Isamu Miyakawa

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Affiliation: Yamaguchi University
Country: Japan

Publications

  1. ncbi Morphology of mitochondrial nucleoids, mitochondria, and nuclei during meiosis and sporulation of the yeast Saccharomycodes ludwigii
    Isamu Miyakawa
    Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753 8512, Japan
    J Gen Appl Microbiol 58:43-51. 2012
  2. ncbi Morphology and protein composition of the mitochondrial nucleoids in yeast cells lacking Abf2p, a high mobility group protein
    Isamu Miyakawa
    Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
    J Gen Appl Microbiol 56:455-64. 2010
  3. ncbi Mitochondrial nucleoids from the yeast Candida parapsilosis: expansion of the repertoire of proteins associated with mitochondrial DNA
    Isamu Miyakawa
    Department of Physics, Biology, and Informatics, Faculty of Science, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753 8512, Japan
    Microbiology 155:1558-68. 2009
  4. ncbi Use of the nuc1 null mutant for analysis of yeast mitochondrial nucleoids
    Isamu Miyakawa
    Department of Physics, Biology, and Informatics, Faculty of Science, Yamaguchi University, Japan
    J Gen Appl Microbiol 54:317-25. 2008
  5. ncbi Purification of an Abf2p-like protein from mitochondrial nucleoids of yeast Pichia jadinii and its role in the packaging of mitochondrial DNA
    Isamu Miyakawa
    Department of Physics, Biology, and Informatics, Faculty of Science, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753 8512, Japan
    Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 91:197-207. 2007
  6. ncbi Bismuth heterocycles based on a diphenyl sulfone scaffold: synthesis and substituent effect on the antifungal activity against Saccharomyces cerevisiae
    Toshihiro Murafuji
    Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753 8512, Japan
    Eur J Med Chem 46:519-25. 2011
  7. ncbi Isolation of the mitochondrial nucleoids from yeast Kluyveromyces lactis and analyses of the nucleoid proteins
    Isamu Miyakawa
    Department of Physics, Informatics and Biology, Faculty of Science, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753 8512, Japan
    J Gen Appl Microbiol 49:85-93. 2003
  8. ncbi A simple method for culture and stable maintenance of giant spheroplasts from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
    Taihei Fukudomi
    Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamaguchi University, Japan
    J Gen Appl Microbiol 57:177-82. 2011
  9. ncbi Antifungal activity of organobismuth compounds against the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae: structure-activity relationship
    Toshihiro Murafuji
    Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753 8512, Japan
    J Inorg Biochem 98:547-52. 2004
  10. ncbi Mitochondrial chromosome structure: an insight from analysis of complete yeast genomes
    Jozef Nosek
    Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
    FEMS Yeast Res 6:356-70. 2006

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Publications10

  1. ncbi Morphology of mitochondrial nucleoids, mitochondria, and nuclei during meiosis and sporulation of the yeast Saccharomycodes ludwigii
    Isamu Miyakawa
    Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753 8512, Japan
    J Gen Appl Microbiol 58:43-51. 2012
    ..In the course of this study, it was also found that ledges between two spores were specifically stained with DiOC(6)(3)...
  2. ncbi Morphology and protein composition of the mitochondrial nucleoids in yeast cells lacking Abf2p, a high mobility group protein
    Isamu Miyakawa
    Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
    J Gen Appl Microbiol 56:455-64. 2010
    ..On the other hand, our result suggested that in stationary-phase cells, the lack of Abf2p does not significantly alter the protein composition of the mt-nucleoids...
  3. ncbi Mitochondrial nucleoids from the yeast Candida parapsilosis: expansion of the repertoire of proteins associated with mitochondrial DNA
    Isamu Miyakawa
    Department of Physics, Biology, and Informatics, Faculty of Science, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753 8512, Japan
    Microbiology 155:1558-68. 2009
    ..Importantly, in contrast to Abf2p, in silico analysis of Gcf1p predicted the presence of a coiled-coil domain and a single high-mobility group (HMG) box, suggesting that it represents a novel type of mitochondrial HMG protein...
  4. ncbi Use of the nuc1 null mutant for analysis of yeast mitochondrial nucleoids
    Isamu Miyakawa
    Department of Physics, Biology, and Informatics, Faculty of Science, Yamaguchi University, Japan
    J Gen Appl Microbiol 54:317-25. 2008
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  5. ncbi Purification of an Abf2p-like protein from mitochondrial nucleoids of yeast Pichia jadinii and its role in the packaging of mitochondrial DNA
    Isamu Miyakawa
    Department of Physics, Biology, and Informatics, Faculty of Science, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753 8512, Japan
    Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 91:197-207. 2007
    ..These results suggest that the 26-kDa protein of P. jadinii has a similar function in the packaging of mtDNA to Abf2p, a major mitochondrial DNA-binding protein in Saccharomyces cerevisiae...
  6. ncbi Bismuth heterocycles based on a diphenyl sulfone scaffold: synthesis and substituent effect on the antifungal activity against Saccharomyces cerevisiae
    Toshihiro Murafuji
    Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753 8512, Japan
    Eur J Med Chem 46:519-25. 2011
    ..Bismuth carboxylate 7b derived from p-nitrobenzoic acid and 2e exhibited inhibition activity comparable to those of 2e and 2h despite its higher lipophilicity (ClogP=2.68)...
  7. ncbi Isolation of the mitochondrial nucleoids from yeast Kluyveromyces lactis and analyses of the nucleoid proteins
    Isamu Miyakawa
    Department of Physics, Informatics and Biology, Faculty of Science, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753 8512, Japan
    J Gen Appl Microbiol 49:85-93. 2003
    ..lactis and plays structural roles in compacting mtDNA in cooperation with other nucleoid proteins...
  8. ncbi A simple method for culture and stable maintenance of giant spheroplasts from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
    Taihei Fukudomi
    Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamaguchi University, Japan
    J Gen Appl Microbiol 57:177-82. 2011
    ..The average diameter of spheroplasts can vary from 16 to 53µm, depending on their initial concentration...
  9. ncbi Antifungal activity of organobismuth compounds against the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae: structure-activity relationship
    Toshihiro Murafuji
    Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753 8512, Japan
    J Inorg Biochem 98:547-52. 2004
    ..The marked inhibition effect of 7 may be attributed to such a highly coordinated geometry, which allows the bismuth center to bind tightly with some biomolecules playing important roles in the growth of S. cerevisiae...
  10. ncbi Mitochondrial chromosome structure: an insight from analysis of complete yeast genomes
    Jozef Nosek
    Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
    FEMS Yeast Res 6:356-70. 2006
    ..Moreover, it provides a basis for subsequent functional studies of the structure and dynamics of the mitochondrial nucleoids...