The Japanese Biochemical Society/The Molecular Biology Society of Japan

[The 25th (2017) JB Award] Awardees

1 Regulation of the TMEPAI promoter by TCF7L2: the C-terminal tail of TCF7L2 is essntial to activate the TMEPAI gene
Naoko Nakano, Mitsuyasu Kato and Susumu Itoh
J. Biochem. 2016;159(1):27-30 doi:10.1093/jb/mvv117

2 Class I Arfs (Arf1 and Arf3) and Arf6 are localized to the Flemming body and play important roles in cytokinesis
Ayako Hanai, Minako Ohgi, Chikako Yagi, Tomoko Ueda, Hye-Won Shin and Kazuhisa Nakayama
J. Biochem. 2016;159(2):201-208 doi:10.1093/jb/mvv088

3 Structure-based molecular design for thermostabilization of N-acetyltransferase Mpr1 involved in a novel pathway of L-arginine synthesis in yeast
Ryo Nasuno, Saeka Hirase, Saki Norifune, Daisuke Watanabe and Hiroshi Takagi
J. Biochem. 2016;159(2):271-277 doi:10.1093/jb/mvv101

4 Suppression of mitochondrial transcription initiation complexes changes the balance of replication intermediates of mitochondrial DNA and reduces 7S DNA in cultured human cells
Jianhua Qu, Takehiro Yasukawa and Dongchon Kang
J. Biochem. 2016;160(1):49-57 doi:10.1093/jb/mvw010

5 Human SCP4 is a chromatin-associated CTD phosphatase and exhibits the dynamic translocation during erythroid differentiation
Shotaro Wani, Ai Sugita, Yoshiaki Ohkuma and Yutaka Hirose
J. Biochem. 2016;160(2):111-120 doi:10.1093/jb/mvw018

6 Roles of subunit NuoL in the proton pumping coupling mechanism of NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase (complex I) from Escherichia coli
Madhavan Narayanan, Joseph A. Sakyiama, Mahmoud M. Elguindy and Eiko Nakamaru-Ogiso
J. Biochem. 2016;160(4):205-215 doi:10.1093/jb/mvw027

7 The double knockout of Bach1 and Bach2 in mice reveals shared compensatory mechanisms in regulating alveolar macrophage function and lung surfactant homeostasis
Risa Ebina-Shibuya, Miki Watanabe-Matsui, Mitsuyo Matsumoto, Ari Itoh-Nakadai, Ryo Funayama, Keiko Nakayama, Akihiko Muto, Kazuhiko Igarashi
J. Biochem. (2016) 160 (6): 333-344. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jb/mvw041

8 Physicochemical and biological characterizations of Pxt peptides from amphibian ( Xenopus tropicalis ) skin
Yasushi Shigeri, Masanori Horie, Tsuyoshi Yoshida, Yoshihisa Hagihara, Tomohiro Imura, Hidetoshi Inagaki, Yoshikazu Haramoto, Yuzuru Ito, Makoto Asashima
J. Biochem. (2016) 159 (6): 619-629. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jb/mvw003

9 Serine racemase is involved in D-aspartate biosynthesis
Tomokazu Ito, Mika Hayashida, Saki Kobayashi, Natsumi Muto, Ayumi Hayashi, Tohru Yoshimura, Hisashi Mori
J. Biochem. (2016) 160 (6): 345-353. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jb/mvw043