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Kimitsuna Watanabe

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Suzuki, Tsutomu
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Ohtsuki, Takashi
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Miura, Kin-ichiro
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Yasukawa, Takehiro
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KONDO, Jiro
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Sunami, Tomoko
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Kawai, Gota
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Hirao, Ichiro
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Takénaka, Akio
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Suzuki, Takeo
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Ohta, Shigeo
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Sakurai, Masayuki
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Kirino, Yohei
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Yokobori, Shin-ichi
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SHIGI, Naoki

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Takemoto Chie; Spremulli Linda L; Benkowski Lisa A; Ueda Takuya; Yokogawa Takashi; Watanabe Kimitsuna
Unconventional decoding of the AUA codon as methionine by mitochondrial tRNAMet with the anticodon f5CAU as revealed with a mitochondrial in vitro translation system.
Kurata Shinya; Weixlbaumer Albert; Ohtsuki Takashi; Shimazaki Tomomi; Wada Takeshi; Kirino Yohei; Takai Kazuyuki; Watanabe Kimitsuna; Ramakrishnan V; Suzuki Tsutomu
Modified uridines with C5-methylene substituents at the first position of the tRNA anticodon stabilize U.G wobble pairing during decoding.
Nishimura Susumu; Watanabe Kimitsuna
The discovery of modified nucleosides from the early days to the present: a personal perspective.

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2009: Takemoto Chie; Spremulli Linda L; Benkowski Lisa A; Ueda Takuya; Yokogawa Takashi; Watanabe Kimitsuna
Unconventional decoding of the AUA codon as methionine by mitochondrial tRNAMet with the anticodon f5CAU as revealed with a mitochondrial in vitro translation system.
Nucleic acids research 2009;37(5):1616-27.
2008: Kurata Shinya; Weixlbaumer Albert; Ohtsuki Takashi; Shimazaki Tomomi; Wada Takeshi; Kirino Yohei; Takai Kazuyuki; Watanabe Kimitsuna; Ramakrishnan V; Suzuki Tsutomu
Modified uridines with C5-methylene substituents at the first position of the tRNA anticodon stabilize U.G wobble pairing during decoding.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2008;283(27):18801-11.
2006: Nishimura Susumu; Watanabe Kimitsuna
The discovery of modified nucleosides from the early days to the present: a personal perspective.
Journal of biosciences 2006;31(4):465-75.
2006: Sakurai Masayuki; Watanabe Yoh-ichi; Watanabe Kimitsuna; Ohtsuki Takashi
A protein extension to shorten RNA: elongated elongation factor-Tu recognizes the D-arm of T-armless tRNAs in nematode mitochondria.
The Biochemical journal 2006;399(2):249-56.
2006: Sato Aya; Watanabe Yoh-ichi; Suzuki Tsutomu; Komiyama Makoto; Watanabe Kimitsuna; Ohtsuki Takashi
Identification of the residues involved in the unique serine specificity of Caenorhabditis elegans mitochondrial EF-Tu2.
Biochemistry 2006;45(36):10920-7.
2006: Guan Min-Xin; Yan Qingfeng; Li Xiaoming; Bykhovskaya Yelena; Gallo-Teran Jaime; Hajek Petr; Umeda Noriko; Zhao Hui; Garrido Gema; Mengesha Emebet; Suzuki Tsutomu; del Castillo Ignacio; Peters Jennifer Lynne; Li Ronghua; Qian Yaping; Wang Xinjian; Ballana Ester; Shohat Mordechai; Lu Jianxin; Estivill Xavier; Watanabe Kimitsuna; Fischel-Ghodsian Nathan
Mutation in TRMU related to transfer RNA modification modulates the phenotypic expression of the deafness-associated mitochondrial 12S ribosomal RNA mutations.
American journal of human genetics 2006;79(2):291-302.
2006: Watanabe Kimitsuna; Suzuki Tsutomu
[Universality and evolutional deviation of the genetic code]
Tanpakushitsu kakusan koso. Protein, nucleic acid, enzyme 2006;51(7):844-52.
2006: Shigi Naoki; Sakaguchi Yuriko; Suzuki Tsutomu; Watanabe Kimitsuna
Identification of two tRNA thiolation genes required for cell growth at extremely high temperatures.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2006;281(20):14296-306.
2006: Kirino Yohei; Yasukawa Takehiro; Marjavaara Sanna K; Jacobs Howard T; Holt Ian J; Watanabe Kimitsuna; Suzuki Tsutomu
Acquisition of the wobble modification in mitochondrial tRNALeu(CUN) bearing the G12300A mutation suppresses the MELAS molecular defect.
Human molecular genetics 2006;15(6):897-904.
2006: Shigi Naoki; Suzuki Tsutomu; Terada Takaho; Shirouzu Mikako; Yokoyama Shigeyuki; Watanabe Kimitsuna
Temperature-dependent biosynthesis of 2-thioribothymidine of Thermus thermophilus tRNA.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2006;281(4):2104-13.
2005: Watanabe Kimitsuna
[Gene expression system of mammalian mitochondrial genomes: overview]
Tanpakushitsu kakusan koso. Protein, nucleic acid, enzyme 2005;50(14 Suppl):1726.
2005: Zhang Li; Ging Ng Ching; Komoda Taeko; Hanada Takao; Suzuki Tsutomu; Watanabe Kimitsuna
Antibiotic susceptibility of mammalian mitochondrial translation.
FEBS letters 2005;579(28):6423-7.
2005: Chimnaronk Sarin; Gravers Jeppesen Mads; Suzuki Tsutomu; Nyborg Jens; Watanabe Kimitsuna
Dual-mode recognition of noncanonical tRNAs(Ser) by seryl-tRNA synthetase in mammalian mitochondria.
The EMBO journal 2005;24(19):3369-79.
2005: Matsubara Mioko; Komatsu Miéko; Araki Takeyoshi; Asakawa Shuichi; Yokobori Shin-ichi; Watanabe Kimitsuna; Wada Hiroshi
The phylogenetic status of Paxillosida (Asteroidea) based on complete mitochondrial DNA sequences.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 2005;36(3):598-605.
2005: Zhao Feng; Ohtsuki Takashi; Yamada Koji; Yoshinari Shigeo; Kita Kiyoshi; Watanabe Yoh-Ichi; Watanabe Kimitsuna
Isolation and physiochemical properties of protein-rich nematode mitochondrial ribosomes.
Biochemistry 2005;44(25):9232-7.
2005: Sakurai Masayuki; Ohtsuki Takashi; Suzuki Tsutomu; Watanabe Kimitsuna
Unusual usage of wobble modifications in mitochondrial tRNAs of the nematode Ascaris suum.
FEBS letters 2005;579(13):2767-72.
2005: Yasukawa Takehiro; Kirino Yohei; Ishii Norie; Holt Ian J; Jacobs Howard T; Makifuchi Takao; Fukuhara Nobuyoshi; Ohta Shigeo; Suzuki Tsutomu; Watanabe Kimitsuna
Wobble modification deficiency in mutant tRNAs in patients with mitochondrial diseases.
FEBS letters 2005;579(13):2948-52.
2005: Umeda Noriko; Suzuki Takeo; Yukawa Masashi; Ohya Yoshikazu; Shindo Heisaburo; Watanabe Kimitsuna; Suzuki Tsutomu
Mitochondria-specific RNA-modifying enzymes responsible for the biosynthesis of the wobble base in mitochondrial tRNAs. Implications for the molecular pathogenesis of human mitochondrial diseases.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2005;280(2):1613-24.
2005: Suematsu Takuma; Sato Aya; Sakurai Masayuki; Watanabe Kimitsuna; Ohtsuki Takashi
A unique tRNA recognition mechanism of Caenorhabditis elegans mitochondrial EF-Tu2.
Nucleic acids research 2005;33(15):4683-91.
2005: Sakurai Masayuki; Ohtsuki Takashi; Watanabe Kimitsuna
Modification at position 9 with 1-methyladenosine is crucial for structure and function of nematode mitochondrial tRNAs lacking the entire T-arm.
Nucleic acids research 2005;33(5):1653-61.
2004: Kirino Yohei; Yasukawa Takehiro; Ohta Shigeo; Akira Shigeo; Ishihara Kaisuke; Watanabe Kimitsuna; Suzuki Tsutomu
Codon-specific translational defect caused by a wobble modification deficiency in mutant tRNA from a human mitochondrial disease.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2004;101(42):15070-5.
2004: Spencer Angela C; Heck Achim; Takeuchi Nono; Watanabe Kimitsuna; Spremulli Linda L
Characterization of the human mitochondrial methionyl-tRNA synthetase.
Biochemistry 2004;43(30):9743-54.
2004: Chimnaronk Sarin; Jeppesen Mads Gravers; Shimada Nobukazu; Suzuki Tsutomu; Nyborg Jens; Watanabe Kimitsuna
Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction study of mammalian mitochondrial seryl-tRNA synthetase.
Acta crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography 2004;60(Pt 7):1319-22.
2004: Hino Narumi; Suzuki Tsutomu; Yasukawa Takehiro; Seio Kohji; Watanabe Kimitsuna; Ueda Takuya
The pathogenic A4269G mutation in human mitochondrial tRNA(Ile) alters the T-stem structure and decreases the binding affinity for elongation factor Tu.
Genes to cells : devoted to molecular & cellular mechanisms 2004;9(3):243-52.
2004: Sunami Tomoko; Kondo Jiro; Hirao Ichiro; Watanabe Kimitsuna; Miura Kin-ichiro; Takénaka Akio
Structures of d(GCGAAGC) and d(GCGAAAGC) (tetragonal form): a switching of partners of the sheared G.A pairs to form a functional G.AxA.G crossing.
Acta crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography 2004;60(Pt 3):422-31.
2004: Nakai Yumi; Umeda Noriko; Suzuki Tsutomu; Nakai Masato; Hayashi Hideyuki; Watanabe Kimitsuna; Kagamiyama Hiroyuki
Yeast Nfs1p is involved in thio-modification of both mitochondrial and cytoplasmic tRNAs.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2004;279(13):12363-8.
2004: Terasaki Maki; Suzuki Tsutomu; Hanada Takao; Watanabe Kimitsuna
Functional compatibility of elongation factors between mammalian mitochondrial and bacterial ribosomes: characterization of GTPase activity and translation elongation by hybrid ribosomes bearing heterologous L7/12 proteins.
Journal of molecular biology 2004;336(2):331-42.
2004: Sunami Tomoko; Kondo Jiro; Hirao Ichiro; Watanabe Kimitsuna; Miura Kin Ichiro; Takénaka Akio
Structure of d(GCGAAAGC) (hexagonal form): a base-intercalated duplex as a stable structure.
Acta crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography 2004;60(Pt 1):90-6.
2003: Kurata Shinya; Ohtsuki Takashi; Suzuki Tsutomu; Watanabe Kimitsuna
Quick two-step RNA ligation employing periodate oxidation.
Nucleic acids research 2003;31(22):e145.
2003: Soma Akiko; Ikeuchi Yoshiho; Kanemasa Satoru; Kobayashi Kazuo; Ogasawara Naotake; Ote Tomotake; Kato Jun-ichi; Watanabe Kimitsuna; Sekine Yasuhiko; Suzuki Tsutomu
An RNA-modifying enzyme that governs both the codon and amino acid specificities of isoleucine tRNA.
Molecular cell 2003;12(3):689-98.
2003: Watanabe Kimitsuna; Ohtsuki Takashi; Suzuki Tsutomu
[Recent topics in mitochondrial translation systems]
Tanpakushitsu kakusan koso. Protein, nucleic acid, enzyme 2003;48(4 Suppl):365-74.
2003: Kamiya Noriho; Tanaka Tsutomu; Suzuki Tsutomu; Takazawa Takeshi; Takeda Shuji; Watanabe Kimitsuna; Nagamune Teruyuki
S-peptide as a potent peptidyl linker for protein cross-linking by microbial transglutaminase from Streptomyces mobaraensis.
Bioconjugate chemistry 2003;14(2):351-7.
2003: Kaneko Tomonori; Suzuki Takeo; Kapushoc Stephen T; Rubio Mary Anne; Ghazvini Jafar; Watanabe Kimitsuna; Simpson Larry; Suzuki Tsutomu
Wobble modification differences and subcellular localization of tRNAs in Leishmania tarentolae: implication for tRNA sorting mechanism.
The EMBO journal 2003;22(3):657-67.
2003: Zhang Li; Sato Neuza Satomi; Watanabe Kimitsuna; Suzuki Tsutomu
Functional genetic selection of the decoding center in E. coli 16S rRNA.
Nucleic acids research. Supplement (2001) 2003;(3):319-20.
2003: Katoh Takayuki; Susa Motoki; Suzuki Takeo; Umeda Noriko; Watanabe Kimitsuna; Suzuki Tsutomu
Simple and rapid synthesis of siRNA derived from in vitro transcribed shRNA.
Nucleic acids research. Supplement (2001) 2003;(3):249-50.
2003: Kurata Shinya; Ohtsuki Takashi; Wada Takeshi; Kirino Yohei; Takai Kazuyuki; Saigo Kazuhiko; Watanabe Kimitsuna; Suzuki Tsutomu
Decoding property of C5 uridine modification at the wobble position of tRNA anticodon.
Nucleic acids research. Supplement (2001) 2003;(3):245-6.
2003: Baba Seiki; Takasu Akitsugu; Watanabe Kimitsuna; Kawai Gota
Application of the RNA structure classification system, CSNA, to NMR structure determination.
Nucleic acids research. Supplement (2001) 2003;(3):127-8.
2002: Ohtsuki Takashi; Sakurai Masayuki; Sato Aya; Watanabe Kimitsuna
Characterization of the interaction between the nucleotide exchange factor EF-Ts from nematode mitochondria and elongation factor Tu.
Nucleic acids research 2002;30(24):5444-51.
2002: Sunami Tomoko; Kondo Jiro; Kobuna Tomonori; Hirao Ichiro; Watanabe Kimitsuna; Miura Kin-ichiro; Takénaka Akio
Crystal structure of d(GCGAAAGCT) containing a parallel-stranded duplex with homo base pairs and an anti-parallel duplex with Watson-Crick base pairs.
Nucleic acids research 2002;30(23):5253-60.
2002: Suzuki Takeo; Suzuki Tsutomu; Wada Takeshi; Saigo Kazuhiko; Watanabe Kimitsuna
Taurine as a constituent of mitochondrial tRNAs: new insights into the functions of taurine and human mitochondrial diseases.
The EMBO journal 2002;21(23):6581-9.
2002: Yasukawa Takehiro; Suzuki Tsutomu; Ohta Shigeo; Watanabe Kimitsuna
Wobble modification defect suppresses translational activity of tRNAs with MERRF and MELAS mutations.
Mitochondrion 2002;2(1-2):129-41.
2002: Shigi Naoki; Suzuki Tsutomu; Tamakoshi Masatada; Oshima Tairo; Watanabe Kimitsuna
Conserved bases in the TPsi C loop of tRNA are determinants for thermophile-specific 2-thiouridylation at position 54.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2002;277(42):39128-35.
2002: Ohtsuki Takashi; Sato Aya; Watanabe Yoh-ichi; Watanabe Kimitsuna
A unique serine-specific elongation factor Tu found in nematode mitochondria.
Nature structural biology 2002;9(9):669-73.
2002: Takasu Akitsugu; Watanabe Kimitsuna; Kawai Gota
Classification of RNA structures based on hydrogen bond and base-base stacking patterns: application for NMR structures.
Journal of biochemistry 2002;132(2):211-5.
2002: Saito Hirohide; Watanabe Kimitsuna; Hiroaki Suga
[Searching the origin of life by in vitro evolution system]
Tanpakushitsu kakusan koso. Protein, nucleic acid, enzyme 2002;47(9):1209-14.
2002: Takasu Akitsugu; Watanabe Kimitsuna; Kawai Gota
Analysis of relative positions of ribonucleotide bases in a crystal structure of ribosome.
Nucleosides, nucleotides & nucleic acids 2002;21(6-7):449-62.
2002: Toompuu Marina; Yasukawa Takehiro; Suzuki Tsutomu; Hakkinen Terhi; Spelbrink Johannes N; Watanabe Kimitsuna; Jacobs Howard T
The 7472insC mitochondrial DNA mutation impairs the synthesis and extent of aminoacylation of tRNASer(UCN) but not its structure or rate of turnover.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2002;277(25):22240-50.
2002: Ohtsuki Takashi; Watanabe Kimitsuna
[Protein biosynthesis in mitochondria]
Nippon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine 2002;60 Suppl 4():53-6.
2002: Hanada Takao; Watanabe Kimitsuna
[Biosynthesis and structure of messenger RNA]
Nippon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine 2002;60 Suppl 4():50-2.
2002: Suzuki Takeo; Watanabe Kimitsuna
[Biosynthesis and structure of tRNA]
Nippon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine 2002;60 Suppl 4():46-9.
2002: Suzuki Tsutomu; Watanabe Kimitsuna
[Biosynthesis of rRNA and structure of the ribosome]
Nippon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine 2002;60 Suppl 4():41-5.
2002: Yasukawa Takehiro; Suzuki Tsutomu; Watanabe Kimitsuna; Yasukawa Takehiro; Ohta Shigeo
[Wobble modification defect suppresses translational activity of tRNAs with MERRF and MELAS mutations]
Nippon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine 2002;60 Suppl 4():197-201.
2002: Kitamura Aya; Muto Yutaka; Watanabe Satoru; Kim Insil; Ito Takuhiro; Nishiya Yoichi; Sakamoto Kensaku; Ohtsuki Takashi; Kawai Gota; Watanabe Kimitsuna; Hosono Kazumi; Takaku Hiroshi; Katoh Etsuko; Yamazaki Toshimasa; Inoue Tan; Yokoyama Shigeyuki
Solution structure of an RNA fragment with the P7/P9.0 region and the 3'-terminal guanosine of the tetrahymena group I intron.
RNA (New York, N.Y.) 2002;8(4):440-51.
2002: Tomita Kozo; Yokobori Shin-ichi; Oshima Tairo; Ueda Takuya; Watanabe Kimitsuna
The cephalopod Loligo bleekeri mitochondrial genome: multiplied noncoding regions and transposition of tRNA genes.
Journal of molecular evolution 2002;54(4):486-500.
2002: Hori Hiroyuki; Suzuki Tsutomu; Sugawara Kazumasa; Inoue Yorinao; Shibata Takehiko; Kuramitsu Seiki; Yokoyama Shigeyuki; Oshima Tairo; Watanabe Kimitsuna
Identification and characterization of tRNA (Gm18) methyltransferase from Thermus thermophilus HB8: domain structure and conserved amino acid sequence motifs.
Genes to cells : devoted to molecular & cellular mechanisms 2002;7(3):259-72.
2002: Ohtsuki Takashi; Kawai Gota; Watanabe Kimitsuna
The minimal tRNA: unique structure of Ascaris suum mitochondrial tRNA(Ser)(UCU) having a short T arm and lacking the entire D arm.
FEBS letters 2002;514(1):37-43.
2002: Sunami Tomoko; Kondo Jiro; Tsunoda Masaru; Sekiguchi Takeshi; Hirao Ichiro; Watanabe Kimitsuna; Miura Kin-ichiro; Takénaka Akio
X-ray structure of d(GCGAAGC); switching of partner for G:A pair in duplex form.
Nucleic acids research. Supplement (2001) 2002;(2):181-2.
2002: Shimada Nobukazu; Matsuzaki Keiko; Suzuki Takeo; Suzuki Tsutomu; Watanabe Kimitsuna
Quality control of translation through the kinetic discrimination of tRNAs in the network of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases.
Nucleic acids research. Supplement (2001) 2002;(2):79-80.
2002: Sunami Tomoko; Kobuna Tomonori; Kondo Jiro; Hirao Ichiro; Watanabe Kimitsuna; Miura Kin-ichiro; Takénaka Akio
Crystal structure of d(GCGAAAGCT) containing parallel-stranded duplex with homo base pairs and anti-parallel duplex with Watson-Crick base pairs.
Nucleic acids research. Supplement (2001) 2002;(2):51-2.
2002: Wada Takeshi; Shimazaki Tomomi; Nakagawa Shingo; Otuki Takashi; Kurata Shinya; Suzuki Tsutomu; Watanabe Kimitsuna; Saigo Kazuhiko
Chemical synthesis of novel taurine-containing uridine derivatives.
Nucleic acids research. Supplement (2001) 2002;(2):11-2.
2001: Saito H; Watanabe K; Suga H
Concurrent molecular recognition of the amino acid and tRNA by a ribozyme.
RNA (New York, N.Y.) 2001;7(12):1867-78.
2001: Sunami T; Kondo J; Chatake T; Hirao I; Watanabe K; Miura K; Takénaka A
X-ray analyses of d(GCGAAAGC) and d(GXGAAAGCT), where X = 2'-deoxy-5-iodocytidine.
Nucleic acids research. Supplement (2001) 2001;(1):191-2.
1999: Sasuga J; Yokobori S; Kaifu M; Ueda T; Nishikawa K; Watanabe K
Gene contents and organization of a mitochondrial DNA segment of the squid Loligo bleekeri.
Journal of molecular evolution 1999;48(6):692-702.
1997: Yoshizawa S; Kawai G; Watanabe K; Miura K; Hirao I
GNA trinucleotide loop sequences producing extraordinarily stable DNA minihairpins.
Biochemistry 1997;36(16):4761-7.
1997: Yamazaki N; Ueshima R; Terrett J A; Yokobori S; Kaifu M; Segawa R; Kobayashi T; Numachi K; Ueda T; Nishikawa K; Watanabe K; Thomas R H
Evolution of pulmonate gastropod mitochondrial genomes: comparisons of gene organizations of Euhadra, Cepaea and Albinaria and implications of unusual tRNA secondary structures.
Genetics 1997;145(3):749-58.
1997: Hori H; Yamazaki N; Matsumoto T; Ueda T; Nishikawa K; Kumagai I; Watanabe K
Essentially minimal sequence for substrate recognition by tRNA (guanosine-2')-methyltransferase from Thermus thermophilus HB27.
Nucleic acids symposium series 1997;(37):189-90.

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