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| F AbeSummaryAffiliation: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology Country: Japan Publications
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Hydrostatic pressure enhances vital staining with carboxyfluorescein or carboxydichlorofluorescein in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: efficient detection of labeled yeasts by flow cytometryF Abe
DEEPSTAR Group, Japan Marine Science and Technology Center, Yokosuka, Japan
Appl Environ Microbiol 64:1139-42. 1998..The pressure-induced enhancement of staining with CDCF required D-glucose and was markedly inhibited by 2-deoxy-D-glucose, suggesting that glucose metabolism has a role in the process...- Pressure-induced differential regulation of the two tryptophan permeases Tat1 and Tat2 by ubiquitin ligase Rsp5 and its binding proteins, Bul1 and Bul2Fumiyoshi Abe
The DEEPSTAR Group, Japan Marine Science and Technology Center JAMSTEC, Yokosuka 237 0061, Japan
Mol Cell Biol 23:7566-84. 2003..We suggest that hydrostatic pressure is a unique tool for elucidating the dynamics of integral membrane protein functions as well as for probing lipid microenvironments where they localize... 
Induction of DAN/TIR yeast cell wall mannoprotein genes in response to high hydrostatic pressure and low temperatureFumiyoshi Abe
Extremobiosphere Research Center, Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology JAMSTEC, 2 15 Natsushima cho, Yokosuka 237 0061, Japan
FEBS Lett 581:4993-8. 2007..In support of the role of mannoproteins in cell wall integrity, cells acquired resistance against treatment with SDS, Zymolyase and lethal levels of high pressure when preincubated under high pressure and low temperature...- Exploration of the effects of high hydrostatic pressure on microbial growth, physiology and survival: perspectives from piezophysiologyFumiyoshi Abe
Extremobiosphere Research Center, Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology JAMSTEC, Japan
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 71:2347-57. 2007.... - Global screening of genes essential for growth in high-pressure and cold environments: searching for basic adaptive strategies using a yeast deletion libraryFumiyoshi Abe
Extremobiosphere Research Center, Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Japan
Genetics 178:851-72. 2008..In this study, we offer a novel route to gaining insights into cellular functions and the genetic network from growth properties of deletion mutants under high pressure and low temperature... - Enhanced production of isoamyl alcohol and isoamyl acetate by ubiquitination-deficient Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutantsFumiyoshi Abe
Extremobiosphere Research Center, Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology, 2 15 Natsushima cho, Yokosuka 237 0061, Japan
Cell Mol Biol Lett 10:383-8. 2005..The result suggests that the HPG1/RSP5 mutant alleles could be new resources for producing these flavoring compounds for yeast-fermented alcoholic beverages... - Piezophysiology of yeast: occurrence and significanceF Abe
Extremobiosphere Research Center, Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology JAMSTEC, Yokosuka, Japan
Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand) 50:437-45. 2004..Here I review the accumulated literature on cellular responses to increasing hydrostatic pressure in yeast, focusing on survival, growth, gene expression and metabolism... 
Mechanistic role of ergosterol in membrane rigidity and cycloheximide resistance in Saccharomyces cerevisiaeFumiyoshi Abe
Extremobiosphere Research Center, Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology JAMSTEC, 2 15 Natsushima cho, Yokosuka 237 0061, Japan
Biochim Biophys Acta 1788:743-52. 2009..In this study, we describe the ability of ergosterol to adjust the dynamic properties of the plasma membrane, and consider the relevance of drug permeability...- Characterization of cold- and high-pressure-active polygalacturonases from a deep-sea yeast, Cryptococcus liquefaciens strain N6Fumiyoshi Abe
Extremobiosphere Research Center, Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology JAMSTEC, Yokosuka, Japan
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 70:296-9. 2006..We speculate that such a volume expansion upon forming the enzyme-substrate complexes contributes to decreasing the activation energy for hydrolysis. This can account for the high activity of N6-PGases at low-temperature... - Fluconazole modulates membrane rigidity, heterogeneity, and water penetration into the plasma membrane in Saccharomyces cerevisiaeFumiyoshi Abe
Molecular Evolution and Adaptation Research, Institute of Biogeosciences, Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology JAMSTEC, Yokosuka 237 0061, Japan
Biochemistry 48:8494-504. 2009..Our findings illustrate the role of ergosterol in maintaining membrane heterogeneity and preventing water penetration as well as maintaining the rigidity of the plasma membrane interfacial region... - The biotechnological potential of piezophilesF Abe
The DEEPSTAR Group, Japan Marine Science and Technology Center JAMSTEC, 2 15 Natsushima cho, 237 0061, Yokosuka, Japan
Trends Biotechnol 19:102-8. 2001..on the fundamental knowledge available, we will try to answer the following questions: How can we exploit the biotechnological potential of piezophiles? What can be understood by the application of high-pressure in biological systems?.. - Tryptophan permease gene TAT2 confers high-pressure growth in Saccharomyces cerevisiaeF Abe
The DEEPSTAR Group, Japan Marine Science and Technology Center, Yokosuka 237 0061, Japan
Mol Cell Biol 20:8093-102. 2000..Here we describe high-pressure sensing in yeast in comparison with the TOR-signaling pathway and discuss an important factor involved in adaptation of organisms to high-pressure environments... - Pressure-regulated metabolism in microorganismsF Abe
DEEPSTAR Group, Japan Marine Science and Technology Center JAMSTEC, 2 15 Natsushima cho, Yokosuka 237 0061, Japan
Trends Microbiol 7:447-53. 1999.... - Analysis of intracellular pH in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae under elevated hydrostatic pressure: a study in baro- (piezo-) physiologyF Abe
Japan Marine Science and Technology Center, Yokosuka, Japan
Extremophiles 2:223-8. 1998..We are investigating the physiological effects of hydrostatic pressure in the course of research in a new experimental field, baro-(piezo-) physiology... - Vacuolar acidification in Saccharomyces cerevisiae induced by elevated hydrostatic pressure is transient and is mediated by vacuolar H+-ATPaseF Abe
The DEEPSTAR Group, Japan Marine Science and Technology Center, Yokosuka
Extremophiles 1:89-93. 1997..This result indicates that the transient vacuolar acidification induced by elevated hydrostatic pressure is mediated through the function of the vacuolar H+-ATPase... - Multiple ubiquitin-specific protease genes are involved in degradation of yeast tryptophan permease Tat2 at high pressureTakeshi Miura
Extremobiosphere Research Center, Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology JAMSTEC, 2 15 Natsushima cho, Yokosuka 237 0061, Japan
FEMS Microbiol Lett 239:171-9. 2004..These results suggest that multiple ubiquitin-specific proteases are involved in pressure-induced degradation of Tat2, rather than free ubiquitin depletion... - Differential pressure resistance in the activity of RNA polymerase isolated from Shewanella violacea and Escherichia coliHiroaki Kawano
The DEEPSTAR Group, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC, 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 237-0061, Japan
Extremophiles 8:367-75. 2004..violacea RNA polymerase under high-pressure conditions. In this paper, we provide in vitro evidence for piezoadaptation at the transcriptional level, using purified RNA polymerase from cells of S. violacea and E. coli... - Overexpression of Sna3 stabilizes tryptophan permease Tat2, potentially competing for the WW domain of Rsp5 ubiquitin ligase with its binding protein Bul1Toshiki Hiraki
Molecular Evolution and Adaptation Research, Institute of Biogeosciences, Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology JAMSTEC, Yokosuka, Japan
FEBS Lett 584:55-60. 2010..These results suggest that Sna3 and Bul1 compete for the WW domain of Rsp5 upon Tat2 ubiquitination... - Protein-DNA interactions under high-pressure conditions, studied by capillary narrow-tube electrophoresisHiroaki Kawano
Extremobiosphere Research Center XBR, Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology JAMSTEC, 2 15 Natsushima cho, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 237 0061, Japan
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 69:1415-7. 2005.... - Cloning and overproduction of the rpoZ gene encoding an RNA polymerase omega subunit from a deep-sea piezophilic Shewanella violacea strain DSS12Hiroaki Kawano
The DEEPSTAR Group, Japan Marine Science and Technology Center, 2 15 Natsushima cho, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 237 0061, Japan
DNA Seq 15:118-22. 2004..coli JM109 as a host of overproduction. Upon induction, the recombinant protein encoded by plasmid pQrpoZ was overexpressed and purified using Ni2+ affinity column... - Identification of rpoBC genes encoding for beta and beta' subunits of RNA polymerase in a deep-sea piezophilic bacterium, Shewanella violacea strain DSS12Hiroaki Kawano
Extremobiosphere Research Center XBR, Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology JAMSTEC, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 69:575-82. 2005..In vitro reconstitution using all proteins for the holoenzyme (alpha, beta, beta', sigma(70)) was carried out and the activity of the recombinant RNA polymerase was detected... - Cloning and characterization of the rpoE gene encoding an RNA polymerase sigmaE factor from the deep-sea piezophilic Shewanella violacea strain DSS12Hiroaki Kawano
Extremobiosphere Research Center XBR, Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology JAMSTEC, 2 15 Natsushima cho, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, 237 0061, Japan
DNA Seq 16:69-74. 2005..We purified hexahistidine-fused RpoE protein by constructing an overexpression plasmid. Core-binding analysis revealed that the cloned RpoE protein has the ability to bind with core RNA polymerase as a sigma factor... - Systematic analysis of HSP gene expression and effects on cell growth and survival at high hydrostatic pressure in Saccharomyces cerevisiaeTakeshi Miura
Extremobiosphere Research Center, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC, 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan
Extremophiles 10:279-84. 2006..In this paper, we describe the requirement for and significance of a subset of HSP genes in yeast cell growth at moderate pressure and survival at extremely high pressure... - Cloning and functional characterization of the copper/zinc superoxide dismutase gene from the heavy-metal-tolerant yeast Cryptococcus liquefaciens strain N6Shin Kanamasa
Department of Life Science, Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 226 8501, Japan
Mol Genet Genomics 277:403-12. 2007..This result suggests that strain N6 possesses other Cu/Zn SOD genes induced in a manner different from Cl-SOD1 as found in Candida albicans, or that the Cl-SOD1 gene undergoes posttranscriptional regulation upon increase of copper ion... - Effects of pressure on enzyme function of Escherichia coli dihydrofolate reductaseEiji Ohmae
Department of Mathematical and Life Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi Hiroshima 739 8526, Japan
Biochim Biophys Acta 1784:1115-21. 2008..The enzyme function at high pressure is discussed based on the volume levels of the intermediates and the candidates for the rate-limiting process... - The N- and C-terminal mutations in tryptophan permease Tat2 confer cell growth in Saccharomyces cerevisiae under high-pressure and low-temperature conditionsAi Nagayama
Department of Biological Information, Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
Extremophiles 8:143-9. 2004..These results suggest that the cytoplasmic tails are involved in Rsp5-mediated ubiquitination of Tat2 under high-pressure or low-temperature conditions... - Pressure-adaptive differences in lactate dehydrogenases of three hagfishes: Eptatretus burgeri, Paramyxine atami and Eptatretus okinoseanusYoshikazu Nishiguchi
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Toho University, Toho, Japan
Extremophiles 12:477-80. 2008..We found six amino acid substitutions between the three LDH primary structures. Accordingly, these amino acid residues are likely to contribute to the stability of the E. okinoseanus LDH under high-pressure conditions... - Bap31 enhances the endoplasmic reticulum export and quality control of human class I MHC moleculesJohn J Ladasky
Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
J Immunol 177:6172-81. 2006..Overexpression of the Bap31 homolog, Bap29, decreases surface class levels in HeLa, indicating that it does not substitute for Bap31...