomas W; Hannah L Curtis
Both subunits of ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase are regulatory.
Plant physiology 2004;135(1):137-44.
2003: Li Xingxiang; Zhang Dianzhong; Lynch-Holm Valerie J; Okita Thomas W; Franceschi Vincent R
Isolation of a crystal matrix protein associated with calcium oxalate precipitation in vacuoles of specialized cells.
Plant physiology 2003;133(2):549-59.
2003: Hamada Shigeki; Ishiyama Keiki; Sakulsingharoj Chotipa; Choi Sang-Bong; Wu Yujia; Wang Changlin; Singh Salvinder; Kawai Naoko; Messing Joachim; Okita Thomas W
Dual regulated RNA transport pathways to the cortical region in developing rice endosperm.
The Plant cell 2003;15(10):2265-72.
2003: Hamada Shigeki; Ishiyama Keiki; Choi Sang-Bong; Wang Changlin; Singh Salvinder; Kawai Naoko; Franceschi Vincent R; Okita Thomas W
The transport of prolamine RNAs to prolamine protein bodies in living rice endosperm cells.
The Plant cell 2003;15(10):2253-64.
2003: Burger Brian T; Cross Joanna M; Shaw Janine R; Caren Joel R; Greene Thomas W; Okita Thomas W; Hannah L Curtis
Relative turnover numbers of maize endosperm and potato tuber ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylases in the absence and presence of 3-phosphoglyceric acid.
Planta 2003;217(3):449-56.
2002: Okita Thomas W; Choi Sang Bong
mRNA localization in plants: targeting to the cell's cortical region and beyond.
Current opinion in plant biology 2002;5(6):553-9.
2002: Sun Jindong; Gibson Kelly M; Kiirats Olavi; Okita Thomas W; Edwards Gerald E
Interactions of nitrate and CO2 enrichment on growth, carbohydrates, and rubisco in Arabidopsis starch mutants. Significance of starch and hexose.
Plant physiology 2002;130(3):1573-83.
2002: Kavakli I Halil; Kato Chikako; Choi Sang-Bong; Kim Kyung-Hwan; Salamone Peter R; Ito Hiroyuki; Okita Thomas W
Generation, characterization, and heterologous expression of wild-type and up-regulated forms of Arabidopsis thaliana leaf ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase.
Planta 2002;215(3):430-9.
2002: Takemoto Yoko; Coughlan Sean J; Okita Thomas W; Satoh Hikaru; Ogawa Masahiro; Kumamaru Toshihiro
The rice mutant esp2 greatly accumulates the glutelin precursor and deletes the protein disulfide isomerase.
Plant physiology 2002;128(4):1212-22.
2002: Singh Salvinder; Choi Sang-Bong; Modi Mahendra K; Okita Thomas W
Isolation and characterization of cDNA clones encoding ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (AGPase) large and small subunits from chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.).
Phytochemistry 2002;59(3):261-8.
2002: Salamone Peter R; Kavakli I Halil; Slattery Casey J; Okita Thomas W
Directed molecular evolution of ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2002;99(2):1070-5.
2001: Kavakli I H; Park J S; Slattery C J; Salamone P R; Frohlick J; Okita T W
Analysis of allosteric effector binding sites of potato ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase through reverse genetics.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2001;276(44):40834-40.
2001: Sami-Subbu R; Choi S B; Wu Y; Wang C; Okita T W
Identification of a cytoskeleton-associated 120 kDa RNA-binding protein in developing rice seeds.
Plant molecular biology 2001;46(1):79-88.
2001: Kavakli I H; Greene T W; Salamone P R; Choi S B; Okita T W
Investigation of subunit function in ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2001;281(3):783-7.
2001: Choi S B; Kim K H; Kavakli I H; Lee S K; Okita T W
Transcriptional expression characteristics and subcellular localization of ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase in the oil plant Perilla frutescens.
Plant & cell physiology 2001;42(2):146-53.
2001: Okita T W; Sun J; Sakulringharoj C; Choi S B; Edwards G E; Kato C; Ito H; Matsui H
Increasing rice productivity and yield by manipulation of starch synthesis.
Novartis Foundation symposium 2001;236():135-46; discussion 147-52.
2000: Choi S B; Wang C; Muench D G; Ozawa K; Franceschi V R; Wu Y; Okita T W
Messenger RNA targeting of rice seed storage proteins to specific ER subdomains.
Nature 2000;407(6805):765-7.
2000: Salamone P R; Greene T W; Kavakli I H; Okita T W
Isolation and characterization of a higher plant ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase small subunit homotetramer.
FEBS letters 2000;482(1-2):113-8.
2000: Muench D G; Chuong S D; Franceschi V R; Okita T W
Developing prolamine protein bodies are associated with the cortical cytoskeleton in rice endosperm cells.
Planta 2000;211(2):227-38.
2000: Slattery C J; Kavakli I H; Okita T W
Engineering starch for increased quantity and quality.
Trends in plant science 2000;5(7):291-8.
1999: Sun J; Okita T W; Edwards G E
Modification of carbon partitioning, photosynthetic capacity, and O2 sensitivity in Arabidopsis plants with low ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase activity.
Plant physiology 1999;119(1):267-76.
1998: Wu Y; Muench D G; Kim Y T; Hwang Y S; Okita T W
Identification of polypeptides associated with an enriched cytoskeleton-protein body fraction from developing rice endosperm.
Plant & cell physiology 1998;39(12):1251-7.
1998: Greene T W; Kavakli I H; Kahn M L; Okita T W
Generation of up-regulated allosteric variants of potato ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase by reversion genetics.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1998;95(17):10322-7.
1998: Laughlin M J; Chantler S E; Okita T W
N- and C-terminal peptide sequences are essential for enzyme assembly, allosteric, and/or catalytic properties of ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology 1998;14(2):159-68.
1998: Laughlin M J; Payne J W; Okita T W
Substrate binding mutants of the higher plant ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase.
Phytochemistry 1998;47(4):621-9.
1997: Muench D G; Wu Y; Zhang Y; Li X; Boston R S; Okita T W
Molecular cloning, expression and subcellular localization of a BiP homolog from rice endosperm tissue.
Plant & cell physiology 1997;38(4):404-12.
1996: Greene T W; Woodbury R L; Okita T W
Aspartic acid 413 is important for the normal allosteric functioning of ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase.
Plant physiology 1996;112(3):1315-20.
1996: Giroux M J; Shaw J; Barry G; Cobb B G; Greene T; Okita T; Hannah L C
A single mutation that increases maize seed weight.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1996;93(12):5824-9.
1996: Nakata P A; Okita T W
Cis-elements important for the expression of the ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase small-subunit are located both upstream and downstream from its structural gene.
Molecular & general genetics : MGG 1996;250(5):581-92.
1996: Greene T W; Chantler S E; Kahn M L; Barry G F; Preiss J; Okita T W
Mutagenesis of the potato ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase and characterization of an allosteric mutant defective in 3-phosphoglycerate activation.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1996;93(4):1509-13.
1995: Zhao Y; Okita T W
Interactions of the glutelin Gt3 5' flanking regulatory regions with rice nuclear proteins.
Plant & cell physiology 1995;36(8):1657-67.
1995: Ballicora M A; Laughlin M J; Fu Y; Okita T W; Barry G F; Preiss J
Adenosine 5'-diphosphate-glucose pyrophosphorylase from potato tuber. Significance of the N terminus of the small subunit for catalytic properties and heat stability.
Plant physiology 1995;109(1):245-51.
1995: Roberts M W; Preiss J; Okita T W
A capillary zone electrophoresis assay for the nucleoside transfer enzyme adenosine diphosphate-glucose pyrophosphorylase.
Analytical biochemistry 1995;225(1):121-6.
1995: Li X; Okita T W
Localization of RNA by high resolution in situ hybridization.
Methods in cell biology 1995;49():185-99.
1994: Nakata P A; Anderson J M; Okita T W
Structure and expression of the potato ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase small subunit.
The Journal of biological chemistry 1994;269(49):30798-807.
1994: Zhao Y; Leisy D J; Okita T W
Tissue-specific expression and temporal regulation of the rice glutelin Gt3 gene are conferred by at least two spatially separated cis-regulatory elements.
Plant molecular biology 1994;25(3):429-36.
1994: Okita T W; Li X; Roberts M W
Targeting of mRNAs to domains of the endoplasmic reticulum.
Trends in cell biology 1994;4(3):91-6.
1993: Li X; Wu Y; Zhang D Z; Gillikin J W; Boston R S; Franceschi V R; Okita T W
Rice prolamine protein body biogenesis: a BiP-mediated process.
Science (New York, N.Y.) 1993;262(5136):1054-6.
1993: Franceschi V R; Li X; Zhang D; Okita T W
Calsequestrinlike calcium-binding protein is expressed in calcium-accumulating cells of Pistia stratiotes.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1993;90(15):6986-90.
1993: Vellanoweth R L; Okita T W
Analysis of nuclear proteins interacting with a wheat alpha/beta-gliadin seed storage protein gene.
Plant molecular biology 1993;22(1):25-41.
1993: Li X; Franceschi V R; Okita T W
Segregation of storage protein mRNAs on the rough endoplasmic reticulum membranes of rice endosperm cells.
Cell 1993;72(6):869-79.
1993: Iglesias A A; Barry G F; Meyer C; Bloksberg L; Nakata P A; Greene T; Laughlin M J; Okita T W; Kishore G M; Preiss J
Expression of the potato tuber ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase in Escherichia coli.
The Journal of biological chemistry 1993;268(2):1081-6.
1991: Nakata P A; Greene T W; Anderson J M; Smith-White B J; Okita T W; Preiss J
Comparison of the primary sequences of two potato tuber ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase subunits.
Plant molecular biology 1991;17(5):1089-93.
1991: Roberts M W; Okita T W
Accurate in vitro transcription of plant promoters with nuclear extracts prepared from cultured plant cells.
Plant molecular biology 1991;16(5):771-86.
1991: Aryan A P; An G; Okita T W
Structural and functional analysis of promoter from gliadin, an endosperm-specific storage protein gene of Triticum aestivum L.
Molecular & general genetics : MGG 1991;225(1):65-71.
1991: Anderson J M; Larsen R; Laudencia D; Kim W T; Morrow D; Okita T W; Preiss J
Molecular characterization of the gene encoding a rice endosperm-specific ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase subunit and its developmental pattern of transcription.
Gene 1991;97(2):199-205.
1990: Leisy D J; Hnilo J; Zhao Y; Okita T W
Expression of a rice glutelin promoter in transgenic tobacco.
Plant molecular biology 1990;14(1):41-50.
1989: Okita T W; Hwang Y S; Hnilo J; Kim W T; Aryan A P; Larson R; Krishnan H B
Structure and expression of the rice glutelin multigene family.
The Journal of biological chemistry 1989;264(21):12573-81.
1989: Anderson J M; Hnilo J; Larson R; Okita T W; Morell M; Preiss J
The encoded primary sequence of a rice seed ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase subunit and its homology to the bacterial enzyme.
The Journal of biological chemistry 1989;264(21):12238-42.
1988: Kim W T; Okita T W
Nucleotide and primary sequence of a major rice prolamine.
FEBS letters 1988;231(2):308-10.

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